What the 2025 Chargeback Surge Means for Banks and Merchants

By Douglas Hall, Founder & CEO of EQUE If you’re a financial institution or merchant hoping that chargebacks will plateau anytime soon, I’ve got news for you: they won’t. The just-released 2025 State of Chargebacks report from Datos Insights and Ethoca confirms what many of ...
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Retail lost 101,000 jobs in 2017
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US retail news roundup: A rugged ride

Since shopping and payments are like hand in glove, let’s look at the latest trends in US retail. It’s a rugged ride. Struggling ...
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Voice shopping is growing
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Hey Google: How much will voice shopping be worth by 2022?

OC&C Strategy Consultants predicts voice shopping in the US and UK will reach $40 billion by 2022. ...
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Bank of Amazon? Stay tuned

The Bank of Amazon? According to new research, it may not be as far-fetched as you think. ...
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Walmart e-commerce and payments news roundup

Here’s a Walmart e-commerce and payments news roundup to wrap up your week. Despite e-commerce sales up 23% in Q4 2017 and 16% ...
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Mobile payments: global news roundup

We’ve got a roundup of the latest mobile payments news, innovations and developments from key markets around the globe to wrap up your ...
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Mobile World Congress Keynote: Christopher Young, CEO McAfee

With the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2018 underway in Barcelona through March 1, we’ve got highlights of McAfee CEO Christopher Young’s keynote presentation. ...
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Google Pay launches new combo payments app

Google launched Google Pay on Tuesday – its effort to consolidate and compete directly with Apple Pay and other global mobile payments competitors. ...
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Global e-commerce will reach $3.3 trillion in 2018

Juniper Research predicts $3.3 trillion in global e-commerce sales in 2018, along with EU challenges. ...
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Who are the top 10 cashless countries?

Who are the top ten cashless societies in the world? There are a couple of surprises. ...
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New merchant payments options: PayByCar and Litecoin

Today’s newsletter looks at several new consumer and merchant payments options. The first is PayByCar which brings new meaning to the phrase “auto”  ...
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