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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Payments news: Black Friday sales analysis, China mobile, Tencent growth

Today’s newsletter has Black Friday sales analysis, an in-depth report on China mobile and a profile of Tencent, the largest company you’ve probably ...
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Black Friday sales analysis: Online spending up, foot traffic down

US Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday online sales were up 17.9%, reaching $7.09 billion while in-store traffic declined 1%. ...
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Which Chinese tech company is now bigger than Facebook?

What's the biggest half trillion dollar company you never heard of? Learn about Tencent and how it's growing into a global powerhouse. ...
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Mobile China: 520 million wallets & payments worth more than $5.9 trillion

If there was ever any doubt about the direction of the payments industry, one need only look to China for the future. Alibaba’s ...
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Where’s bitcoin going? Two very different views ahead

As bitcoin crosses $8,000 this week, two passionate views are on full display. The bitcoin boosters and bulls are saying watch out for ...
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Bitcoin in peril: “Unchartered waters,” says Cumberland CEO

Cumberland Advisors CEO David Kotok says bitcoin is in peril as we enter "uncharted waters" in the markets. ...
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Will bitcoin break $10,000 barrier by Dec 31?

Is $11,500 bitcoin possible or is the bitcoin market all hat and no cattle? ...
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Adobe Digital Insights 2017: Invaluable online holiday shopping research

We have three-part report based on Adobe Digital Insights research into online Thanksgiving holiday sales, product predictions and consumer buying trends. ...
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Adobe Insights, Pt 3: What discounts are driving holiday sales?

Pt 3 of our look at Adobe Digital Insights' 2017 holiday sales predictions identifies which sales promotions are driving the most sales on which important holiday shopping days. ...
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Adobe Insights holiday product predictions, Pt 2: Novelty & nostalgia

In Part 2 of our look at Adobe Digital insights 2017 shopping predictions, we tell you what products consumers will be buying to put under the tree this year. ...
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