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Retail
Target’s Digital Comp Sales Rocket 141 Pct
May 20, 2020

Target Corporation’s digital comparable sales rocketed during the first quarter, rising 141 percent and comprising 9.9 percentage points of Target’s comparable sales growth. Digital comparable sales accelerated each month in the quarter to 282 percent in April from 33 percent in February, according to an...

Security & Fraud
Bitcoin Usage On The Dark Web Up 65 Pct YoY
May 20, 2020

The digital age, of course, has given rise to digital scams. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing...

B2B Payments
FinTechs Tout Corporate Cards’ Working Capital Opportunity
May 20, 2020

With corporate card products offering an opportunity for businesses to manage their working capital, service providers have explored new opportunities to promote adoption of the payment tool. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

B2B Payments
Winning The Battle Against ‘Invoice Leakage’
May 20, 2020

The battle to keep costs down, and to keep bottom lines healthy, is waged every day by companies large and small, regardless of the verticals in which they operate. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

Faster Payments
How TIPS Is Helping ECB Expand Its Real-Time Payments Reach
May 20, 2020

Sweden recently became the first nation outside the eurozone to join TIPS, the European Central Bank’s real-time payment platform — setting the stage for other countries to do so in the future. In the latest Faster Payments Tracker®, PYMNTS spoke with the European Central Bank...

Security & Fraud
How ‘Adaptive’ Decisioning Helps Issuers Stop Treating ‘Good’ Customers Like Fraudsters
May 20, 2020

For merchants and financial institutions (FIs), the “new normal” of commerce — done increasingly online — means that battling fraud is a bit like feeling an elephant. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

IPO
Is Peet’s IPO Poised To Percolate?
May 20, 2020

Yes, we all like coffee.  It may be among the basic things getting us through the pandemic and working from home. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins...

Retail
Amazon Pay’s Patrick Gauthier On How Retail Will Reinvent Itself And Recover
May 20, 2020

The last several weeks have certainly made for unexpected and unprecedented times for consumers and all players in the retail ecosystem and left a lot of businesses standing at a crossroads as they face the back half of 2020 and questions about what to do...

B2B Payments
Ontario Systems Buys SwervePay To Boost Electronic Payments
May 19, 2020

Payment collections software company Ontario Systems has acquired SwervePay to help bolster its electronic payment capabilities, according to a press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required....