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EarningsPepsiCo’s DTC Sales Nearly Double In Q3
Food-and-beverage giant PepsiCo reported Thursday (Oct. 1) that its eCommerce sales almost doubled during...
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DisbursementsThe Number Of Disbursements Is Increasing, The Number Sent Instantly...
Disbursements have become part of consumers’ lives like never before in the United States....
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RetailPersona Marketing Finds Its Place In Pandemic Retailing
With more companies trying to catch up to Digital 3.0, the issue of audience...
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CoronavirusThe Four COVID Personas, Part 1: ‘Social Shifters’
That people and life itself are changing as a result of the pandemic is...
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EconomyRocky Road Confronts Digital (And Hesitant) Consumer For Rest Of...
For the digital consumer — for the U.S. economy — a recovery is in...
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NewsToday In Payments: Wirecard Forces German Accounting Regs Reboot; Consumers...
In today’s top news, Germany’s deputy finance minister wants to restructure accounting firm regulations,...
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eCommerceHow The Stage Was Set For The Pandemic’s Great Digital...
It may feel like the pandemic has always been here. That there was no...
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Digital PaymentsImproving Conversions While Navigating The Great Digital Shift
When the pandemic is over, there will be thousands of books written about the...
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Subscription CommerceBrewing User Interest In Coffee Subscriptions
Consumers have turned to online subscriptions to get their caffeine fixes while the bulk...
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Mobile ApplicationsHow Brick-and-Mortar Banks Can Seize The Digital Moment
There was a time when consumers did not require much more from their local...
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CoronavirusNEW DATA: States Push To Reopen – Will Consumer Demand...
It has been almost two months since the World Health Organization (WHO) first declared...
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SMBsPPP’s Banker Versus Borrower Dilemma
Since the launch of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) in early April, the single-minded focus of...
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CoronavirusWhat Germany's Soft Reopen Portends For The US Market
What if an economy had a grand(ish) reopening — and almost everyone decided to sit...
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CoronavirusSalary Cuts Swell The Paycheck-To-Paycheck Ranks
The recent spike in joblessness has attracted no small share of attention for the...
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Consumer InsightsAnticipating The Consumer Spending Rebound
The coronavirus pandemic winds on, and while it seems like it’s been forever, when...
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EconomyConsumers Pay Down Credit Card Debt As Businesses Ramp It...
As the coronavirus pandemic continues, a sharp difference emerges between the ways consumers and...
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CoronavirusThe Great Reopening 101: What We Know About The Phased...
The U.S. economy has been for all intents and purposes shut down due to...
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LoansFed Bets Trillions In SMB Lending That Consumers Will Return
A quick recovery may be in the cards. But so might a “false start.”...
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CoronavirusFed Unveils Plan To Aid Coronavirus-Wracked Consumers And Businesses
The Federal Reserve launched a massive aid package on Monday (March 23) to prop...
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B2B PaymentsMain Street USA Was Healthy In February, But Coronavirus Is...
A decade of growth, poised to be upended. Amid the widespread, and widening, impact...
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CoronavirusThe Light At The End Of The COVID-19 Tunnel
It is easy to get a little bit confused when one takes a step...
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RetailShoppers Likely To Avoid Malls If Coronavirus Escalates
In the event that the Coronavirus gets worse in the United States, 58 percent...
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Voice ActivationWhy Voice Is Connected Commerce’s Killer App
Consumers have experienced the convenience of shopping with their voices, and they cannot get...
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eCommerceWalmart Subsidizes Vendor Price Cuts To Gain Edge Over Amazon
Price wars usually only have one winner: Consumers. Price wars tend to be decent...
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PodcastsBridging Instant Payments’ Perception/Reality Gap
Payments people love to talk about rails — whose rails are the fastest, cheapest,...
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Digital BankingFor Better Banking, Is Consumer Control Actually Key?
Consumers want control — everybody seems to know that. But what you probably don’t...
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Security & FraudStudy: More People Fall Prey To Fraudsters Online Than By...
A recent study about how people respond to scammers shows that consumers are more...
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RetailRetail Innovation Depends On Older Consumers, Too
Youngsters tend to get all the credit when it comes to being a force...
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CommerceTrade Wars Could Cost Each US Consumer $900 This Holiday...
All wars have casualties. And the casualties linger after the clashes stop. This will...
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NewsRetail Automation: Big Bang Or Slow Build?
Kiosks. Intelligent cabinets. Cashless stores. Retailers must embrace automation, as Tim Moran, senior vice president...
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InvestmentsIdentity Verification Firm Truework Gets $12M For Cloud-Hosted Solutions
Identity Verification firm Truework announced it has raised $12 million in Series A financing...
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Merchant InnovationQSRs Supersize Their Digital Ante
The second quarter of 2019 showed that the QSR digital and mobile innovation push...
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DebtCFPB Report: One In Four Consumers Have Debt In Collections
More than a quarter of consumers have one debt in collections, according to data...
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Payments InnovationPush Payments’ Path To Digital Innovation In The Developing World
Push payments have been a topic of conversation in the developed world for the...
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Financial InclusionConsumers Still Have Much To Learn To Reach Financial Literacy
As Financial Literacy month comes to a close, we take a look at how...
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LegalUK Lawsuit Against Mastercard Gains Court Support
A consumer lawsuit against Mastercard in the U.K. got approval to move forward after...
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NewsAmex Delinquency Rates Flat In March
American Express, the payments company, reported Monday (April 15) that credit card delinquency rates...
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BiometricsTwo Lawmakers Float First Facial Recognition Privacy Bill
With facial recognition growing in popularity and uses showing up everywhere from the airport...
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LoansBanks Get Stricter On Loan Standards, Brace For Declines
The Federal Reserve revealed Monday (February 5) that an increasing number of banks have...
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International$13B In Trump Trade War Tariffs Go Unpaid
While President Donald Trump has boasted that his tariffs imposed on China and other...
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DebtStudent Loan Debt Hits $1.465 Trillion, Sets New Record
Student loan debt in the U.S. has set a new record, hitting $1.465 trillion...
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Consumer FinanceNEW DATA: With Wages And Hopes High, Why Are Consumers...
The numbers are in, and the economy is looking up: Gross domestic product (GDP)...
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Security & FraudPing Identity Survey Shows Consumers Will Go To Great Lengths...
Ping Identity, the Identity Defined Security (IDS) company, announced on Wednesday (Nov. 7) that...
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RetailJet.com Opens Nike And Bonobos Dedicated Shops
To bring in younger consumers, Jet.com is expanding its assortment on its website. The...
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Partnerships / AcquisitionsTencent Invests $180M In Brazilian FinTech Nubank
China’s Tencent Holdings paid $180 million for an undisclosed minority stake in Brazilian FinTech...
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Payment MethodsToneTag CEO Sounds Off On Payments At The Speed Of...
Talk about cashless and contactless. How about payments made at the speed of sound...
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Today In DataToday In Data: Consumer Necessity Is The Mother Of Retail...
Everyone is looking for more these days: more sales, more experiences, more commerce touchpoints,...
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Security & FraudEntersekt: Why Authentication Needs A Standard
Authenticating a transaction can be a widely varied experience. Call centers, particularly those dealing...
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Chinese Tariffs Could Hit Consumers’ Pocketbooks To The Tune Of...
The tariffs put in place by the U.S. government on printed circuit assemblies and connected...
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DataCalifornia Passes Online Privacy Data Law Aimed At Protecting Consumers
The state of California passed a new digital privacy law that provides consumers with...
