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Online Car Marketplaces Drive Profits for MENA Startups

Online Car Marketplaces Drive Profits for MENA Startups
Online Car Marketplaces Drive Profits for MENA Startups
June 02, 2022  |  Retail

With almost 2,000 cars sold daily and nearly 750,000 vehicles sold on a yearly basis, the Egyptian used car market, representing a Gross Merchandise Value...

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The No. 1 Reason Consumers Lose Trust in Online Merchants: Stolen Personal Data
The No. 1 Reason Consumers Lose Trust in Online Merchants: Stolen Personal Data
June 01, 2022  |  eCommerce

How much consumers trust the grocers and retail merchants with which they shop online correlates with how long they have used those merchants’ services, according...

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Merchants Forced to Adapt as eCommerce Moves to Mobile
Merchants Forced to Adapt as eCommerce Moves to Mobile
June 01, 2022  |  Digital Payments

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New Credit, Debit Products Aim for Straight A’s in Financial Literacy
New Credit, Debit Products Aim for Straight A’s in Financial Literacy
June 01, 2022  |  Consumer Finance

If you’re one of those who thinks high school kids should be able to elect Regents Trigonometry or Financial Literacy to get their diploma, there’s some good...

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Banks’ Battle vs the Fraudsters May Be Won in the Cloud
Banks’ Battle vs the Fraudsters May Be Won in the Cloud
June 01, 2022  |  Fraud Prevention

David Excell, founder of Featurespace, tells Karen Webster how cloud-based and other advanced tech are finding scammers while also surfacing better insights so that legitimate...

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Business Buyers Want ‘Uber-Like’ Payments Simplicity
Business Buyers Want ‘Uber-Like’ Payments Simplicity
June 01, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Buyers have seen how the interactions between consumers and merchants in business-to-consumer (B2C) eCommerce have been optimized, and they now want the same customer experience...

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It May Be the End of the Road for Basic Plug-and-Play eCommerce Systems
It May Be the End of the Road for Basic Plug-and-Play eCommerce Systems
June 01, 2022  |  eCommerce

Crisis breeds innovation, and we saw this during the pandemic as point solutions and digital Band-Aids kept millions of businesses afloat when they were at...

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Open Banking to Play Key Role in Accelerating Invisible Payments Trend
Open Banking to Play Key Role in Accelerating Invisible Payments Trend
June 01, 2022  |  Payments Innovation

In today’s world where consumers are more and more inclined toward convenience, the arrival of new payment methods has lifted the bar higher in terms...

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39% of Consumers Pay Monthly Bills on Time With Automatic Payments
39% of Consumers Pay Monthly Bills on Time With Automatic Payments
May 31, 2022  |  Digital Payments

With most consumers now paying their recurring monthly bills via digital channels, many are embracing convenience features such as automatic payment on the due date,...

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