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Gupshup Looks To Automation To Remove The Mess From Messaging

Gupshup Looks To Automation To Remove The Mess From Messaging
Gupshup Looks To Automation To Remove The Mess From Messaging
August 16, 2021  |  Merchant Innovation

For most consumers, a simple scroll through recent texts will reveal just how active and enthusiastic businesses have become in using messaging platforms to communicate...

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Lending Club: Millennials’ Quest For Financial Freedom Hindered By Bad Debt, BNPL
Lending Club: Millennials’ Quest For Financial Freedom Hindered By Bad Debt, BNPL
August 16, 2021  |  Consumer Finance

With new PYMNTS data showing 60 percent of U.S. millennials currently living paycheck to paycheck, it could be argued that this oft-analyzed demographic is badly...

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Two-Thirds Of Consumers Would Cut Ties With Merchants Over A Single Online Fraud Incident
Two-Thirds Of Consumers Would Cut Ties With Merchants Over A Single Online Fraud Incident
August 15, 2021  |  eCommerce

New research shows a zero-tolerance attitude among consumers toward online theft in eCommerce today, with 65 percent or more saying a single incident can lose...

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Sezzle CEO Responds To Square’s BNPL Deal: We’ll Manage All The Ways Consumers Pay
Sezzle CEO Responds To Square’s BNPL Deal: We’ll Manage All The Ways Consumers Pay
August 13, 2021  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Just days after Square’s shock $29 billion acquisition of Afterpay, its Minnesota-based buy now, pay later (BNPL) rival Sezzle said it’s planning to leverage its...

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From COVID Passports To Online Alcohol Purchases, Digital ID Verification Should Come First
From COVID Passports To Online Alcohol Purchases, Digital ID Verification Should Come First
August 13, 2021  |  Security & Fraud

To get to a true digital-first economy, to have credentials in place that can be used across a variety of online activities and settings, online...

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UK’s EPA Chief Says Proposed ‘Consumer Duty’ Mandate Will Backfire, Stifle Innovation
UK’s EPA Chief Says Proposed ‘Consumer Duty’ Mandate Will Backfire, Stifle Innovation
August 13, 2021  |  International

“Notoriously difficult and hard to implement.” That’s the initial feedback from the head of the Emerging Payments Association (EPA), Tony Craddock, on a new set...

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Embedded Insurance Offers Don’t Repel Customers, They Attract Them
Embedded Insurance Offers Don’t Repel Customers, They Attract Them
August 13, 2021  |  Insurance

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s clear that consumers have become a lot more comfortable with shopping online. And, while digital payments and...

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In The Subscription Economy, ‘First Impressions’ Matter Most 
In The Subscription Economy, ‘First Impressions’ Matter Most 
August 13, 2021  |  Subscription Commerce

You know the drill. The streaming media bundle, the weekly grocery deliveries, the monthly meal kit plans. They’ve all offered comfort and convenience amid the...

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45 Pct Of Gen Z Subscribers Used Only D2C Subscriptions In Q2 2021
45 Pct Of Gen Z Subscribers Used Only D2C Subscriptions In Q2 2021
August 12, 2021  |  Subscription Commerce

The 2021 Subscription Commerce Conversion Index, a PYMNTS and sticky.io collaboration, delves into shifts in the subscription ecosystem within the broader ongoing digital shift, delivering...

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