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Surcharges Re-Enter The Merchant Transaction Fee Debate

Surcharges Re-Enter The Merchant Transaction Fee Debate
Surcharges Re-Enter The Merchant Transaction Fee Debate
January 13, 2021  |  Retail

As COVID has battered the economy and changed the way merchants do business, the time has come for them to analyze their clients and customers...

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Shipt Says Shortened Delivery Times The New ‘Normal’
Shipt Says Shortened Delivery Times The New ‘Normal’
January 13, 2021  |  Retail

If there are any certainties in online commerce they may boil down to these statements: Contactless is here to stay, and the last mile might...

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Debate Looms Over Crypto Privacy, Security And Regulation
Debate Looms Over Crypto Privacy, Security And Regulation
January 12, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

In the starkest terms, the latest regulatory debate over cryptocurrencies – as with so much else in the financial sphere – comes down to privacy...

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Digital Shift Leads Mastercard To Take Contactless Payments To The Cloud
Digital Shift Leads Mastercard To Take Contactless Payments To The Cloud
January 12, 2021  |  Payment Methods

If the sky’s the limit for contactless payments, which the pandemic has certainly shown, and if the technology is deployed across mobile devices … then...

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Cargomatic Taps Geocoding To Avert Last-Mile Delivery Mistakes
Cargomatic Taps Geocoding To Avert Last-Mile Delivery Mistakes
January 12, 2021  |  Digital Onboarding

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Ingo Money’s Edwards: Government Disbursement Modernization Depends On  Digital Engagement
Ingo Money’s Edwards: Government Disbursement Modernization Depends On Digital Engagement
January 12, 2021  |  Disbursements

The federal government is not exactly the poster child for modern payments distribution. It’s a fact that the last year – and two rounds of...

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Virtual Cards Drive Consumerization Of B2B Payments
Virtual Cards Drive Consumerization Of B2B Payments
January 12, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Historically, corporate travel and expense (T&E) management has been viewed as an entirely separate function from other B2B payment workflows. Get the Full Story Complete...

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Payments as a Service, Ready for Prime Time?
Payments as a Service, Ready for Prime Time?
January 11, 2021  |  Payments As A Service

These days, with the emergence of the cloud, open banking and application programming interfaces (APIs, the moniker “as-a-Service” applies to pretty much any business function...

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NEW DATA: Discounts Can Help Merchants Reduce Holiday Returns
NEW DATA: Discounts Can Help Merchants Reduce Holiday Returns
January 11, 2021  |  eCommerce

The holiday season offered a much-needed windfall for some retailers. Many merchants were struggling to stay afloat since March 2020 when the pandemic began and...

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