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Cyber Monday: From Dial-Up Dreams to Digital Dollars
Cyber Monday: From Dial-Up Dreams to Digital Dollars
November 30, 2024  |  The Weekender

In the annals of retail history, few phenomena have captured the imagination quite like Cyber Monday. Born in the early days of eCommerce, Cyber Monday...

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Shoppers Want a Good Deal; More Than Half Still Pay Full Price
Shoppers Want a Good Deal; More Than Half Still Pay Full Price
November 29, 2024  |  Retail

As consumer expectations change and digital technologies advance, the holiday shopping season itself is evolving. It’s going beyond its revenue-maximizing frenzy of deep discounts and...

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How the ‘Shopify of Gaming’ Is Helping Developers Go Direct to Consumer
How the ‘Shopify of Gaming’ Is Helping Developers Go Direct to Consumer
November 27, 2024  |  Payments Innovation

The seeds were sown long ago for Chris Faught, CEO of Neon, to create a direct-to-consumer (D2C) platform for the gaming industry in 2022. He...

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J.P. Morgan Weighs In on Retail’s Three Big Moments of Truth
J.P. Morgan Weighs In on Retail’s Three Big Moments of Truth
November 25, 2024  |  Retail

We all heard the saying as kids when parents and teachers offered up these words of wisdom: You only get one chance to make a...

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Retro Revival: Nostalgic Tech Is Making a Comeback
Retro Revival: Nostalgic Tech Is Making a Comeback
November 23, 2024  |  Technology

Old-fashioned technology is coming back into fashion, and we’re talking more than just dumb phones. Take pagers, for instance. Earlier this month, Sega’s Japanese toys...

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Report: Financial Scams Drive 122% Increase in Fraud Losses by US Banks
Report: Financial Scams Drive 122% Increase in Fraud Losses by US Banks
November 22, 2024  |  Fraud Prevention

Transactions have moved more digital, changing the fraud landscape. Financial institutions (FIs) have made real progress in holding off fraudsters attempting to exploit the digital...

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Holiday Spending Surge: 60M US Shoppers Swayed by Upfront Pay Later Options
Holiday Spending Surge: 60M US Shoppers Swayed by Upfront Pay Later Options
November 21, 2024  |  Shopping

Merchants have a critical opportunity to capture consumer spending by strategically positioning pay later options. But do merchants miss out due to delaying visibility? Yes....

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Solvento Eyes AI-Driven Financial Platform for Mexico’s Trucking Industry
Solvento Eyes AI-Driven Financial Platform for Mexico’s Trucking Industry
November 19, 2024  |  Transportation

If the pandemic taught merchants anything, it’s that supply chains are only as strong as their weakest link — and trucking carriers are among the...

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Thredd’s McCarthy on Winning in the Changing World of Issuer Processing
Thredd’s McCarthy on Winning in the Changing World of Issuer Processing
November 19, 2024  |  Payments Innovation

Earlier this month, shares of Marqeta plunged more than 30% in the wake of weaker-than-expected guidance. The company pointed, in part, to delays in bank...

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