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8.8KVISAVisa Launches Installment APIs For Issuers And Merchants
The installment lending playing field just got more interesting — and global — today (June 27). Visa announced that it will bring...
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2.3KAmazonUS-China Trade War Could Hurt Amazon Merchants
The escalating trade war between the United States and China is leaving many Amazon merchants wondering how to keep their businesses afloat...
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4.2KGoogleGoogle Pay Now Supports PayPal
Google Pay has added PayPal integration for merchants, according to reports. “We’re thrilled to announce we’ve expanded our collaboration with PayPal to...
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2.3KMobile PaymentsRiverPay’s China UnionPay Mobile Initiative Gains Traction
Integrated payments and marketing platform RiverPay revealed that its staged merchant acquisition initiative with China UnionPay is growing in the North American...
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3.6KB2B PaymentsPayPal Canada Links Small Businesses To Cross-Border Shipping
PayPal is introducing a new solution for Canadian small businesses (SMBs) to lower their logistics costs when doing business with the U.S....
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4.1KeCommerceThe Great Marketplace, Branded Storefront Debate
In the world of physical retail, finding a product to buy is rather straightforward: People go to stores, find something that suits...
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6.7KPayments InnovationPush Payments’ Path To Digital Innovation In The Developing World
Push payments have been a topic of conversation in the developed world for the last several years, across verticals and use cases....
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3.9KRetailAlipay Merchants Triple In Europe
Alipay has tripled its number of merchants in Europe to “tens of thousands” in the past year. “We’re talking about tens of...
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10.0KSecurity & FraudStripe Launches Chargeback Protection Service
Stripe, the payments company, announced Monday (June 2) the launch of Chargeback Protection, a new service that provides customers with machine learning-based...
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4.4KeCommerceGoDaddy On Going Big And Connecting SMBs With Marketplaces
Sell on a marketplace or sell in one’s own digital shop? It is a discussion — and, more recently, a robust debate...
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4.5KAmazon PaymentsAmazon Pay Debuts Alexa Delivery Notifications For All Merchants
Amazon has announced the launch of Alexa delivery notifications for all merchants via Amazon Pay. “We’ve gone from typing and touching to...
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6.3KMastercardMastercard Revs Its Payments Innovation Engine
Take a minute and think of the morning rush at a favorite coffee shop. The beverages roll off what amounts to an...
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4.6KAmazon InnovationsAmazon Launches Lending Referral Program In China
Amazon has launched a new lending service in China dubbed Lending Referral Program, which is open to select merchants that sell products...
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2.5KRetailAmazon Helped SMBs Earn More Than $160B In 2018
In the digital age, Amazon has reportedly aided millions of small businesses in flourishing. The eCommerce retailer claims it has helped 1.9...
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5.8KFacebookFacebook Seeks $1B To Launch Crypto Payments Rails
Facebook has been meeting with financial firms and online merchants as it makes plans to launch its own cryptocurrency-based payments system. The social...
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1.6KAmazonAmazon Invites Israeli Merchants To Sell Through Its Website
Amazon is expanding in the Israeli market, reportedly inviting select retailers to sell their products locally through its website. According to a...
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2.3KMobileShopify Partners With Snap On Marketing Integration
Shopify and Snap have formed a partnership that will allow Shopify merchants to buy and manage Snapchat Story ad campaigns on Shopify’s...
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10.5KEarningsPayPal Q1: Venmo Users Hit 40M, Payments Volume Dips
Venmo took center stage during PayPal’s Q1 2019 earnings report as PayPal CEO Dan Schulman released user numbers for the first time: 40...
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6.0KAuthenticationStripe APIs Simplify SCA For Merchants, Issuers
Stripe has announced the launch of new products and updates that will help merchants implement the best Strong Customer Authentication (SCA)-ready authentication methods...
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14.8KMastercardWhy Mastercard Bought Vyze
Second thoughts — sure, wise elders recommend them, but they represent defeat for retailers. Hesitation and deeper consideration can lead to fewer...
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4.8KeCommerceeBay Shutters Third-Party Ad Platform Commerce Network
Online auction and shopping company eBay has announced that it’s closing the Commerce Network, a platform where companies would advertise products that...
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7.8KEarningsMerchants Using WeChat Pay Grew 80 Pct YOY In Q4
While China’s Tencent reported lower-than-expected net profits in its fourth quarter earnings, some of its emerging businesses have seen significant growth. The company revealed...
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13.4KAmazon PaymentsAmazon, Worldpay Team On One-Click Commerce
Amazon Pay is a well-established payment method across online commerce — and not only because it’s the home payment method of the largest, most...
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5.5KAmazonAmazon Lifts Price Parity Rule For Third-Party Merchants
Amazon, worried that it could run afoul of antitrust laws, will stop preventing third-party sellers from hawking their products on other websites...
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671RegulationDeep Dive: GDPR And What A US Equivalent Would Look Like
GDPR was signed into law in 2016, and since then it has been a point of debate for regulators, businesses, banks and...
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4.2KeCommerceFinTech SumUp Buys Shoplo To Expand eCommerce Biz
U.K.-based FinTech SumUp, which helps small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) take card payments, has acquired Shoplo, a multichannel eCommerce platform. The move...
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9.5KRetailGiving Health And Beauty Merchants A POS Makeover
Consumers have thousands of health and beauty brands to choose from, and that pool has only grown larger as the global economy...
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6.1KPayments InnovationDigital Lending’s $1.4T Travel Payments Plan
The family trip to Disney World, the honeymoon to Hawaii, the 25-year anniversary spent in Paris — the big trips people take...
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371RegulationDeep Dive: PSD2 And FCA Exemptions
PSD2 requires every player in the EU that handles payments to make adjustments to ensure faster and more transparent transactions. The regulation...
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19.8KRegulationMerchants Gone Wild: The Surcharge Edition
Since about mid-December of 2018, checking out in the stores here in Boston has become even more of a hassle. Never mind...
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13.0KSubscription CommerceReport: The 16 Things That Will Take Subscription Commerce To The Next Level
At their core, subscription services are simple and straightforward. A consumer pays a recurring fee and, in return, receives access to a...
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7.7KAmazon ProfileDTC Brands Tell Amazon Thanks, But No Thanks
Amazon has been heavily courting some direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands – inviting them to its headquarters, paying for dinner and letting them fill...
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5.2KInternationalAlipay: Chinese Tourists Prefer Mobile Payments
Nielsen, a global information and measurement company, and financial services company Alipay teamed up to create a survey about the trends and habits...
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16.0KRegulationCredit Card Surcharges OK’ed In New York
New York has banned the ban. In the wake of court filings this week that effectively ended a challenge to surcharges on...
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449RegulationGetting Merchants Ready For PSD2
September 2019 might seem like an eternity away, but for many retailers from the U.K. and around Europe, it’s just around the...
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5.6KRetailWhy The Merchant Countertop Needs A Tech Update
So much is changing in retail and payments these days — the seemingly unstoppable rise of mobile, for instance, or the transformation...
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7.1KSubscription CommerceConsumers Battle Subscription Friction As Fraud Scrutiny Tightens
Subscription commerce stands as one of the hotter parts of retail, with companies such as Lyft launching subscription plans and other firms...
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7.9KRetailChase Mobile App Launches Offers For Mobile Customers
Chase Mobile App has announced the launch of Chase Offers, which will allow customers to find deals and earn statement credits when shopping...
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5.6KANTITRUSTICC: Flipkart, Amazon Not Abusing Competitive Position
Walmart’s Flipkart, and Amazon, have not broken competitive rules in India through their respective efforts to promote certain brands or select certain...
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5.8KDigital PaymentsSquare Launches Terminal To Replace Legacy Keypad Terminals
Square, the payments company, announced Thursday (Oct. 18) the launch of an integrated all-in-one card processing device dubbed Square Terminal. The company...
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3.4KPartnerships / AcquisitionsAmerican Express, Ethoca Team To Solve Disputes Between Merchants, Cardholders
American Express, the payments company, and Ethoca, a provider of collaboration-based technology solutions for merchants and card issuers, announced on Monday (Oct....
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7.3KPayment MethodsToneTag CEO Sounds Off On Payments At The Speed Of Sound
Talk about cashless and contactless. How about payments made at the speed of sound — to be specific, using encrypted sound waves...
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9.3KVISAFrom Startup To Global Payments Giant: Visa Turns 60
Sixty years ago today (Sept. 18), a San Francisco startup launched by sending roughly 60,000 credit cards to consumers living in northern...
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8.6KFraud PreventionBanks, Merchants Turn To Behavioral Biometrics To Fight Fraud
In an effort to prevent fraud, an increasing number of banks and merchants have been monitoring visitors to their websites and apps....
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2.7KCheckout ConversionAll The Ways Digital Sellers Can Lose Potential Customers
It seems so easy: Pull out a mobile device, or launch a browser on a laptop or desktop computer, and begin shopping...
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5.0KAmazonAmazon Launches Inventory Performance Index To Maintain Merchant Inventory
Amazon is rolling out a new system to manage the inventory of third-party merchants. Dubbed Inventory Performance Index, the solution aims to...
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4.5KRetailEtsy’s Reset (And Its Discontents)
The story at Etsy in summer 2018 is a much more cheerful tale than the story of Etsy entering the summer of...
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3.4KStartup Check-InChargehound: Getting Merchants Up To Speed With Chargeback Data
When a merchant receives a chargeback, chances are that the transaction in question took place weeks or even months ago, meaning the...
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10.1KB2B PaymentsAmazon’s Pay By Invoice Illuminates Delayed Payment Debate In US
In the day-to-day minutiae of cash flow management, strategy is key. There can be a bit of a tug of war between...
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5.2KToday In DataFighting Off Unforced Errors
Yogi Berra, explaining a loss, once told reporters the problem was, “We made too many wrong mistakes.” We’d laugh, but in payments...
