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Holiday Shoppers Forecasted To Return $41.6B In Products

Holiday Shoppers Forecasted To Return $41.6B In Products
Holiday Shoppers Forecasted To Return $41.6B In Products
December 19, 2019  |  Retail

With the growth of eCommerce sales, the number of products consumers are sending back to retailers is on the rise. As $50 billion in profits...

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Smile! Retailers Want To Take More Of Your Pictures
Smile! Retailers Want To Take More Of Your Pictures
December 19, 2019  |  Retail

Make sure you give your best smile when you are shopping in 2020. That’s because cameras are playing a much bigger role in retail, a...

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Ant Financial Invests In Vietnam’s eMonkey
Ant Financial Invests In Vietnam’s eMonkey
December 19, 2019  |  Retail

In a move that was not announced due to concerns that anti-China sentiment in Vietnam could lead to potential pushback, China’s Ant Financial has quietly...

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Priceline Uses AI To Stop Fraudsters In Their Tracks
Priceline Uses AI To Stop Fraudsters In Their Tracks
December 19, 2019  |  Fraud Prevention

The $755 billion online travel industry is a honeypot for bad actors looking to use stolen payment credentials to purchase vacation packages and resell them...

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Rethinking The Roles Of Data, Accountants In SMB Finance
Rethinking The Roles Of Data, Accountants In SMB Finance
December 19, 2019  |  B2B Payments

FinTech and automation technology have cast a shadow of anxiety on the accounting industry in recent years, as certified public accountants (CPAs) began to wonder...

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Deep Dive: How QSRs Can Curb Chargeback Woes
Deep Dive: How QSRs Can Curb Chargeback Woes
December 19, 2019  |  Mobile Order Ahead

Bank and credit card chargebacks are valuable tools, keeping consumers safe from credit card thieves, hackers and unscrupulous merchants. The Truth in Lending Act, signed...

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Indian FinTech ZestMoney Raises $15M Led By Goldman Sachs
Indian FinTech ZestMoney Raises $15M Led By Goldman Sachs
December 19, 2019  |  Alternative Finances

Bangalore-based FinTech ZestMoney has raised $15 million in a Series B funding round led by Goldman Sachs and existing investors Naspers, Quona Capital, and Omidyar...

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Bitcoin Daily: Lukka Launches TurboTax For Crypto
Bitcoin Daily: Lukka Launches TurboTax For Crypto
December 19, 2019  |  Bitcoin

Cryptocurrency accounting firm Lukka has released a new service that will figure out the taxes on crypto assets, according to a report by CoinDesk. Get...

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Truecaller Caller ID System To Extend Financial Services In India
Truecaller Caller ID System To Extend Financial Services In India
December 19, 2019  |  International

Swedish caller identification system TrueCaller is dipping its toes in the financial services water as it prepares for an initial public offering in the next...

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