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Helping Brands: D2C Brands Tap New Business Models To Shorten 'Time To Commerce'

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COVID has put pressure on brands to find solutions for their direct-to-consumer [D2C] strategy,” he said. With so many retail stores closing, they need to be able to provide a way to sell D2C wherever those consumers are online.”.

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Mastercard And Ethoca Help Merchants, Issuers Improve Online Transaction Clarity

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A new Mastercard initiative aims to improve online transaction clarity so that customers can know exactly who they purchased from, according to a press release Tuesday (Sept. The release said doing so is a way to both clear up confusion for customers and also to allow brands a way to establish more presence.

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Google At Work On App-Connected Smart Debit Card

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To reportedly help it compete with Apple Pay and the Apple Card, Google is creating its own tangible and virtual debit cards. The tech company’s debit card will have the brand of Google along with its partnered financial institution; however, it is not known what the offering’s name will be.

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Cosmetics Brand Natura Exposes Customer Data

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based in Sao Paulo, inadvertently left hundreds of gigabytes of its customers’ personal and payment-related information publicly available online. The leaked information also includes online payment account details with access for nearly 40,000 wirecard.com.br to secure the two servers, The Hacker News reported. Natura & Co.

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Shutting The Front Door On Online Fraudsters

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Building a secure customer journey is always a bit of a balancing act. It has to be secure first and foremost, particularly when payments data is on the line. Brands are typically aware of the potential for fraud to show up at the end of an anonymous transaction with a new user, stolen card number at the ready.

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Samsung Pay Launches Debit Card, Money Management

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Samsung Pay is launching a physical debit card and this summer will introduce a money management tool in partnership with SoFi. Samsung introduced its payments tool in 2015 with MST (Magnetic Secure Transmission) technology as well as Near Field Communication (NFC), a newer technology. has seen slow adoption compared to other regions.

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Visa Commercial Pay Launches For Virtual Cards, Digitized B2B Payments

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23) that they have entered a strategic partnership to launch Visa Commercial Pay, billed as a suite of B2B payment solutions for enterprises making the shift to digital transactions, and, specifically, virtual cards — and away from paper-based manual processes. She said 89 percent of B2B buyers are making more online purchases than last year.

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