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OCTOBER 7, 2016

Capital One has reportedly inked a deal to acquire Paribus, a price tracking service, as the credit card company makes another acquisition in the FinTech space. According to a report , Paribus aids online shoppers in getting automatic refunds when the price drops on items they purchased. Card at Capital One, said in the report.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

Retail dispute management system Chargeback announced Monday (June 8) that it has closed a $6.6 Chargeback said the money will accelerate its growth and ability to help online and offline retailers decrease credit card disputes, achieve higher win rates and retain more revenue. million Series A1 funding round.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 27, 2020

More consumers than ever are turning to online shopping channels to meet their needs during the pandemic, but many are also aware that cybercriminals are looking to capitalize on this stepped-up online activity to steal their card data. Firms are also prioritizing security as they transact online more heavily as well.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 25, 2018

First PayPal and now Capital One have noted the significance of their partnerships with the retailer in recent earnings calls. Just yesterday, in Capital One’s 3Q18 earnings call, Richard Fairbank, CEO and chairman, mentioned that Capital One will be the exclusive issuer of Walmart […].

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

5) the launch of Stripe Capital to simplify the way internet companies can access funds. It remains difficult for online businesses to get access to capital. Stripe Capital makes it easy for internet businesses to get the funds they need when they need them,” said Will Gaybrick, Stripe’s chief product officer.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2019

PayPal ’s venture capital arm has invested $11 million in online returns service Happy Returns. Sobie and Co-Founder Mark Geller met at HauteLook, an early flash sale retailer that was bought by Nordstrom. The funding is the largest round to date for the company, bringing Happy Returns’ total raise to $25 million.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2020

As retail reopens and starts to spur some optimism for the future, a dark number appeared on the scene on Tuesday (June 10). Coresight released a report that says 25,000 retail storefronts will close by the end of the year. After all, they have access to capital, and they have shown strong balance sheets in the past.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2020

CEO Jack Dorsey noted on the earnings call that new and existing sellers continued to transition from in-store commerce to online channels, aided by curbside pickup and delivery. As of April 20, Square Online Store weekly GPV was $59 million, up fivefold since earlier in the year. Customers had more than $1.3

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

Corporate buyers are quickly shifting their purchasing habits online, and seeking more efficient experiences from product sourcing through to checkout. A great example would be buy online, pick up in-store," noted Bachalli. Along with the adoption of B2B eCommerce came the proliferation of different kinds of buying models. "A

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

Bad news hit the startup community this week as new analysis from CBInsights revealed a significant decline in venture capital (VC) funding in the first quarter of 2020. The company connects SMBs to invoice financing via is mobile app Bridge2Capital, targeting retail shopkeepers with a way to finance their outstanding payables.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

We have deep dives into unattended retail, rapid settlements and cybersecurity, as well as news on Mastercard receiving the go-ahead from China’s central bank to set up a bank clearing business. 11 to set up a bank card clearing business, providing it with access to a $27 trillion payments market. Uber reported its earnings last week.

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Accenture

MAY 30, 2019

Each quarter, Ryan Douglas from the Card Issuing group compiles key metrics on US consumer credit cards, tracking spend, receivables, loss rates and returns reported by the largest US banks. Chase, Capital One and Synchrony continue to lead issuers with purchase volume growth of over 8 percent YoY?. New partnerships.

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2020

Flexibility will be essential to survival, and the pressure is on for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and financial service providers to migrate online as their customers continue social distancing. If there’s one thing for certain for small business today, it’s that nothing is certain. Finding New Revenue Streams.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2018

Barclays announced that it has appointed Shane Holdaway as the company’s CEO of its cards and payments division in the U.S. For the past five years, Holdaway was the president of Capital One’s Canadian division, and played a leading role in the company becoming the exclusive credit card issuer for Costco Wholesale Canada.

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AUGUST 3, 2020

DayTek Capital , an Australian challenger bank known for its prepaid “Infinity” card, has been granted a banking license by the country’s Securities and Investments Commission, a report from AltFi says.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2019

Shopify announced it has launched a new retail hardware collection to improve in-person shopping for some of the world’s fastest-growing brands and their customers. Digitally native brands want to build loyal audiences through retail locations, and we’ve designed the best products to help them achieve this success.”.

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Banking Exchange

MARCH 4, 2020

The bank is closing 37 branches and investing in a ‘tailored, personal and accessible’ service for clients Bank Performance Technology Retail Banking Checks/Remote Deposit Capture Cards Profitability Feature3 Survival Strategies Fintech Feature Management Financial Trends Customers Community Banking.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Digital fraud is a long-running problem for merchants, retailers, banks and businesses of all types. One report found that there was a 54 percent increase in gift card and loyalty fraud in May compared to the previous month, making promotion fraud prevention a top priority for merchants. Developments From The World Of Digital Fraud.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Stripe really did come about because we were really appalled by how hard it was to charge for things online.” — John Collison.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

We have deep dives on digital payments, online ordering and memberships. Membership has its privileges ” was the nine-year marketing campaign rolled out by American Express in 1987 to convince consumers that it was worth paying a yearly fee for one of its charge card offerings. Walmart Reboots Retail With Its Rethink on Robotics .

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 23, 2018

As mobile wallets and consumer-to-business payments platforms grow in popularity as the preferred payment method among retail shoppers, it seems only natural that merchants should consider digital POS lending or instant financing options as a means to encourage more online purchases. Indeed, they are. Read More.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 19, 2019

liquor industry), who has combined the ongoing consumer desire for online subscription retail with the rise of craft distilleries. Along the way, he learned more about the power of brick-and-mortar retail in this increasingly online world. We had to buy a retail store to fulfill this dream. Stock explained.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Online shopping is on a tear, and marketplaces are reaping the rewards. billion — online payments were completed in the U.S. In the post, Shopify wrote, “by accepting Venmo directly in your online store, users can complete their purchase in just a few clicks. Just under 150 billion — or 148.5 trillion.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

If your business touches retail in any way, it might pay to follow a few important breadcrumbs. Worse yet, some analysts fear the triggering of break-lease clauses for retailers in malls if anchor stores leave. All of this will only make malls an even tougher sell to consumers, and to retailers that want consumers to buy their stuff.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

Both Walmart and Amazon made some big add-ons and/or acquisitions this week as they attempt to widen their sphere of retail influence in a post-pandemic world. So the eCommerce giant certainly has both the scale and the capital required to push Zoox’s ambitious goals. The retailer had been negotiating with ThredUp for about a year.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Although the installment concept is hardly new, Afterpay’s platform and growing catalog of retailers has brought fame and fortune to the company and its founders. There aren’t many online payment providers that have successfully gone offline. Among them is 30-year-old Co-Founder and U.S. Preference For Debit. million U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

billion for a part of Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd., Into Reliance Retail. billion for an equity share of roughly 2 percent in Reliance Industries subsidiary Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd. billion for an equity share of roughly 2 percent in Reliance Industries subsidiary Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2016

According to the Wall Street Journal , shoppers are increasingly flocking to brick and mortar retail locations to return the unwanted holiday gifts received online. billion in November and December, which means that retailers can conservatively expect nearly $66 billion in goods to be returned.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2019

Cards (as in prepaid, stored-value cards that consumers can use for gambling, payroll and a variety of other uses, many of them novel) are only half the battle. To get a sense of how the world of payments and cards has changed, Cregan told Webster a story about a conference he attended in Las Vegas in 2009. Take payroll cards.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Capital One Halts BNPL Transactions On Its Credit Cards. Capital One Financial Corp is putting a stop to buy now, pay later (BNPL) transactions on its credit cards, calling the dealings “ risky ,” for both consumers and banks. Report: Millennials, Buy Now Pay Later And The Shifting Dynamics Of Online Credit.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2020

PAAY has rolled out a partner platform to let merchants and payment providers implement and track EMV 3DS, a standard that aims to help prevent unauthorized card-not-present (CNP) transactions, throughout different merchant accounts.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2017

For small businesses, expansion is key, and expansion needs capital. The company has said that it is the first bank in Puerto Rico to offer digital services, ranging from business credit cards to working capital loans to SBA loans.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2017

This week in retail, we’ve seen news coming in from multiple sides, including that of Apple’s projected increase in smartwatch sales , U.K. based online lender Prodigy shared its funding news. The discount retailer has also announced two partnerships this week, one with Google and one with IBM. Moving into lending news, U.K.-based

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

The round was led by General Atlantic and WestCap , and existing investors Activant Capital and Tribe Capital also participated. Retail Index showed that this accelerated the digital shift by five years, with eCommerce transactions for grocery orders alone hitting $5.9 Data from the IBM U.S. billion, the report says.

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PYMNTS

MAY 7, 2020

As COVID-19 has forced shutdowns and social distancing, web sales have been on the rise, and many entrepreneurs are moving their business models online. With Square Online Checkout, the San Francisco mobile payment company hopes to capitalize on this shift by offering companies what it claims is an easier way to accept online card payments.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2020

We have deep dives into virtual card adoption and self-service technology, as well as a report on Kobe Bryant’s legacy. Bryant formed the Bryant Stibel venture capital firm in 2013 with Jeff Stibel, founder of Web.com. Bank Is Doing to Drive Virtual Card Adoption. BMO on Taking a Digital-First Approach to Retail Banking.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Account takeovers are becoming bigger business for criminals — or, at least, the business of preventing account takeovers in the digital retail and payments realm is becoming an increasing focus of companies and security experts. The new capital will help fuel hiring and other growth, the company said. Account Takeover Growth.

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