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Visa: Real-Time Settlement, Online Marketplaces Help Put SMBs Back On The Road To Recovery

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Online marketplaces are the digital storefronts helping small to mid-sized businesses survive — but adding real-time settlement into the mix can help them thrive. And 60 percent of surveyed firms selling across online marketplaces would take their business to one that offers real-time settlement.

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New Report: SMS-Based Outreach Helps Merchants Authenticate Consumers, Boost Online Sales

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Businesses and financial institutions (FIs) are constantly examining ways to make their customers’ accounts more secure, especially as more consumers go online to make purchases and transact during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. About The Tracker.

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Online Gambling And The Challenges Of Betting On Instant Disbursements

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The COVID-19 pandemic has had a noted effect on how several industries can operate and interact with their customers during this time including retail stores, movie theaters and casinos. There is one sticking point online casinos need to fix, however, and that is the speed at which consumers receive their winnings.

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Blackbird, AeroPay Team For Online, Cashless Cannabis Ordering

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Blackbird customers will have access to an online pre-pay option for ordering items for delivery or curbside pickup. These factors lead most businesses to transact primarily in cash — a fact that presents long-term issues for these companies. The Blackbird and AeroPay relationship is one of the partnerships trying to change that.

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Federal Workers Allowed To Purchase Supplies From Online Retailers

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Federal workers, through partnerships with several online retailers, will now be able to purchase equipment like desks or office supplies through an eCommerce network for the first time, The Washington Post reports. Leaders at Overstock said the new GSA initiative would help them with their retail operation.

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Blackbird, AeroPay Team For Online, Cashless Cannabis Ordering

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Blackbird customers will have access to an online pre-pay option for ordering items for delivery or curbside pickup. AeroPay CEO and founder Daniel Muller said the partnership came about because both companies want "to give cannabis businesses the ability to operate in the same manner as any other business would," the release says.

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Online Retailers Face New Threats From Hackers

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Death, taxes and data breaches – those are perhaps the only sure things in life, and new evidence is emerging that hackers are finding increasing profit in targeting online retailers. The news comes amid yet another online retail cyberattack, this one targeting Japan’s Fast Retailing, the company that owns the Uniqlo retail chain.

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