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Online Purchases Rule The UK Commerce Arena

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As the popularity of online shopping continues to rise, it comes as no surprise that there has also been an uptick in card-not-present purchases. Worldwide, eCommerce card payments generated $2.7 Cards Association (UKCA) found that cashless purchases made through debit and credit cards more than doubled in the past decade.

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U.K. Sees Card-Not-Present Purchases Soar

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With the popularity of online shopping, it should come as no surprise that there’s been an uptick in card-not-present purchases. Cards Association (UKCA) finds that the amount of purchases made through debit and credit cards has more than doubled in the past decade. A new report from the U.K. There were 6.7

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Turning To The Crowd ? And Gift Cards ? To Fund Honeymoons

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These platforms include Honeyfund , which offers an online wedding registry designed to help couples raise money for a range of expenditures they may not be able to afford, according to CEO and co-founder Sara Margulis — like a far-flung honeymoon, a down payment on a dream home, cooking classes, tennis lessons or even a year of housecleaning.

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Amazon, Chase Donate To Whole Foods Planet Foundation

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Whole Foods has announced that both Amazon and Chase will donate a portion of purchases made with an Amazon Rewards Visa Card to Whole Planet Foundation, a nonprofit that fights global poverty through microloans. It is truly a win-win.”.

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Walmart Teams With Shopify To Grow eCommerce Marketplace

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the eCommerce mega platform, to expand its third-party marketplace for a bigger share of the COVID-19 online shopping surge. Founded in 2006, Shopify offers more than 75 million products. We are well positioned to help our merchants, particularly given the accelerated shift to online commerce.

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How Facebook Unfriends Ad Fraudsters

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A recent report found that ASEAN nations are projected to lose $260 million to online fraud this year, with eCommerce companies bearing the brunt of these losses. The network found that Australia’s 2018 card fraud rate was 72.8 cents per $1,000 AUD of card spending, down from 75 cents the year prior. percent in 2018 from 13.9

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In Mexico eCommerce Has A Crush On Cash

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With nearly 90 percent of consumer transactions still being paid using cash, eCommerce merchants like Amazon and Linio are coming up with creative ways to cater to a market where consumers continue to pick cash over cards. The retailer woos online shoppers without access to credit cards to pay for their purchases at physical store locations.

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