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JANUARY 22, 2021

In 2018 the Supreme Court struck down a 1984 federal law that prohibited gambling in most states. And that opened up an entirely new playing field for online gaming establishments now free to operate in any state that would allow them. Or Michigan, which starts online gambling Friday, Jan. There have been advances.

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JULY 5, 2020

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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NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Those promise to stand as two main traits of the 2018 holiday shopping season , and retailers that gain an edge and increase revenue during the all-important fourth quarter will likely have exploited such tactics during this period, at least according to new data that strives to paint a detailed picture of U.S. Offline And Online Cozy Up.

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MAY 8, 2020

Online gambling or gaming is one possible outlet, and the sector may even make it through the pandemic with less financial damage than other industries. Online Gambling Changes . The pandemic is sweeping through an already critical year for online betting. Such sites are expecting major growth in the U.S.,

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JANUARY 27, 2020

The shop owners are looking to see if automation can make deliveries quicker while keeping costs down, as they work with a new roster of companies that seek to increase the efficiency of online order fulfillment in a small amount of space, The Wall Street Journal reported. Online orders still comprise a small portion of the U.S.

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JULY 25, 2019

According to the report, The Evolution of New Account Fraud , produced by Javelin Strategy & Research , NAF tactics have shifted with the growing popularity of online accounts and payments. million consumers in 2018. A new report from GIACT Systems has revealed that $3.4 billion was lost due to New Account Fraud (NAF) last year.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

From kiosks to online ordering and drive-through lanes, these merchants sought to provide their customers with digital alternatives to ordering at the counter in 2018. These are just some examples of how restaurant technology innovations powered convenient restaurant experiences this year: Online Ordering Expansions.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

In 2018, the Supreme Court struck down a 1992 law passed by Congress that made it illegal for most states to legalize sports betting within their borders. The decision opened the floodgates to legalized sports betting – both in-person and online – in the U.S. million in bets, according to the state’s Lottery Commission.

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JANUARY 29, 2019

For payments and commerce , there’s another uncertainty that hangs in the air: Will legal online sports betting keep going forward, despite a recent decision by the U.S. In the meantime, what should businesses that want to operate in that new world do besides sit around and wait? More about that in just a bit, though. Proactive Steps.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Payments company Klarna Bank AB grew revenue by about a third in 2018, but operating income fell and the speed at which merchants are signing up to the platform slowed. Klarna, which recently turned to Snoop Dogg to promote its online services, added 14,500 merchants in 2018 to its platform, down from 26,000 new merchants […].

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

When it comes to retail, recollections seem likely to linger upon the ongoing (and significant) growth in eCommerce, the developing relationship between online and physical stores, a big boost in apparel sales, and the role of mobile in the journey from browsing to purchase. Online shopping grew 19.1 But that’s not all.

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OCTOBER 18, 2017

The data-driven “Restock Kroger” initiative will largely take the place of new growth in the coming year, according to Supermarket News , with improvements to customer service and assortment winning out over expansion in 2018. The retailer is also expanding online ordering and delivery options available through Shipt and Uber.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2018

When Mastercard launched the Start Path accelerator program in 2014, the goal – according to VP and senior business leader, Amy Neale – was to make it easier for emerging companies to enter “our world” through a combination of operational support, commercial access and some strategic funding. The Start Path Admissions Process.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2019

5), details emerged about the success and failure of the new online sports betting regime in the U.S. million worth of wages with legal New Jersey sportsbook operators, but that gambling operators lost $4.6 million worth of wages with legal New Jersey sportsbook operators, but that gambling operators lost $4.6

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JANUARY 23, 2019

3 Super Bowl approaches — heaven for football fans and gamblers, including bettors who make wagers via online channels — federal authorities have brought a new level of uncertainty into the prospect of those legal bets. Now the operators of sports betting websites are wondering if the U.S. As the Feb. Supreme Court decision.

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JANUARY 3, 2020

The ground zero, of course, was Wayfair , the 2018 case in which the Supreme Court ruled online retailers could be mandated to collect sales tax — and taxes could be levied by states on firms that do not have physical presence in those states. They have to have something powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline operations.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

But since it’s the data point that most use to define the online/physical retail sales split, let’s use it to project, based on historical trends what the world looks line in twenty years. Amazon, of course, owns Whole Foods and operates its own branded book stores and convenience stores. Investor activists think it should be eBay.

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MARCH 19, 2019

March Madness has a new flavor this year: legal online betting. billion – on their favored teams via sportbooks, either in person or online, with other bookies or just with friends. billion – on their favored teams via sportbooks, either in person or online, with other bookies or just with friends. And about 4.1

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MARCH 21, 2019

It might not have been inevitable, perhaps, but it was certainly expected: a regulatory backlash concerning the booming trade (both online and in brick-and-mortar stores) of eCigarettes , with their different flavors attractive to younger consumers — including underaged ones. While the FDA decision shows that the U.S., Authentication Process.

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Insights on Business

MARCH 19, 2018

To a maximum capacity audience and kicking off an exciting week of IBM Think 2018 in Las Vegas, IBM VP Saket Sinha led the “Intelligent Automation in Financial Services” breakout session. Many operations within financial services could be improved with machine learning. Intelligent automation’s ascent in financial services.

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JANUARY 17, 2020

The latest issue involves eSports – one of the rising trends in digital commerce , and one of the ways through which some mall and brick-and-mortar operators hope to revive those retail properties. The realm of eSports is not the only place in the greater online world where taxes are a new and sometimes confusing issue in 2020.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 13, 2018

operations. As a part of its retail transformation strategy, HSBC Bank USA spent over $130 million on innovation projects in one year on its U.S. These projects range from less visible, but equally important, system upgrades on the back-end and more visible ones like installing Softbank’s robot Pepper in its New York flagship.

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JANUARY 4, 2019

Stepping into this world is vital for anyone serious about preparing a proper defense against online fraudsters in 2019. The 2018 holiday season has barely ended and it’s a good bet that retailers and payments players have yet to identify all the fraud that took place. Sure, that’s almost a cliché — know thy enemy. Criminal Rings.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

One cannot have the good without the bad, and that holds especially true, it seems, with online product reviews — a vital, useful part of eCommerce that is reviled by consumers, marketplace sellers and merchants alike. Talk to any online shopper, merchant or marketplace third-party seller. It comes from the U.S. FTC Penalty.

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JUNE 9, 2020

The EU enacted open banking rules in 2018, inspiring regulators worldwide to reconsider how they were transacting funds or transmitting data. Mobile and online payments are also on the rise for this same reason. COVID-19 Exposes Online Payment Concerns. are using contactless payments , for example — a touch-free payment method.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2018

That was on top of news that Walmart’s increased profit-margin pressure was pushing an annual revenue estimate for 2018 that missed investor expectations. McMillon assured investors that 2018 should see an average eCommerce sales growth rate of 40 percent. We had a few operational issues from an inventory replenishment perspective.”.

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

It started online and soon added stores where people could go and try on clothes and then place orders for them to be delivered. In 2018, it bought Elloqui, a plus-size women’s fashion brand. The decision for the layoffs came from Bonobos, she said. Walmart bought Bonobos for $310 million in 2017.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 13, 2018

The bank, which was officially launched in 2015, currently has a German banking license, allowing it to operate in other […]. Berlin-based challenger bank N26 will be opening its services to users in the United States and the United Kingdom by the end of this year, founder and chief executive officer Valentin Stalf told Reuters today.

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JANUARY 24, 2019

That comes from Michael Berner, the consumer business manager of the Russian operations, who is also a Citi Russia board member. The shift to online banking, in this respect, represents a data point in a trend, as banks have been reporting a net decrease in their branch counts in tandem with growth in mobile activity.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2019

Google appears to be losing steam in the ongoing race to dominate the online advertising market, and competitors Amazon and Facebook are taking advantage of the stumbles. Another issue is attached to this recent news: Searches – specifically, product searches, which help drive online commerce. percent in 2018. percent in 2018.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

million international subscribers in 2018 and now boasts 137 million global users, according to the PYMNTS Connected Commerce Playbook. Convenience store operator 7-Eleven, for instance, said in November that some Canadian stores would take WeChat Pay and Alipay. Netflix, for instance, added 6.4

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

The Supreme Court’s order, according to reports , essentially opens the door to other such lawsuits – and could serve to increase the pressure on eCommerce operators to make their online and mobile stores accessible to consumers with disabilities. That’s a 181 percent increase over 2017. Domino’s Innovations.

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JANUARY 9, 2018

Target is reporting strong in-store and online holiday sales, according to The Wall Street Journal. Target’s CEO, Brian Cornell, reported the company’s physical locations helped fulfill a plethora of online orders during the holiday shopping rush, particularly for toys like the Barbie Dreamhouse, L.O.L. per share.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Online Resale. Online resale has become all the rage — even for retailers like Neiman Marcus — from a little bit of everything on OfferUp to fashion-focused Poshmark and high-end The RealReal and 1stdibs. Sales of counterfeit goods through online marketplaces are expected to hit $1.8 billion per year to fake online sales.

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Insights on Business

AUGUST 10, 2018

Given IBM’s experiences helping clients accelerate their digital transformation journey with Cloud and AI, we’re particularly excited that “Enabling the digital economy” is the Sibos 2018 conference theme. IBM at Sibos 2018. Stay tuned for more blogs on Sibos 2018! Using IBM QRadar Advisor with Watson, Cargills Bank Ltd.

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JANUARY 26, 2021

in 2018 by ex-Facebook and ex-Google research scientists, including CTO George Papandreou and CEO Iasonas Kokkinos. An online video demonstrates how the firm’s technology can render a 3D model representing a live individual, which can be used to test the fit of clothing in addition to gaming purposes, according to the report.

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JULY 3, 2017

Even in the quiet seasons, the online travel market is susceptible to the trade winds, and they don’t always blow in agents’ favor. But what hurts a business (especially a small one) more than an October snowstorm is when online fraudsters use CNP transactions to steal their services. The Rise of CNP Fraud.

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