PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Payment processing was good to financial transaction provider WEX in 2019, as the company reported double-digit growth for the year in its earnings report today. While the company is known for its payment solutions aimed at fuel for fleet services, it also has grown its corporate card and U.S. healthcare business.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Mastercard is partnering with CleverCards and Appreciate Group to offer gift cards directly to mobile wallets, Mastercard announced in a press release on Monday (Dec. The Select Digital Gift Card can be sent immediately by email, text or messaging app, and is available now as a last-minute Christmas present. billion in 2019.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2023

In the first two blogs in this series, Getting Started On Embedded Finance and Embedded Finance: Bolstering Brand Experiences, we defined embedded finance and looked at the goals and strategies that firms should take at the outset of their modern embedded finance journey, as well as how and why firms should consider getting embedded banking.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2019

It’s not exactly high time for legal online gambling yet – that comes in early 2020, with the Super Bowl and then the NCAA college basketball tournament – but the betting season is certainly heating up on more ways than one. And that new fuel comes as the legal online and mobile gambling industry in the U.S. Payments Innovation.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2019

The Apple Card is planning to offer 0 percent installment financing on iPhones by the end of 2019, 9to5Mac reported on Saturday (Dec. During Apple’s October earnings call , chief executive officer Tim Cook hinted that the Apple Card was planning 24-month 0 percent financing for iPhone purchases. Apple Card?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

But before we shut the door on 2019, it bears taking a moment to note how much the world of retail has changed in the last year, a fitting capstone on a decade that has seen retail as the American consumer commonly knew it taken to the ground and rebuilt nearly from the foundations.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2019

percent as of 2019 — PYMNTS’ 2019 numbers are historic, trailing 12-month numbers based on data from Q4 2018 through Q3 2019. percent as of 2019 data. In related grocery delivery news, Amazon Fresh, the company’s online grocery delivery program that pre-existed Whole Foods, dropped its $14.99 Webster added.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Goldman Sachs is the lead investor in a $50 million funding round for credit card startup Deserve, CNBC reported on Monday (Nov. Deserve offers credit cards to nontraditional consumers and sells its cloud-based platform to companies wanting to launch their own branded cards. Bloom said in a press release at the time.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

GonzoBankers, 2019 was a year of extremes. Third, read and enjoy the 2019 edition of the GonzoBanker Awards, our 18 th. Mark Turner, Executive Chairman of the Board, WSFS Bank – We have to give the nod to an early 2019 retirement of Turner, who had one hell of a run in 12 years at the helm of a great community and wealth bank.

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PYMNTS

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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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

While pointing out that it ended calendar 2019 in solid condition, the chain logged positive results in February in-store sales and ongoing growth of its $5 billion eCommerce business. The company says that its offline-online split is about 66 to 33 percent of sales. He led with his strong card: eCommerce. “We

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

In addition, Razer ’s mobile wallet dubbed Razer Pay may come to tens of thousands of point-of-sale (POS) terminals in Singapore , and a Worldpay study has found that consumers in Singapore still prefer to make payments with credit cards over eWallets. At the same time, only 13 percent of adult smartphone users in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

According to Bloomberg , the retailer’s current website showcases a store locator, gift cards and some photos and other features – but no merchandise for sale. Maxx’s online experience as a blueprint for its own site, with the company looking to boost brick-and-mortar traffic through in-store returns for online orders.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Account takeovers and shipping fraud increased by 347 percent and 391 percent, respectively, between 2018 and 2019, and the pandemic has only exacerbated these issues. Other fraudsters are deploying phishing schemes to net their ill-gotten gains, either using the stolen data themselves or selling it online.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

“As a sign of the strength and durability of our diversified franchise, our revenues were flat to 2019, despite the massive economic impact of COVID-19,” outgoing CEO Mike Corbat noted in the bank’s earnings release. In other critical figures, card spending continued to fall. Citi-branded card revenue came in at $2.1

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 14, 2020

When the chips are down, consumers love and trust their debit cards. Debit cards remain the payment method of choice among U.S. consumers, regardless of whether they are shopping online or in stores, according to recent reports,” notes PYMNTS October Next-Gen Debit Tracker® done in collaboration with PULSE , A Discover Company. “One

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

13) between Walgreens , Mastercard and Synchrony is more than a standard co-brand deal. Via Mastercard’s relationship with Synchrony, it will work with Walgreens to launch new credit card products, as well as a pre-paid debit card. But that’s where the standard co-brand partnership ends.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2020

When COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in March, Casely teamed up with Westerly, Rhode Island-based Ivory Ella , an online for-profit retail company that donates a percentage of profits to organizations, including Save the Elephants. Consumers now are socially conscious and holding brands accountable,” he said. “I

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

Welcome to the first Monday of 2019. According to the Chinese calendar, 2019 is the “Year of the Pig” – which may not, at first blush, inspire much excitement for the 358 days ahead of us. Pigs are considered practical, yet fun-loving and blessed with good fortune – as measured by their very generous girths.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

What was once a small but meaningful constituency — online shoppers — suddenly seem to be holding all the cards. How consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands and subscription-based businesses respond to this important trend will be make-or-break for many. million, a 97 percent increase from 2019.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Consumers — especially millennials and Generation Z — are looking for new commerce experiences during the 2019 holiday season. However, they are also hesitant to pay for those new experiences with credit cards or other traditional financing options. To learn more, visit the Tracker’s News & Trends section.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2020

consumer, where spending was strong across cards, where auto loans remained resilient. We wouldn’t hazard to take a guess at the true breadth and depth of the coronavirus, but it’s a safe bet to assume that management commentary will delve into deferred mortgage, credit card and auto loan payments. and the U.K., Increasingly Digital.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

online customers have been targeted by COVID-19-related fraud, with phishing scams emerging as the top way these bad actors are attempting to gain access to their victims’ personal data. The jump in online fraud represents a growing problem for both merchants and banks as well as the regulators tasked with monitoring digital transactions.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Merchants must constantly reevaluate their customer-targeting efforts to suit the latest commerce developments, and many are pivoting from brick-and-mortar advertising to focus their outreach online or via social media channels. These trends are in turn ratcheting up the number of customers who are moving to new brands.

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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. Bank Is Doing to Drive Virtual Card Adoption. Accounts payable (AP) professionals and vendors still have reservations about adopting virtual cards despite their many benefits.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The expansion will now cover retail brands including H&M , O.N.S. Forty-six percent prefer shopping online. Klarna allows customers to use the mobile app to create a one-time virtual card at participating stores, which can be used to purchase items. billion value in 2019. Earlier this year, Klarna was valued at $10.65

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

In today’s top retail news, Dollar Shave Club (DSC)’s board of directors have named a new CEO for the brand, while Albertsons Companies registered a digital sales growth spike in its third quarter fiscal 2020 results. The board of directors of the Dollar Shave Club (DSC) have named Jason Goldberger to be the brand’s new CEO effective Jan.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 26, 2020

million in discounted bitcoin in exchange for gift cards — an amount that a report from Arcane Research says is half Paxful's trade volume, Cointelgraph reports. Trade of bitcoin for gift cards, the report says, comes out to 48 percent of Paxful's revenue. On P2P marketplace Paxful , traders are selling up to $16.2

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PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2020

Ethoca’s Digital Receipts service offers transparency about online purchases to make it easier for people to keep track of what they buy. It estimates that each dispute costs $15-$70 for both card issuers and merchants. Customers sometimes don’t recall making a purchase or forgot a family member did. and globally. .

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Ordering must not only be seamless, but needs to keep customers’ identities and card details safe. As the mobile app space gets more saturated, most brands are leaning hard on their loyalty and rewards programs for a boost. The service will roll out to select locations as 2019 progresses. Around the Mobile Order-Ahead World.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2020

It was the wild card category for back-to-school, and it will be the wild card category for the holidays. percent by 2019. million by 2019. 15, no one could fault the retailer for putting the full weight of its brand behind Walmart+. That line has gone from $7 billion in 2016 to $27 billion in 2019.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2018

A single digital terminal that can be used to create a secure, interoperable experience when consumers check out online — that experience comes by way of Secure Remote Commerce (SRC): an industry effort to extend the EMVCo standard to online checkout. Encrypting card data creates a more secure online shopping experience.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2018

To use the technology, customers will need an Android device that has Google Assistant , as well as a credit card that’s linked to a Google account. The closure will be completed by June of 2019 and will impact about 80 employees. The brand is also sold through an online store and online marketplaces that include Asos and Zalando.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2019

However, after almost 50 years, it began to fade in the 1980s, disrupted by the emergence of store-branded credit cards. Yet, instead of offering the option to pay now and buy later, the credit cards reversed the order of operation and allowed customers to buy now and pay later over time. Big Brands.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2019

The fashionistas posting on Facebook have the attention of Kohl’s , which is looking to create a curated clothing line based on the brands people are wearing most, the Motley Fool reported Sunday (Aug. Kohl’s is teaming up with the social media giant to uncover emerging brands that millennial shoppers consider cool.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Bridge millennials’ rise is changing the retail ecosystem ahead of the 2019 holiday season, but their impacts will continue to be felt in the year ahead. Some studies project Gen X and baby boomer shoppers to lead 2019 holiday spending. Retailers aware of bridge millennials may be able to fill in some of these knowledge gaps.

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The Paypers

JUNE 12, 2019

(The Paypers) The Paypers team joined MRC London 2019 as key media partner to connect with online merchants, vendors, card brands, issuers, and ecommerce visionaries

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