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Retailing 2020: Five Things To Watch

PYMNTS

While it’s clear that the digital shift will stick in the retail ecosystem, other elements of the landscape are harder to predict. The balance of 2020 will be notable for what Amazon does not do. The reason cuts right through Amazon’s strikezone: The company has always been about the customer experience and customer satisfaction.

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Marqeta to focus on growing product suite in 2020

Bank Innovation

If 2019 was the year of the challenger bank, 2020 will be the year payments companies move closer to bank territory. Marqeta, the card issuing and processing startup supporting the capabilities of large companies like Kabbage and Square, sees 2020 as a big year for payments companies branching out into banking.

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2020 To Mark A Turning Point At The Point of Sale

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Yet, a year from now, we’ll be knee-deep in wrapping paper, and just emerging from the post- holiday frenzy of 2020. shoppers “finally [beginning] to embrace mobile payments and contactless cards to pay in-store.”. That shift will be driven, in part, by more card issuance from banks, said Garg. According to Akash Garg, U.S.

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2020 GonzoBanker Awards

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This Year was brought to you by the number 2020 and the letters W, T and F” – Big Bird (more or less). Sit back and enjoy our take on the best and worst of banking in 2020 as you celebrate the holidays. Most Oft-Heard Statements of 2020. Kudos to blazing new trails that many institutions are taking on in 2020.

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Blackhawk Network Teams With Kroger On Gift Card Curbside Pickup, At-Home Activation

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Kroger customers can now expediently and simply order gift cards for curbside pickup in addition to their supermarket items at 1,900 of the chain’s locations throughout the nation, according to a Monday (Dec. 21) announcement from Blackhawk Network.

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Paytronix Study Shows Drop In Holiday Gift Card Sales For Restaurants

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Customer experience management platform provider Paytronix released its holiday gift card report on Tuesday (Jan. 12) and found a mixed bag for restaurant sales of gift cards. Its research found that overall card sales ended the year down 31.8 percent rise in average spend per gift card during 2020.

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Retailers, Banks Say Transaction Clarity Key To Moving From Dispute Management To Dispute Prevention

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Amid the great digital shift , retailers and financial institutions (FIs) must walk the fine line between challenging transactions and letting the consumer journey proceed frictionless. issuers will grow to $690 million in 2020, and to more than $800 million in 2021. With the customers themselves, speed counts. “If

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