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Deep Dive: Why Contactless Payment Innovation Is Key For CUs Amid The Pandemic And Beyond

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PSCU reported that the hike in mobile wallet credit purchases among its CUs’ members was nearly 48 percent by August 2020, while mobile wallet debit purchases climbed 22 percent during the same period. The use of Apple Pay, Google Pay and other digital wallets has also been on the upswing since the start of the pandemic.

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2020 To Mark A Turning Point At The Point of Sale

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Might the coming year be marked by innovation at the point of sale (POS)? Thinking about what will come to fruition by the end of December 2020 gives little runway to predict, say, the most mobile of mobile commerce options (flying cars with embedded payments!) Here Come The Millennials. According to Akash Garg, U.S.

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Credit Union Innovations Bring In New Payments Flows

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The April 2020 New Payment Flows edition of PYMNTS’ Credit Union Innovation Playbook series, a PSCU collaboration, looks into the credit union (CU) space at a pivotal moment: Many concepts, from eating to shopping to traveling and, of course, how we pay, have changed forever. CUs value innovation that benefits members.

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What Payments Players Had To Say About Innovating Payments In A Pandemic

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Take a look (and have a listen) at our 10 favorite podcasts from 2020. When you look at the spending graphs for millennials at that time, debit was growing at twice the speed of credit, but the average order value was much lower, which correlates with the lower disposable income in the demographic at the time,” Molnar noted.

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The Connected Economy’s 10 Biggest US IPOs Of 2020

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market for initial public offerings (IPOs) had a banner year in 2020 despite the pandemic — or perhaps because of it. billion during 2020’s first nine months. percent during 2020’s first nine months to $1.75 GoodRx earned $55 million in 2020’s first half prior to the company’s September IPO. All told, it’s risen 363.6

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Digital Banking Innovation and Millennial Entrepreneurship

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Today, millennials are the largest generation in the United States – and their levels of entrepreneurship are unprecedented. Millennials are starting more businesses than previous generations, and they’re starting them at a younger age than their predecessors.

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Why Augmented Reality is Crucial to Improving the Ecommerce Customer Experience

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Forrester noted that 53% of the US retail industry planned investment in AR in 2020 because they know it assists consumers in making purchase decisions. In 2019, Gartner projected that over 100 million customers would be shopping with AR in 2020. Giving the Consumer Control. So, is this the year of AR breakthrough?