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People's United Bank On How ML And Rules-Based Analysis Work In Tandem For Fraud Prevention

PYMNTS

Brick-and-mortar [shops] are being forced online to stay relevant, meaning the only real method for our consumers to also purchase items [has been to] shift to eCommerce themselves,” she explained in a recent interview with PYMNTS. Cash users [shifted] to physical cards and the physical card users [shifted] more to.

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Online Retailers Face New Threats From Hackers

PYMNTS

Death, taxes and data breaches – those are perhaps the only sure things in life, and new evidence is emerging that hackers are finding increasing profit in targeting online retailers. The news comes amid yet another online retail cyberattack, this one targeting Japan’s Fast Retailing, the company that owns the Uniqlo retail chain.

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WEX Pulls Fleet Cards Online In Australia

PYMNTS

WEX Australia has introduced an online platform connected to its Motorpass fuel cards, the company announced Thursday (May 18). She added that the launch of the Online Service Center is part of WEX’s broader “digital transformation,” which has been in progress for the last few years.

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New credit card partnerships climb, but the composition shifts

Accenture

The credit card partnership market is off to an aggressive start in 2019, given issuers’ robust activity in the first half to try to fuel new growth amidst a leveling-off in receivables. Already, 10 new credit card programs launched in the second quarter of 2019 (Figure 1), compared to the 16 launched in 2018, based on our analysis.

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Mobile Card Apps And The Two COVID Personas

PYMNTS

Mobile card apps went from nifty to necessary when the darkest imaginings of last March had people picturing COVID-19 on every surface, suspended in every breath. Consumers are interested in applying mobile card management tools in different ways, however,” the report states. Meet the 2021 Cardholder.

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Italian Shoppers Embrace New Cash-Back Program For Credit Card Payments

PYMNTS

Italian consumers are embracing a new government program aimed at boosting retail sales while tamping down on tax evasion that allows buyers to receive a 10% refund on card payments made in stores. At the same time, commercial credit cards’ cash advances dropped 14 percent last year. The program, which began on Dec.

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MercadoLibre Shares Break $1K As Online Sales Keep Rising

PYMNTS

According to analysts with Bank of America, even as the market begins to recover and people go out more often, the tendency to buy more online might stick, Bloomberg reported. Bank of America’s analysis, led by Robert Ford , raised the target price to $1,100 in a June 9 report.

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