PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Blackhawk Network , a global branded payments provider, has rolled out its Giving Good Prepaid Mastercard with a release that encompasses five choices that benefit charitable organizations, according to a Tuesday (Dec. The cards will be accepted in brick-and-mortar locations and through eCommerce at over 90 U.S. 8) announcement.

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PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2016

EMV headlines have quieted down a bit, and in the United States, merchant acceptance of the liability shifts and its inevitability has blossomed into growing uptake. To ACI Worldwide ’s top executive, that beckons toward a wholly-changing payments landscape for retailers. First, EMV.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

With the busy holiday season upon us, we are proud to offer a truly multi-channel payment solution that has proven to bring new customers and increased sales to our retail partners,” Afterpay Global Chief Revenue Officer Melissa Davis said in the announcement. CEO Nick Molnar said in a past PYMNTS panel. And there's a huge opportunity.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Dramatic shifts are underway in the retail sector as it adjusts to consumers’ increasingly digital preferences. These retailers are accustomed to engaging with their customers in brick-and-mortar stores and building long-lasting relationships that lead to brand loyalty. billion this year — almost double last year’s total.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 28, 2019

After styling rooms based on the tastes of their customers, online interior design platforms are branching out by offering their own direct-to-consumer (DTC) furniture brands. The price point for the brand’s sofas, for instance, starts at $1,099. And “each sofa is custom built for each customer,” Wood said.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

In a time of increasing change for retailers and consumers, the current global climate has begun accelerating the future of retail trends at a much quicker pace than previously envisioned. consumers have largely relied on cards, were comfortable with them as a main purchase tool and the U.S. By contrast, U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2020

has taken in $920 million in cash via arrangements with co-branded credit card firms. The hotel company is said to be one of the biggest co-brand partners of American Express. Approximately 75 percent of hotel rooms are vacant in just the United States, and seven in 10 lodging workers have been put on leave or laid off.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

middle class is making income gains and earning more than ever, but much of the commerce designed to appeal to those consumers — arguably the most significant cultural and economic force in the United States since the defeat of Germany and Japan in 1945 — continues to suffer. Middle Retail. Not Amazon’s Fault.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

In a way, watching the emergence of legal retail marijuana in North America is like watching someone grow up. Not really a toddler or baby — even black-market sale of recreational and medicinal pot took on many traits of legitimate retail — but more like a once gawky teenager growing into a graceful, confident person. and Canada.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2018

Barclays announced that it has appointed Shane Holdaway as the company’s CEO of its cards and payments division in the U.S. For the past five years, Holdaway was the president of Capital One’s Canadian division, and played a leading role in the company becoming the exclusive credit card issuer for Costco Wholesale Canada.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are changing the way they manage their workforces in the age of Amazon: Walmart , for instance, is testing multiple versions of a new team structure called the “Great Workplace” in some of its locations. In terms of Walmart’s other efforts, the retailer is also focusing on features such as grocery pickup.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2018

Much of North America remains anchored to major-brand credit cards. As digital technology keeps bringing new efficiencies to transactions, and more consumers around the world turn to eCommerce for retail and other purchases, an accompanying trend is making life interesting for merchants and payment providers.

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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 29, 2018

Rather than entering new payment information – including address and card details – users can easily enter Amazon account login info. “We’re delighted to offer Amazon Pay to our customers, as it is one of the most secure ways to pay for flights, as the user doesn’t have to re-enter their card details,” he said.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2018

Traditional retail locations, ranging from fashion and home furnishings to hardware and department stores, have been forced to make significant changes in the face of heightened competition from eCommerce giants like Amazon and omnichannel powerhouses, like Walmart and its online unit, Jet.com.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2020

Flexible in-store payment plans that can help consumers handle both everyday and big-ticket purchases are gaining popularity in the United States, where the pandemic’s economic effects are causing consumers to temper their spending. How BNPL Is Helping BlackCool Boost Brand Awareness And Expand Reach .

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

For some time now, retailers have been using it and radio frequency identification (RIFD) behind the scenes for stock and quality control, as well as to provide product information to customers with smartphones. don’t rely on swiping or chip card readers. cards use chip-and-signature and chip-and-PIN methods. However, the U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Debatably the most impactful payments innovation of recent years — and that’s saying something — BNPL is having a massive impact on retail, as evidenced by the proliferation of brands and the steady flow of venture capital to players that are defining the space. Let’s go with “pay later.”. Like their love of BNPL.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Consumers prefer shopping at retailers that offer digital payment capabilities,” said 7-Eleven CDO and CIO Gurmeet Singh, according to the outlet. There are lot of 7-Eleven locations — nearly 70,000 worldwide and over 10,000 in the United States alone. By some estimates, about a quarter of the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

The move pushes Visa ever further away from cards and toward its goal of becoming, as management has often described it, a “network of networks.”. The company already has scale, having integrated with 15,000 financial institutions in Canada and the United States and recently made forays into Ireland and Spain.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2020

PREIT (Philadelphia Real Estate Investment Trust) is curating its first eCommerce offering in what it says is a unique avenue to engage consumers from a multi-retail perspective. In addition, the initiative offers shoppers the benefit of a mall’s collection of brands from the comfort of their home, particularly for time-strapped families.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

To help hockey players stay up to date on the latest sports equipment, eCommerce innovator the PenaltyBox offers subscription boxes comprised of a myriad of hockey essentials, from well-known brands to up-and-coming companies the PenaltyBox team tests themselves. For the future, the PenaltyBox is dabbling in the retail market.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2017

Over the past few years, the big box retailer has had to close many of its stores after missing the sales mark. Penney has had a mobile website and coupons for quite a while, it recently announced news that Apple Pay will be accepted across all of its stores in the United States. In addition to launching Apple Pay, J.C.

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AUGUST 23, 2018

He also provides strategic counsel to clients on co-brand and private-label card transactions, card processing and network-related deals, merchant acquisition, and information technology and business process outsourcing. Chris’ clients include Fortune 100 companies, merchants, and financial institutions.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2017

In the latest webinar series, PYMNTS’ Karen Webster jumped into the findings of the Global Cash Index, gaining a sense of the story behind the numbers in the United States and the Americas in general. Cards are perhaps proving a sticking point in the move toward electronic payments. Keep a lid on the casket talk.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2018

As had been seen with Visa on Wednesday (July 25), the company also took reserves tied to litigation ongoing in the United States and the U.K. The United States showed 9 percent overall growth, and that rate was handily outpaced by the 16 percent seen in the rest of the world. The tally of $3.7 trillion.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2018

Brick-and-mortar retail has spent the last decade building bridges to the digital world so a new generation of digital consumers can move fluidly between them. Digital wallets are only as convenient as they are useful, and as a form factor substitute for plastic cards, consumers don’t feel they’re much of either. Samsung Pay Inc.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2020

Bank profits in the United States took a 69.6 IP recognition technology is one method, among others, that retailers can use to make the cross-border payment experience streamlined for shoppers. The pandemic has strengthened mobile payments in India and set them to soon overtake card payments. The profits just hit $18.5

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2018

Amazon’s entry into a new market is rarely considered good news in the world of retail. But 7-Eleven — arguably the latest big brand facing the “Amazon Effect” — is not quite suffering from the normal terror of confrontation that accompanies a direct clash with Amazon. Blue Apron was already having difficulty keeping investors calm.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2019

The company integrated GO-PAY into the GO-JEK app, which lets customers store money on their mobile phones, much like a digital debit card. billion – of funds were lost to card fraud in 2018, up from $1.4 Smartphones contributed one trillion dollars to overall retail sales in the United States during 2018.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2017

billion, said the firm, with acquisitions, mostly via VocaLink, accounting for two percentage points of that growth, as management said on the call that the deal allows the company to offer both card and bank-based payment solutions. Total card count stood at 2.4 showed five percent retail sales growth in the quarter.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

21) that its acquisition of a virtual provider of similar plans will accelerate its omnichannel growth strategy and make its alternative financing method available to more retail partners and more credit-constrained customers. billion this year, thanks to over 15,000 retail partner locations through its eCommerce platforms.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The rates refer to the rates that United States-based merchants pay to accept Visa cards. Stripe Powers Digital, In-Store Payments For Lightspeed Retail, Restaurant Customers. Why Consumers Are Firing Traditional Retailers. Mastercard CEO Pushes Back Against National Payments Systems. and Canada.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2020

According to Vox Media’s Recode , Walmart is close to unveiling the service, but it’s unclear whether the retailer has set a new deadline for the subscription program. On the earnings call, it said its share of streaming video on-demand subscribers in the United States spiked during Q2. Walmart could be waiting for its Aug.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2019

If headlines are any indication, data breaches have made off with consumers’ most sensitive bits of information, such as Social Security numbers, credit card info and bank details. In terms of high-level mechanics, compensation itself comes in the form of points, which can eventually be redeemed for cash, gift cards and charitable donations.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2017

and yes, this looks like card data breach. While BJ’s doesn’t have quite the scale, scope or name recognition of its rivals Costco and Sam’s Club, among the wholesale shoppers of the northeastern United States, the brand maintains a fairly devout following. Ready to jump in? these days. these days.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2019

Razer, a gaming hardware company based in Singapore, has partnered with Visa to offer a prepaid card that will let the company’s 60 million users make payments all over the world, according to reports. It is a leading brand for gamers in Europe, China and the United States.

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