PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Mao, whose company provides solutions for payments, prepaid cards and gift cards, said the only way for merchants to go is forward, because going back isn’t an option. Digital Gift Cards ’ Growth. For instance, people are simply directing more spend at gift cards this holiday season. Not All ‘Gift’ Cards Are Gifts .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

Chuck Huang, founder and CEO of Citcon , explores how the pandemic has prompted retailers to capitalize on the surge in demand for contactless, digital payments. "As Progressive retailers have paved the way for this with email collection at registers, enabling them to connect their customers’ behavior in-store with them online.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

23) announcement that the card is now available in France, Austria, Italy, Ireland and Spain beyond its current availability in the United Kingdom, Germany and the United States. percent cash back on all of their eligible spending with the debit card. The companies said in a Wednesday (Sept. In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2019

Walmart will now accept SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) to pay for online grocery orders at all of its pickup locations, according to a report. On Tuesday (June 25), the retailer announced it was expanding the program to all of its more than 2,500 pickup locations. Walmart started testing the program in 2017.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2020

The company brought its app and device to market just two weeks ago. In investments, retail dispute management firm Chargeback closed a funding round to speed up growth and to help retailers reduce credit card disputes. And in tech, the future of retail may include mobile scanning. All this, Today in Data.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

According to the Eastern Europe B2C E-Commerce and Online Payment Market 2019 report, online retail sales in Eastern European countries continue a trend of double-digit growth rates this year, a release said. Cards are the most common means of online payment in Turkey, Russia and a few other Eastern European countries.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Not every product launches smoothly (RIP Fire Phone ), not every new endeavor delivers (Amazon’s flirtations with offering a travel platform ended abruptly) and not every new market immediately yields. The degree to which consumers intend to continue shopping online seems to depend on the types of products and services they purchase.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2020

As retail reopens and starts to spur some optimism for the future, a dark number appeared on the scene on Tuesday (June 10). Coresight released a report that says 25,000 retail storefronts will close by the end of the year. Alternative research and other market dynamics make such a scenario seem unlikely. percent of U.S.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

We have deep dives into unattended retail, rapid settlements and cybersecurity, as well as news on Mastercard receiving the go-ahead from China’s central bank to set up a bank clearing business. Mastercard Gets Nod To Join China’s $27T Payments Market. a share with a market cap of $14.6 Uber reported its earnings last week.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

In Beyond the Card: Toward the Cardless and Contactless Future , a PYMNTS and i2c Inc. Physical cards are changing form, as some NFC-capable mini-cards are being embedded in rings and other wearables. This development is fitting, considering the degree to which commerce has shifted online since the pandemic. told PYMNTS.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

A new report has predicted that recurring transactions processed on debit and credit cards in the United States will reach $473 billion by 2021. Recurring Payments Market Forecast, 2017–2021: Set It and Forget It,” has explored U.S. market size and reviewed service offerings from seven providers in the U.S. The report , “U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 14, 2020

Flexibility will be essential to survival, and the pressure is on for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and financial service providers to migrate online as their customers continue social distancing. If there’s one thing for certain for small business today, it’s that nothing is certain. Pinpointing the Opportunity.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2019

Retailers are becoming more interested in omnichannel offerings: The PYMNTS mPOS Tracker found that 67 percent of those surveyed listed it as a priority for this year. At the same time, new technologies are coming on the market to serve these merchants. And technology and payments firms are collaborating to bring offerings to market.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Afterpay has announced its in-store buy now, pay later (BNPL) service is being offered by major retailers at locations across the country. Shoppers can use Afterpay to buy items in select retail stores using their Afterpay card, a virtual, contactless card stored in their digital wallet,” the firm said in a Tuesday (Oct.

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Accenture

OCTOBER 9, 2019

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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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

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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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2019

If there’s one word that defines it all (what consumers and merchants want, and are pursuing in a world where omnichannel is a Holy Grail across brick-and-mortar and online activity), it would be “frictionless.”. Nowadays, one’s card is on file with the ride-hailing service.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2019

PayPal ’s venture capital arm has invested $11 million in online returns service Happy Returns. Sobie and Co-Founder Mark Geller met at HauteLook, an early flash sale retailer that was bought by Nordstrom. The funding is the largest round to date for the company, bringing Happy Returns’ total raise to $25 million.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

To bring its fashions to new markets, Zara plans to roll out a global online platform. With the launch, the retailer will expand its efforts to 106 new markets, Chain Store Age reported. The new markets include many areas of Africa, such as Cameroon, Tanzania and Senegal.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

In an interview with PYMNTS, Tim Moran, senior vice president of product and marketing at Worldnet , told PYMNTS that the age of automated retail is dawning — but there is no one-size-fits-all approach. He noted that millennials have “grown up with the online world on their smartphones.” Some Exceptions to Automation.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Unprecedented surges in online shopping volume has meant consumers are shifting their buying and payment habits in a big — and likely permanent — way. For many merchants, particularly smaller ones, the most immediate priority is to ensure that these businesses can accept payments online. Then, the next step is linking the two.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The growth of the mobile commerce (mCommerce) and eCommerce industries is fueling the global smart card industry, which is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8 percent through 2020, according to a new research report. All such factors are expected to drive the market during the forecast period.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

As evidenced by last week’s PYMNTS’ card on file report , consumers are ready and willing to keep their data with retailers, both online and offline, in exchange for frictionless experiences. percent of consumers who have shifted more of their shopping online, 85.7

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2020

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. By offering the incentive, they hope to cut down on black market deals and fraud, according to The Financial Times.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2020

consumers did at least some shopping online as of April 11 — a figure that had risen to 35.7 Consumers are also changing how they pay for their purchases, with a recent study finding that debit card spend was up 11.7 Debit cards are also being used to more quickly pay workers who need fast compensation now more than ever.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

That network, in combination with Equifax, will use advanced technologies to connect data “signals” that stem from 32 billion online interactions, five billion annual transactions and 17 billion unique devices across the globe, as the company said in its announcement tied to the acquisition. The deal is anticipated to close in Q1 of 2021.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

New evidence of that — part of the broader trend of the existential changes in the world of brick-and-mortar retail, changes that are gaining more focus this month — comes from reports that stationery chain Papyrus is closing up shop. The chain had since expanded to some 260 or so retail locations. Total retail growth was 3.8

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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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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2016

It’s no wonder why retailers love gift cards – they are known to drive foot traffic, increase revenue, boost their customer base and complement retention efforts. But as consumers continue to move toward a digital option for their gift card needs, could a retailer’s dream turn into an actual nightmare?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2018

The reason private label works so well in stores, Bread CEO and Co-founder Josh Abramowitz told PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, is because they are so well-integrated with the physical retail environments for which they were created. This isn’t the case for retailers born in the online world, Abramowitz contends.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

The B2B commerce arena is moving online at record speed as more business buyers seek to procure products and services the way they do in their personal lives. The furniture industry, for example, can be especially difficult to migrate to online platforms. A Hybrid Approach.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

While “reselling” or “secondary market” are more likely to keep ownership of this burgeoning market, the reselling market is reinventing itself for 2020. Nordstrom has not yet launched its online intake program where customers will have the ability to mail in merchandise. We like the handle.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Rakuten In Store Network, an advertising platform to help push in-store sales and traffic with rewards programs linked to cards, has announced a partnership with engagement platform Prodege to increase its card-linked offers and allow for Prodege members to get gift cards and cash back when shopping at certain retailers. .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

This week, Stripe introduced banking services, we get a glimpse of the EU's upcoming Digital Services Act and PYMNTS' data reveals online purchases ruled Black Friday. Mastercard Intros Mobilized Virtual Cards; Defines Intersection Between Functionality And Security. But without support for mobile wallets, v-card adoption can lag.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Rakuten In Store Network, an advertising platform to help push in-store sales and traffic with rewards programs linked to cards, has announced a partnership with engagement platform Prodege to increase its card-linked offers and allow for Prodege members to get gift cards and cash back when shopping at certain retailers. .

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Perficient

JANUARY 24, 2023

As a baseball card collector since childhood, I remember when eBay opened its URL back in 1995. One could buy and sell baseball cards on the site but had to mail a check, or await the arrival of a check, via snail mail. Baseball card heaven for both buyer and seller. Consider the evolution of eBay.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Outback Steakhouse has rolled out a new “curbside concierge” option for holiday gift card shopping, according to a Monday (Nov. Customers call ahead or go to their nearby restaurant and drive into a set gift card drive-up parking spot with the service. Customers who purchase $50 in gift cards up to Dec. 30) announcement.

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