PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

Quick: Who’s the biggest retailer in the U.S.? In terms of sheer size and locations, the United States Postal Service (USPS) is the biggest retailer in the country, with 31,000 locations covering pretty much every town. Now, a new report is asking a good question: What if the post office expanded its retail offerings?

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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

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. The Android-based POS is said to be called the HP Engage One Prime.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2019

Amazon is linking with Synchrony Financial to offer a new credit card for Amazon Prime members who have bad credit. As reported Monday (June 10), the card, known as “Amazon Credit Builder” will let users build up their credit profiles through the use of a secured card, and the firms also will offer budgeting tools.

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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

JANUARY 15, 2021

The holiday shopping season is the most wonderful time of the year for the retail industry. Brick-and-mortar merchants and online retailers alike often rely on end-of-year sales to generate up to 40 percent of their annual revenues and start the new year on a positive note. A notable $730 billion in U.S. A notable $730 billion in U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Mastercard Intros Mobilized Virtual Cards; Defines Intersection Between Functionality And Security. The virtual card offers a strong value proposition for corporates in the form of enhanced security and control over spend. But without support for mobile wallets, v-card adoption can lag.

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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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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

is launching its first private-label credit card with Mastercard and Alliance Data. Our new credit cards align with our mission to deliver the best experience for home renovation and design, whether you’re building a custom home or decorating a small room,” said Sanjay Raman, vice president of product, marketplace at Houzz. “Our

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2019

Storing a card on file is an integral part of the shopping experience for many consumers, as eCommerce continues to explode across the retail landscape. Trust continues to be a key reason consumers choose one bank over another, and the subscription box market in the U.K. subscription box market by 2022.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2019

Gig, eCommerce and public utility firms are putting the spotlight on payment innovations to remain competitive in markets that are becoming increasingly saturated. In contactless payments news, only a small fraction of payments in the United States avoid the swipe or chip card reader. that avoid the swipe or chip card reader.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2020

This week's look at the convergence of accounts payable and accounts receivable finds tools like commercial cards, trade credit, artificial intelligence and robotics process automation easing friction on both ends of a B2B transactions. According to a survey, more than 74 percent of financial executives in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2018

Reports in The Motley Fool on Monday (April 2) found Amazon — despite being blamed for lower mall traffic, business downturn at mega-retailers like Toys R Us and heightened competition against small businesses — may actually be more beneficial than harmful for SMBs. Two-thirds said they use their own websites.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

The ascent of eCommerce and the digital tools that support it have made it easier — in both theory and practice — for retailers to not only see how consumers browse and what they buy (to analyze the entire path to purchase), but to get to know them in the same ways as those old-time general store operators who served small towns.

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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 joins other department stores in the resell market. It is playing the sustainability card this year, with Fashion Footprint Calculator.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2019

This marks a change for Target — a retailer that had, up to this point, enabled mobile pay only for its own mobile wallet app and the Target-branded REDcard linked to it. That is consistent with what we have seen around the world when it comes to contactless card adoption,” Sanford said. stores over the next several weeks.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

To help meet customer expectations in the digital age, retailers have to know who their shoppers are and what they want. While eTailers already have this information about consumers, brick-and-mortar retailers don’t have this in-depth knowledge. percent — of surveyed Canadian consumers would not mind autonomous vehicle deliveries.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

In today’s top payments news, Mastercard was approved for a bank card clearing business in China, and a judge rejected Uber and Postmates’ request to stop California’s new gig economy law. Mastercard Gets Nod To Join China’s $27T Payments Market. Amazon Expected To Control 70 Pct Of US Smart Speaker Market By Next Year.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2017

It appears the ever-inventive thieves of the world have found a new way to make gift card fraud work for them this holiday season, according to the Better Business Bureau (BBB). This year the scam relies on thieves grabbing cards off the rack, scratching the film that covers the card PIN underneath and copying the relevant numbers.

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FICO

APRIL 26, 2023

Home Blog FICO Survey: Do Customers Think Banks Are Fair to Scam Victims? According to the 2023 FICO Global Scams Survey , 51% of consumers worldwide believe their friends or family members have been victims of similar scams. More than 10% of these reports involved losses, which totaled A$96 million.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2019

According to Will Byrne, CEO of Worldnet Payments , the kiosks and smart shelves that are gaining traction across any number of commerce and retail settings may even shift the employment picture a bit. The Changing Retail Footprint. As unattended retail notches an increasing footprint, said Byrne, other use cases will also emerge.

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FICO

APRIL 20, 2023

According to FICO’s latest survey of consumers from 14 countries around the globe, 90% of all consumers have sent a real-time payment, and at least 95% of consumers have used real-time payments in India , Indonesia , the Philippines , and Brazil. Throughout the countries we surveyed, RTP usage shows no signs of slowing.

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2016

Credit cards — the second most commonly used payment method, according to the study — moved slightly in the opposite direction between this year and last, from 68 percent to 69 percent. Meanwhile, shares CSA, PayPal has emerged as the most popular digital payment option among U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

A Mastercard survey revealed 76 percent of small businesses in North America said the pandemic prompted them to become more digital. Six key elements are examined: business strategy, management and operations, growth and marketing, getting paid, making payments and protecting employees and customers.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers, as well as online merchants, are offering consumers all sorts of products and services through the subscription business model, from movies to tea. And retailers are offering innovative subscriptions for all sorts of products.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Major retailers such as Target, Home Depot, Walmart and Lowe’s have been forced to introduce stricter return, store credit and gift card policies in response to a troubling trend. They say gift cards are the gift that always fits. I feel like I could’ve found a way around any rule they make,” Ashlee Smith, 24, told CNBC.

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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. Around The Buy Now, Pay Later World.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2017

They say gift cards are the gift that always fits. Thieves simply walk into Walmart, Target, Home Depot, Lowe’s or another big-name retailer, steal an item, return it at a different store without a receipt and receive a gift card in return, which they can then turn around and sell to a pawn shop or secondary store for a lower price.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

1, around half of “big retailers” had EMV while smaller retailers were clocking in at 10 percent to 33 percent, depending on whose count one liked. retailers are able to process chip-card transactions. The challenges to adoption, in fairness to those retailers, have been formidable. They weren’t.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2017

Retail is a dog-eat-dog world, operating at times on the thinnest of margins. In a recent survey by Vantiv and Socratic Technologies, across 500 consumers, findings indicated that these buyers held, on average, 2.1 credit cards, 1.3 debit cards and 1.3 store affinity cards. credit cards, 1.3

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

27 in the retail goods space among the organization’s owner credit unions were up 26.2 percent market rate that the National Retail Federation (NRF) had predicted, according to the release. percent of card present activity on contactless credit cards. Purchases between Nov. percent for debit and 18.1 percent to 5.2

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Since its launch, Apple Pay transactions at brick-and-mortar retailers relied on NFC and an iPhone near the payment terminal to make a contactless purchase. In the filing, Apple describes a secure transaction without direct communication of sensitive data between the user’s device and a retailer’s platform.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2016

It appears that more and more consumers are getting better connected with loyalty programs by linking their cards to them. “Card-linking has a network effect, and it is accelerating,” stated Silvio Tavares, CardLinx president and CEO, in a press release.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

Between March 10 and March 18 PYMNTS surveyed 5,557 U.S. consumers who had shopped in a physical retail location during the previous week. More vexing still is the market potential of mobile wallets when compared to actual performance. percent of total retail sales, excluding online and vehicle sales.”. percent in 2019.”.

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Perficient

JULY 11, 2022

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) is a type of point-of-sale installment loan that partners with retailers to allow consumers to pay for their purchases in multiple equal payments. When online shopping, if a retailer has a partnership with a BNPL platform, the customer can choose it as their payment method when placing their order at checkout.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2016

This year has been big for retail — big on change, innovation and some surprises along the way. Consumers flocked to online and mobile commerce , robots rose in food and consumer goods , and brick-and-mortar stayed relevant with retail experimentation — pop – ups , flash sales , store-in-store and showrooms.

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2016

Move over millennials , there’s a new kid in town that is about to become nearer and dearer to retailers’ hearts: Gen Z. Gen Zers are also cautious of shopping at retailers who have had past security breaches, according to the study, with 59 percent saying they would purposely avoid shopping at such retailers.

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