FICO

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

For 2022, we saw a significant increase in compromised cards resulting from skimming activity. Total compromise cards were up 368% from 2021, with more than 161,000 impacted cards identified — nearly a 5x increase over 2021. Across the US, we saw clear geographic focal points for skimming activities.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Starting with the release of Apple Pay in 2014, there was a veritable rush of proprietary mobile wallets sent to market, a host of “. And in many places, for the first time, our retailers are open to it. And I said, ‘well, funny enough, the puck went right to us.’”. Mobile payments have long been billed as the next big thing.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Will POS terminals without a clear purpose make us long for the days of swiping plastic, punching buttons and squinting at tiny screens? In Beyond the Card: Toward the Cardless and Contactless Future , a PYMNTS and i2c Inc. In Beyond the Card: Toward the Cardless and Contactless Future , a PYMNTS and i2c Inc. In a word: no.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 28, 2019

The Czech Republic, for example, has seen wide adoption based on infrastructure upgrades from both payment providers and retailers. As contactless payments gain wide adoption in Europe, there are questions around how quickly the technology will scale to U.S

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2020

Together, we are united in a shared vision of disrupting the outdated credit card sector with digital, fairer alternatives,” said Zip CEO and Managing Director Larry Diamond in a statement. competitors in the booming consumer finance market. It comes as younger shoppers seek easy alternatives to interest-charging credit cards.

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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

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

JULY 9, 2019

Automated retail might conjure up images of robot cashiers, but beyond a few convenience stores in Japan and Korea, that sci-fi development hasn’t yet become reality for the wider world. The latest Automated Retail Tracker explores these trends and new developments in the unattended retail space.

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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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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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Perficient

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In fact, according to The Business Research Company’s 2022 Payment Security Global Market Report , the payment security market is expected to reach $43 billion by 2026. A biometric payment is a point-of-sale technology that authenticates payments by pairing a payment card with a physical identifier of the cardholder.

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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

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

JUNE 27, 2019

That sense of hope is a big part of childhood, and it applies as well to retail aimed as children, as least going by current developments involving Toys R Us. That news is another recent development in the world of children’s retail, where innovation continues. Market Void. Retail Recommendations. Tru Kids Inc.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2019

Commercial card solutions provider WEX has announced the completed takeover of Go Fuel Card, first revealed earlier this year. Go Fuel Card operates its proprietary card network, with cards accepted at several thousand retail locations in the region. Europe and Australia,” he continued. “I

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

Consumers were already changing their retail preferences before anyone had heard of COVID-19, let alone had their life utterly upended by it. This vastly accelerated retail realignment presents challenges — and opportunities — for retailers of all kinds, particularly those dealing in luxury goods, Molnar said.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

Fruit Street – a virtual one-stop-shop specializing in digital diabetes diagnosis and treatment – has partnered with vegetarian meal kit purveyor Purple Carrot to add a retail angle to its health advisory service. We support billing, scheduling, credit card processing, unlimited training and customer support.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2019

is launching the Columbia National Credit program with its new CNC Card, according to a release by the company. Launch of the credit card comes after a successful test run in New York. This is the first time consumers in the United States can use a credit card to buy cannabis, the company said.

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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

JUNE 12, 2019

One example in retail and payments is tech incubators — specifically, those run by specific companies and brands, a trend that shows signs of growing even more in the 2020s (which, let us remind you, are only a few months away). This QR code can lead to a more expensive transaction and a less seamless experience compared to NFC.”.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

After posting better-than-expected fourth-quarter earnings results, commercial payments firm WEX announced plans to acquire the fuel card assets of EG Group, Go Fuel Card. In a press release on Monday (March 25), WEX said it will acquire Go Fuel Card, the fuel card operations of the European fuel station EG Group.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2018

As sad as the end of Toys R Us may be, the iconic toy store is far from the only retailer struggling these days — and it’s not the only one throwing in the towel this week. The Latest from Toys R Us. The Easter bunny will not be paying a visit to Toys R Us this year, unless it’s to get a discount on toys for Easter baskets.

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Celent Banking

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

EMV migration in the US was high on the agenda during both visits and I came back with two takeaways: 1) the US market is finally serious about EMV and preparations are going full steam ahead and 2) I am glad it is happening. During my brief shopping break I wanted to pay with my UK-issued chip card.

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Perficient

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

This blog marks Part 1 of our Embedded Finance Blog Series and will introduce the overarching concept of embedded finance, setting us up to discuss embedded payments, embedded lending, and embedded insurance (all of which fall under the embedded finance umbrella) in future blogs. Use Cases . The Technology Behind Embedded Finance .

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

He led with his strong card: eCommerce. “We The flexibility of our business model allows us to stay ahead of these changes as we serve customers through our two distinct brands Nordstrom and Nordstrom Rack. Retail continues to evolve,” he said.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2019

News came last week that Facebook is trying to get into the video streaming subscription business and attempt to steal market share from YouTube and Amazon. Subscription commerce is attractive to entertainment platforms as well as retail businesses because it locks in revenue streams, and customer data can help with planning and forecasting.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2020

The past several months have been largely defined in the retail world by merchants and brands making quick digital pivots to stay afloat in an environment that’s gone from “digital sometimes” to “digital mostly.”. When selling online became the only game in town, retailers across the board got very seriously digital overnight.

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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

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.

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FICO

AUGUST 18, 2021

This post explores the credit card trends in the US, UK and Canada, reviewing regional differences and focussing on the impact of the pandemic. Lenders will need to react swiftly and strategically to potentially quick changing economic conditions and optimise the use of the data available to them. Canada is nearly double the US.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 15, 2018

Today’s coverage includes news about faster chip card transactions, along with brightening prospects for retail and technology in the U.S. Square Makes EMV Transactions Faster In The US. can now process chip cards in just two seconds on Square Reader , for contactless and chip, and Square Register.

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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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BankInovation

JULY 14, 2020

The Afterpay card — and what we’re bringing to the market — is a virtual, contactless Visa card that is stored either in customers’ Apple […]. The Australian point-of-sale lending company, which launched online in the U.S. in 2018, announced the expansion into physical stores today.

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PYMNTS

MAY 7, 2019

Citigroup is the world’s largest credit-card issuer, with about 28 million customers, but the gap between its credit business and retail banking has grown larger. To combat this, Citi has begun testing perks for credit cards to encourage customers to get other banking products.

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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 13, 2019

Globally, tapping to pay with contactless cards has taken off remarkably, and the U.S., nearly half of all Visa transactions at physical points of sale happen via contactless card tap. Asia Pacific lags behind the global average somewhat, with one-third of all in-person transactions happening via contactless card.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Kroger , one of America’s largest supermarket chains, is introducing a new mobile payment option and a loyalty rewards card, according to reports. At the terminal, shoppers can either use biometrics, enter a custom code or take advantage of the app’s QR code functionality to provide payment and loyalty card info. ” .

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