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Four Things To Know About Balancing UX And Security In eCommerce

PYMNTS

Although some customers ( millennials : cough, cough) may value convenience above all else, that youthful sense of fiscal invincibility does not extend to their elders, who place a higher premium on transaction security. Millennials may be less concerned with risk. After all, there’s a reason the value is higher.

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FIs Most Underutilized Asset: Their Apps

PYMNTS

So what can financial institutions (FIs) do to improve their apps’ user experience (UX), and will making these changes help boost adoption and usage? Consumers who are dissatisfied with card controls, sending money to friends and relatives and paying bills are all more likely to cite this as their reason, with 24.1 percent, 25.5

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Banks On Notice: Fintechs Are Coming For Checking Accounts & Debit Cards

CB Insights

One of the biggest trends in fintech today is the rise of digital banking products like mobile checking accounts and new debit cards. From Square to Paypal, a host of fintechs are creating products that let consumers spend money directly out of digital accounts using a physical card. turning Digital p2p payments into debit cards.

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In Retail, Are Rewards Their Own Reward?

PYMNTS

credit cards, 1.3 debit cards and 1.3 store affinity cards. And of those 500 users, 38 percent said card usage is driven by how much cash they have on hand; another 25 percent said their choice to use plastic is driven by the rewards that come with those chosen payment methods.

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The Mobile Banking and Payments Summit – Impressions from Day 2

Celent Banking

There’s still plenty of fragmentation in the market : Android is an open system utilizing Host Card Emulation (HCE), while Apple is a closed system using a secure element. While the system is safer than traditional cards, the perception that it’s less safe is keeping many users from adopting it.

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Mobile Payments: What’s In It For Me?

PYMNTS

While mint chocolate chip ice-cream might be the way to a foodie’s heart, MintChip digital currency is not the way to a millennial’s mobile wallet, apparently — at least not in Liberty Village, Toronto. Samsung Pay provides gift cards from Dunkin’ Donuts, and users earn money with its own rewards prepaid card.

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1M Users & Growing: 20+ Fintech Startups That Have Crossed The 1 Million Account Mark — And How They Got There

CB Insights

Product engagement and maintaining a clean UX/UI. A number of specific factors are driving these changes: There are massive demographic shifts occurring in the market for customers, where millennials now make up the majority of the labor market. Business model transparency with competitive pricing and fees.

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