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Kids’ Eyeglasses Get A Mobile And 3D Makeover

PYMNTS

The needs of children are a driving force for online and mobile innovation and disruption. It’s not exactly unusual these days, of course, to find multiple eyeglass options online for both adults and children – the purchase of glasses was traditionally an expensive and friction-filled process before the spread of online sales.

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Today's Top Retail News: Holiday Spending Looks Flat; Target Meets Amazon Prime Challenge

PYMNTS

Q4 Outlook: Consumer Mindset Is The Wild Card. The move comes after the prior introduction of contactless curbside pickup and buy online, pick up in store (BOPIS) earlier in 2020, according to a Tuesday (Sept. Consumers in certain ZIP codes can shop online and choose the same-day delivery selection at checkout for eligible products.

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Call It Alt-Credit Or POS Lending, ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Just Got Bigger

PYMNTS

“Given how much the demand for installments is increasing, we are also using the already existing parts of the credit system today to scale installment payments with every [Visa] card across the board,” Cetin Duransoy , Visa ’s global head of installment solutions, told PYMNTS. Fast and Furious BNPL Action. Afterpay Co-Founder and U.S.

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Top 63 Online Digital Banks for U.S. Consumers (Nov 2023)

Fintech Labs Insights

Consumers have been banking online for 28 years. The first, online bank Security First Network Bank (SFNB) launched in 1995, just a year after Amazon.com. 161 $323 21 Branch 357 2015 Minneapolis 222,000 $633 22 Albert 315 2015 LA 1,270,000 $176 23 Current 307 2015 NYC 856,000 $402 24 Greenlight 302 2014 Atlanta 458,000 3.8

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Payments fraud remains a key issue for FIs, survey shows

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A report by the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis revealed that three-quarters of FIs (75 percent) describe payments fraud as a problem. What’s more, 96 percent of debit card issuers and 77 percent of credit card issuers reported losses in 2016. More than 80 percent of FIs report that they now use this technology.

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How Merchants Are Driving Conversions With Five Features

PYMNTS

Amid this trend, and increased interest in other offerings, merchants like Target are expanding free shipping offerings as IKEA is rolling out credit cards rewards and eBay is highlighting a price guarantee. In May, for instance, news surfaced that IKEA was rolling out its own branded credit card. About half — or 48.2

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TRENDING: Inside GDPR’s Enforcement Strategies

PYMNTS

A February 2018 study from the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis found that 75 percent of American financial institutions incurred losses due to fraud last year. The company recently debuted a new biometric payment card designed to enable customers to register their fingerprints without visiting a bank branch.

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