PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

From counterfeiting to identity theft to phishing attacks, digital fraud takes many forms — and online shopping continues to make consumers and merchants vulnerable to such attacks. According to a new LexisNexis study , overall retail fraud attempts doubled year-over-year and tripled since 2017. By its measures, merchants pay $3.13

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has led consumers to try digital tools for grocery shopping, and the total number of online grocery orders in the U.S. That month saw 40 million customers head online to shop for groceries, and these customers are expecting their preferred chains to keep up with that shift. . reached a record 62.5

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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. UPS Caps Deliveries From Gap, Nike, Other Big Retailers.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2020

To reportedly help it compete with Apple Pay and the Apple Card, Google is creating its own tangible and virtual debit cards. The tech company’s debit card will have the brand of Google along with its partnered financial institution; however, it is not known what the offering’s name will be.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Walgreens has followed in the footsteps of Walmart and Amazon to join the retailer-as-ad-agency trend , while BigCommerce recently launched Open Checkout to let developers, retailers and partners create tailored checkout experiences. And in B2B payments, virtual cards are helping firms manage spend in real time.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The November/December Smarter Payments Tracker ® examines how firms are putting payroll apps and prepaid cards to use to resolve frictions for their global workforces. The workers can then use these cards to make retail payments in-stores and online, as well as collect cash at the ATM. About The Tracker.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

Samsung Pay is launching a physical debit card and this summer will introduce a money management tool in partnership with SoFi. Through collaborations, Samsung Pay launched a rewards program, the first mobile payments platform to do so, the company said. Contactless mobile payments are growing worldwide, but the U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Brick-and-mortar commerce has rebounded in recent months, but consumers are still heading online for many of their purchases, maintaining trends set in the early months of the pandemic. trillion opportunity for eCommerce retailers. trillion opportunity for eCommerce retailers. Around The Next-Gen Debit World.

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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

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

They have paid down their credit cards. The main one centers on the drop in credit card spend. A new report from TransUnion shows that average consumer-level credit card balances have declined during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic and now stand at $5,075 as of Q3 2020, down from $5,668 in Q3 2019. Here’s the scenario.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2020

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. 42%: Share of consumers who are engaging in even the most routine activities online.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

As PYMNTS found in a recent consumer study, 40 percent of individuals are doing more of their daily retail and transactions online, partly because, well, there’s no other way to do it. Merchants, he said, “need to make sure they not only accept credit cards but also contactless payments.”. As Good noted, four in 10 U.S.

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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. The mobile payment option, called Kroger Pay, is available in any Kroger apps for both Android and iOS. Paying with the app and using one of Kroger’s cards will reap extra benefits.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 3, 2017

Amazon announced its new Amazon Cash offering this morning, alongside a list of participating retailers which thus far include CVS pharmacy and Speedway. However, Amazon Cash seems to be less of a mobile wallet, and more of an alternative payment method for consumers, who lack traditional ways to pay.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 20, 2017

Banks are taking the battle for millennial customers where it belongs: mobile. Citibank and JPMorgan Chase users will now be able to link cards to PayPal via mobile, allowing customers of both banks to add cards before paying online and in-store via the PayPal mobile wallet, both banks announced today.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Venmo , the mobile payment service owned by PayPal , announced Monday (Oct. 5) it has introduced its first-ever credit card issued by Synchrony and powered by the Visa network, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS. It features automatic cash back on eligible purchases and the ability to manage the card in the Venmo app.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

Apple Card — the iPhone-based credit product launched last summer by Goldman Sachs , Apple and Mastercard — is expected to be a hot topic on Goldman’s earnings call Wednesday (July 15). To use Apple Pay, customers tap the card icon in the Afterpay app, which then activates the Afterpay card in the Apple wallet.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Wells Fargo customers nationwide are experiencing technical difficulty accessing the San Francisco-based bank’s online and mobile banking services.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

Wells Fargo’s mobile user numbers are higher than ever—but that’s not thanks to new activity by consumers. According to the retail banking numbers the banks released today for the month of January, its customers aren’t opening as many accounts—are, in fact, closing more of them—and aren’t applying for as many Read More.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Global branded payments provider Blackhawk has debuted a new service allowing companies to outsource gift card and eGift program management, according to a news release Tuesday (Sept. The solution works for both companies with existing gift card programs and those looking to start one, the press release said.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2019

In the age of digital payments, mobile point of sale systems (POS) are making inroads with the promise of time-saving conveniences for merchants. 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.

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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.

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2018

Another retailer has been hit with a data breach. This time, Macy’s has revealed that hackers obtained names and passwords of online customers — and might have accessed credit card numbers and expiration dates. Macy’s is just the latest retailer to be hit with a data breach.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2019

The overarching rule is simple enough: Consumers who make purchases online or use contactless payments in stores must be authenticated with 2FA. Merchants and payment providers are already coming upon challenges when actually applying such measures, however, especially on mobile devices. Mobile verification challenges and benefits.

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BankBazaar

OCTOBER 23, 2023

*Trigger warning for shopaholics* Dear readers, gather ’round, and let me take you on a journey through the aisles of online shopping, where the siren call of “Add to Cart” beckons even the most frugal souls. It’s like being lured into an eerie, online retail haunted house.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2019

Bridge millennials’ rise is changing the retail ecosystem ahead of the 2019 holiday season, but their impacts will continue to be felt in the year ahead. The group also spends more than other demographics, averaging $2,225 in retail purchases per year. Bridge millennials are becoming bellwethers of shifting retail trends.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2022

ITMs and VTMs are popular retail banking innovations among community banks. What’s on the horizon for retail banking? According to a new report from PwC titled “Retail Banking 2025 and Beyond” (see sidebar), the retail banking industry is undergoing tremendous change—but, of course, community bankers already know that.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The 2020 holiday shopping season is picking up, and consumers are heading online or to reopened brick-and-mortar stores to shop and pay for gifts. They are using everything from cash to mobile wallets to complete these transactions, requiring retailers to race to accommodate a wide variety of payment methods.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2020

Verizon is partnering with financial firm Synchrony to put out its own consumer card in the first half of this year, they said on Thursday (Jan. T-Mobile recently started providing banking services through T-Mobile Money, and Amazon and Uber now both offer their own branded cards. 23), according to published reports.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2020

Though they’ve overcome serious technical hurdles, work well, and are now in the hands of billions of smartphone-owning consumers, mobile wallets including those from Big Tech players Apple and Google are starving for share as Q1 2020 usage slipped below an unimpressive 2019. The mobile wallet can now be used on 92.8 up from 39.3

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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. Amazon , for example, has captured an estimated $7 billion to $10 billion in annual Amazon Prime subscription fees, enabling its one-click purchasing function that uses stored card and account data.

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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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Bank Innovation

MARCH 23, 2018

As mobile wallets and consumer-to-business payments platforms grow in popularity as the preferred payment method among retail shoppers, it seems only natural that merchants should consider digital POS lending or instant financing options as a means to encourage more online purchases. Indeed, they are. Read More.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2019

Over 5 million mobile apps are available in the App Store and the Google Play Store, but according to the new report, Which Apps Will They Use? Engaging Brick-And-Mortar Shoppers Via Mobile Apps , 77.6 percent of consumers keep just five or fewer merchant apps on their mobile phones at any given time. percent), debit cards (63.4

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PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2019

Chase announced Monday (April 15) that customers are now able to send gift cards via the Chase Mobile app or website. In a press release , Chase said customers can choose from more than 60 leading retailers to easily send gift cards. Users can send gift cards from $5 to $100 and won’t be charged a fee.

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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

APRIL 7, 2017

A world without checkout lines and a farewell to the fat wallet were just some of the tantalizing outcomes foreseen as mPOS devices started to make their way into retail stores years ago. Alas, consumers and merchants are still awaiting the realization of the envisioned blissful, wait-free retail utopia that was envisioned a while back.

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