PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2019

Shopify announced it has launched a new retail hardware collection to improve in-person shopping for some of the world’s fastest-growing brands and their customers. Digitally native brands want to build loyal audiences through retail locations, and we’ve designed the best products to help them achieve this success.”.

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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

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

We have deep dives into unattended retail, rapid settlements and cybersecurity, as well as news on Mastercard receiving the go-ahead from China’s central bank to set up a bank clearing business. 11 to set up a bank card clearing business, providing it with access to a $27 trillion payments market. Uber reported its earnings last week.

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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

JANUARY 11, 2021

That network, in combination with Equifax, will use advanced technologies to connect data “signals” that stem from 32 billion online interactions, five billion annual transactions and 17 billion unique devices across the globe, as the company said in its announcement tied to the acquisition. The deal is anticipated to close in Q1 of 2021.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

It remains difficult for online businesses to get access to capital. In June, Stripe announced Stripe Terminal , a set of SDKs, APIs, and pre-certified card readers that let users accept in-person payments. It’s now available all over the United States. Stripe announced Thursday (Sept.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2019

A new report has revealed that Amazon’s Prime Day — along with promotions by other retailers — led to a boost in July retail sales. economics, told CNBC that she expects retail sales — excluding autos — to have risen by 0.6 percent, with about half coming from Prime Day and other promotions by rival retailers.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

In today’s top news in payments, Amazon applied for a patent for hand recognition software, and retail sales reached new heights thanks to record online spending. Mastercard: Holiday eCommerce Nearly 15 Pct Of Retail Sales. Online spending made up 15 percent of the near $880 billion retail sales from Nov.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2018

It appears that 2017 was a good year for omnichannel shopping, particularly according to the eCommerce Foundation’s recently released “United States Ecommerce Country Report” that covered eCommerce data from the last year. The majority of online shoppers today appear to be between 18 and 34 years old. According to D.J.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 25, 2017

24) they had formed a new partnership to expand the acceptance of the UnionPay card in the U.S. to pay with their UnionPay chip, credit and debit cards at First Data merchant clients. We are extremely proud to work with an innovative partner like UnionPay International to expand their card acceptance throughout the United States.”.

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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

APRIL 28, 2020

Financial institutions (FIs) are now working to extend services into customers’ homes, for example, and consumers are making fewer credit card payments amid uncertainty over what their employment statuses and budgets might be when the bills come due. The Paytm cards can be used both in-store and online.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

“With the busy holiday season upon us, we are proud to offer a truly multi-channel payment solution that has proven to bring new customers and increased sales to our retail partners,” Afterpay Global Chief Revenue Officer Melissa Davis said in the announcement. CEO Nick Molnar said in a past PYMNTS panel. And there's a huge opportunity.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2019

Card delinquencies have remained steady at Bank of America , which reported June credit card delinquencies of 1.56 According to news earlier in the month, large credit card issuers in the United States reported lower delinquencies in May. percent compared to 2.83 percent in May. percent for a three-month average.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2017

The company has said that it is the first bank in Puerto Rico to offer digital services, ranging from business credit cards to working capital loans to SBA loans. Drilling down a bit into the Puerto Rico market in particular, Arora noted some differences between small business lending versus, say, the United States.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Costco Wholesale has reached a milestone, with Costco saying its co-branded Citi Visa Anywhere credit card now has 1 million members who have signed up for the card. According to a report , the co-branded card was launched in June and is resonating with consumers. million American Express co-branded cards, “about 7.5

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2019

Connected commerce is among the hottest trends in retail, and not just for streaming or ridesharing or online gaming services, but for subscription purchases, too. In fact, according to new PYMNTS research, digital services are expanding in the United States and in markets around the world.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2020

This shift in buying behavior is likely here to stay, too, leading more customers to use card-based payments to complete their purchases when shopping online. This is the focus of Understanding Frictions In Credit Card Transactions: How Transaction Disputes And Declines Impact Merchants’ Reputations, a PYMNTS and PAAY collaboration.

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BankInovation

JULY 14, 2020

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

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 19, 2018

EXCLUSIVE— Most consumers in the United States stubbornly cling to their plastic payments, even as customers in other countries — see China — increasingly embrace at a steady rate mobile and other digital forms of payment. This could be due to the fact that, as many in fintech have stated, the card infrastructure in the.Read More.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Retailers are tapping into voice technology to help consumers order their favorite products such as restaurant takeout as they expand their artificial intelligence (AI) strategies. 30 of this year in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France and Germany.). “We In Other Brick-and-Mortar News. Kroger Co.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 8, 2019

Retailers are bringing omnichannel experiences to consumers by bridging the worlds of online and brick-and-mortar commerce through offerings such as buy-online-pickup-in-store (BOPIS). Following that trend, Fast fashion apparel retailer rue21 recently announced it plans to bring the offering to more than 700 stores.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

This payment rail’s use is going strong in the United States, with debit card penetration reaching 78 percent in 2018. Consumers also show continued interest in debit even as they adopt newer payment instruments, and a 2019 report found that 61 percent of mobile wallet users linked debit cards. The solution is.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Rather than entering new payment information – including address and card details – users can easily enter Amazon account login info. “We’re delighted to offer Amazon Pay to our customers, as it is one of the most secure ways to pay for flights, as the user doesn’t have to re-enter their card details,” he said.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2018

Much of North America remains anchored to major-brand credit cards. As digital technology keeps bringing new efficiencies to transactions, and more consumers around the world turn to eCommerce for retail and other purchases, an accompanying trend is making life interesting for merchants and payment providers.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

Shoppers in the United States have long turned to credit cards to let them get the products now while delaying payments until they have a chance to save up. These plans fund retail purchases that consumers can then pay off over time in typically four installments. Learn more in the Tracker. About The Tracke r®.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2018

Traditional retail locations, ranging from fashion and home furnishings to hardware and department stores, have been forced to make significant changes in the face of heightened competition from eCommerce giants like Amazon and omnichannel powerhouses, like Walmart and its online unit, Jet.com.

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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

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

And in an interview with PYMNTS, Jacob Shoihet , co-founder and CEO of the online financing platform Marco Financial , said the problem is particularly acute for exporters. “In Ideally, we’d want to be a financing partner for every buyer relationship that they have in the United States,” Shoihet said.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Debatably the most impactful payments innovation of recent years — and that’s saying something — BNPL is having a massive impact on retail, as evidenced by the proliferation of brands and the steady flow of venture capital to players that are defining the space. It’s hard to say which is the best part of buy now, pay later (BNPL).

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2020

We have deep dives into virtual card adoption and self-service technology, as well as a report on Kobe Bryant’s legacy. Bank Is Doing to Drive Virtual Card Adoption. Accounts payable (AP) professionals and vendors still have reservations about adopting virtual cards despite their many benefits.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2017

Google has long claimed that the ads it shows users actually prompt them to make purchases online and in real life – and now they have the credit card data to prove it. Neither Google nor its retail partners have access, and neither knows the shopper’s identity.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2019

Razer, a gaming hardware company based in Singapore, has partnered with Visa to offer a prepaid card that will let the company’s 60 million users make payments all over the world, according to reports. It is a leading brand for gamers in Europe, China and the United States.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Against that backdrop, considering the speed at which states are accepting online sports betting (and the strength of the dollars flowing into the space), legalized gambling via mobile seems a sure wager. Several other states have online gambling legislation in the works. The Technology Component.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

Studies showed that many consumers in the United States have begun tapping their debit cards more often for payments, for example, with one report finding that debit use rose about 6 percent year over year. Just 25 percent of consumers said the same regarding their credit cards during the same period.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The British FinTech will harness the infusion to speed up the firm’s open banking roadmap, letting retailers transparently and expediently handle instant payments. In addition, GoCardless will grow into eCommerce and roll out bank-to-bank payments as a less costly alternative to cards. BNPL Provider Openpay Launches In US.

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2019

Brick-and-mortar retailers are changing the way they manage their workforces in the age of Amazon: Walmart , for instance, is testing multiple versions of a new team structure called the “Great Workplace” in some of its locations. In terms of Walmart’s other efforts, the retailer is also focusing on features such as grocery pickup.

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