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Quick-Service, Fast-Casual Restaurant Gift Card Sales Outpace Upscale Competitors, Study Finds

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With fine dining having taken a hit amid the pandemic, quick service and fast-casual restaurant gift cards are holding steady and even seeing a bit of growth, a new study by Paytronix finds. But quick-service chains saw a much more modest decline in gift card sales , which, after falling 3.6 27 and Sunday, Nov.

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Paytronix Study Shows Drop In Holiday Gift Card Sales For Restaurants

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Customer experience management platform provider Paytronix released its holiday gift card report on Tuesday (Jan. 12) and found a mixed bag for restaurant sales of gift cards. Its research found that overall card sales ended the year down 31.8 percent rise in average spend per gift card during 2020.

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Virtual Cards Help Companies Manage Spend In Real Time

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Most are encouraging employees to work from home while also moving their back-office operations online, and payments operations are no exception. RLJ Financial On Managing B2B Spend With Virtual Cards. Businesses are doing more than encouraging their employees to continue working remotely, however.

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BMO’s Digital-First Transformation Unlocks Operational Efficiencies

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These operations are quantifiably more efficient: A recent study found that customers typically spend nine minutes to acquire a check from a bank teller, but only 40 seconds to complete the same task with a self-service kiosk. “We The instant-issue functionality also comes in handy for lost debit cards.

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UBS Appoints New Head Of EU Operations

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Swiss Bank UBS has announced that it has hired a new CEO of European Union operations, according to a report by Reuters. . One study by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) showed that while women in the finance industry hold so few management positions, the pace of the hiring of women has also slowed down in recent years.

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Italian Shoppers Embrace New Cash-Back Program For Credit Card Payments

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Italian consumers are embracing a new government program aimed at boosting retail sales while tamping down on tax evasion that allows buyers to receive a 10% refund on card payments made in stores. Studies have also indicated that the days of businesses using “petty cash” to pay for transactions could be coming to an end.

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The Rise Of Card-on-File Commerce

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Capturing and then enabling card-on-file payments when consumers buy the products or services they consume in the physical world. Part of that includes reminding consumers to use their contactless cards when they check out in their stores (if they have one) or their mobile wallets (if they choose). Uber and Starbucks pioneered it.

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