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JANUARY 20, 2021

Other than small things like a pen or providing staff with free coffee, anything given to employees that has a clear cash value attached to it is considered taxable by the IRS, said Nat Salvione , chief commercial officer of Tango Card. However, he added, the tax implications should not exceed the cost and purpose of the present. “We

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MAY 16, 2019

Death, taxes and data breaches – those are perhaps the only sure things in life, and new evidence is emerging that hackers are finding increasing profit in targeting online retailers. The news comes amid yet another online retail cyberattack, this one targeting Japan’s Fast Retailing, the company that owns the Uniqlo retail chain.

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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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OCTOBER 9, 2020

trillion opportunity for eCommerce retailers. Fraudsters are just as excited by this opportunity as merchants, unfortunately, making it essential for these retailers to craft robust protections to keep the data and the payment information of their consumers safe. Around The Next-Gen Debit World.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

And in many places, for the first time, our retailers are open to it. But under present conditions, Narlinger noted, that lock-up isn’t really workable. They want to build a mobile wallet, but not like the ones of the past that acted as repositories for credit and debit card information. Can we unpack it?’

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MAY 21, 2019

Bundesbank, Germany’s central bank, said increased use of financial technology in the country could present regulators with their biggest hurdle since the financial crisis, according to a report by Bloomberg. “We A survey by EHI Retail Institute showed that last year, card payments made up 48.6

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BankBazaar

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Credit C ard churning is a rewarding practice if you can effectively manage the risks and challenges it presents. Credit Card churning is a practice that has gained popularity among savvy consumers looking to make the most of their Credit Card spending.

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JULY 28, 2020

Consumers are also changing how they pay for their purchases, with a recent study finding that debit card spend was up 11.7 Consumers today are especially likely to use their debit cards for their eCommerce purchases or to make in-store purchases with mobile wallets, and card-not-present (CNP) transactions represented 43.1

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Card-skimming devices hidden on gas station card readers or carefully integrated into ATMs used to be especially troubling for merchants and consumers, but retailers and financial institutions (FIs) have stepped up their measures to protect physical card readers in recent years. Safeguarding Card Details.

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Payments Dive

JULY 28, 2016

Theresa McEndree, regional vice president for client strategy at Blackhawk Engagement Solutions, recently presented on a webinar about how retailers can better structure promotions that make a greater connection with consumers.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Visa announced that since their inception, chip cards have reduced counterfeit fraud by 87 percent. . Chip cards are increasingly becoming the norm as usage and acceptance has continued to grow since the EMV standard was first introduced in 2011,” the company said. Also down were overall card-present fraud rates.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 21, 2019

To CARD.com, however, personalization actually refers to the look and feel of its debit card. Card's website presents the offering as an attempt to make banking fun ("CARD.com treats you as an individual who is cool like James Dean," the website states). Customers can […].

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JANUARY 20, 2020

New evidence of that — part of the broader trend of the existential changes in the world of brick-and-mortar retail, changes that are gaining more focus this month — comes from reports that stationery chain Papyrus is closing up shop. The chain had since expanded to some 260 or so retail locations. Total retail growth was 3.8

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MARCH 6, 2019

There is no longer much tolerance, or enthusiasm, on the part of consumers for digging into one’s pocket to find money or a payment card, or doing the mental math (well, OK, a smartphone has a calculator) to figure out how much to tip a driver. Nowadays, one’s card is on file with the ride-hailing service. The Partnership Model.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2020

More consumers than ever are turning to online shopping channels to meet their needs during the pandemic, but many are also aware that cybercriminals are looking to capitalize on this stepped-up online activity to steal their card data. This is leading some families to put their children’s funds on virtual cards instead, according to U.S.-based

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PYMNTS

JULY 11, 2019

They can also see where a child or partner is using a shared credit card in real time and can even restrict usage at establishments deemed off-limits. The thing is, fewer than one-quarter of consumers currently use mobile card services. The thing is, fewer than one-quarter of consumers currently use mobile card services.

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MAY 25, 2016

To ACI Worldwide ’s top executive, that beckons toward a wholly-changing payments landscape for retailers. In an interview with Karen Webster, Philip Heasley, president and chief executive officer of ACI, stated that the biggest disruptions in retail stem from a changing of the old bricks-and-mortar (and cash register) guard.

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

The firm especially saw gains in non-travel and expense card-not-present activity related to categories such as retail. CNP And Retail Spend . In terms of industry spend, retail spending made up 36 percent of Q3’s total (up 3 percent year on year), but retail offline spend was down 10 percent. percent vs. 2.8

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JULY 5, 2020

Federal workers, through partnerships with several online retailers, will now be able to purchase equipment like desks or office supplies through an eCommerce network for the first time, The Washington Post reports. The GSA is estimated to spend around $6 billion per year on open market credit card purchases.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2020

Gourab Basu , vice president of global network processing at Visa, tells PYMNTS how deep learning keeps card (and card not present) transactions flowing. New Report: Helping Retail Treasurers Navigate The Digital D2C Shift (“How To” Playbook). Chipotle’s Chief Restaurant Officer On What’s Next For Restaurants.

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JUNE 16, 2016

It’s no wonder why retailers love gift cards – they are known to drive foot traffic, increase revenue, boost their customer base and complement retention efforts. But as consumers continue to move toward a digital option for their gift card needs, could a retailer’s dream turn into an actual nightmare?

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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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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Shoppers may be reluctant to hand over their card details to every online retailer, as each transaction represents another risk that consumers’ information could be exposed in a breach. Virtual Card Payment Trends. Netspend observed many more of its prepaid card customers activate virtual wallet capabilities during the pandemic.

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MAY 18, 2020

Our data continues to show signs of consumer awakening, with the growth rate for debit spend above historic levels and credit card spend continuing to show week-over-week improvements,” said Glynn Frechette , senior vice president, Advisors Plus at PSCU. “In The average debit card purchase amount rose 19.9 percent year over year.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

and has attracted more than 3,000 retailers to its partnerships. Sykes believes the attraction of online companies and uber-retailers it simple at one level. Klarna has melded New York Fashion Week glitz with experiential retailing this year. The changes in fashion retail are being driven by three dynamics.

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MAY 1, 2020

Retail is not the same as it was at the beginning of 2020 — in fact, it isn’t the same as it was a mere month-and-a-half ago, given the quick and sweeping changes that COVID-19 has brought in its wake. Amid economic uncertainty, certain retailers are adapting and innovating in ways we haven’t seen before,” Molnar told Webster. “In

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JANUARY 10, 2020

A year later, as CES is about to wrap up, Visa has said that the service enables payments for gas, parking and tolls, uses tokens to secure transactions, and could open the door to even more payment experiences, including purchases from retail stores by commuters. After all, she said, SiriusXM is already in a consumer’s car for a reason. “We

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JULY 16, 2020

All four companies — as well as other retailers — are fitting into the framework of a platform PYMNTS calls Digital 3.0 So far, retailers have done a decent job here. The retailers mentioned at the beginning of this piece have taken a stance on health that should have been taken by federal and local governments.

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JUNE 17, 2019

Is the store register on its way out in favor of other retail and payments innovation? In case you didn’t hear, Target faced a register outage that lasted for about 90 minutes on Sunday (June 16), which meant the retail chain couldn’t process cards or other forms of payment.

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JANUARY 18, 2020

What makes the story stand out among the reams of local retail crime reporting is that the crime was actually committed. Botched crimes in local retail are common. Organized Crime’s Physical Retail Expansion . Brown rejected suggestions that it could be a current or past employee, telling local news affiliates, “It was a pro.”.

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JULY 3, 2019

That’s when there is generally another point of frustration and friction: checking out after the dental work, perhaps giving over a payment card and signing up for another appointment. In fact, the vast majority of the growth NMI is seeing is happening almost entirely outside of retail. She was able to simply go home. “It

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2019

Not only is it a big time for retail but, in a sense, a kind of dress rehearsal for the upcoming all all-important holiday shopping season. Retail back-to-school spending for families will hit an average of $696.70 last year, according to the National Retail Federation , a trade group. this year, up from $684.79 Amazon Effort.

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DECEMBER 3, 2020

Of the many data-based insights contained in the new Black Friday 2020 Report: Crossing the Digital-Physical Shopping Divide , one line captures the mood of this just-concluded commerce holiday weekend: “Concerns over COVID-19 were present, but were secondary to consumers who craved convenience.”. consumers taken on Saturday (Nov.

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JUNE 13, 2019

In early May, Mastercard , in partnership with SEDESSON, the Mexico state agency for social benefits, and Edenred Bank, announced a first-of-its-kind test in Mexico’s Sonora state – the first regional test of biometric card technology in national history. The Challenge of Building the Right Card for the Job.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

According to a new LexisNexis study , overall retail fraud attempts doubled year-over-year and tripled since 2017. The rise of mobile commerce and selling of digital goods has added to retailers’ fraud problems. In fact, North America’s top 1000 online retailers have sold $143 billion worth of goods to customers outside the U.S.,

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

PYMNTS latest Next-Gen Debit Tracker® done in collaboration with PULSE , A Discover Company, notes, “Many shoppers are turning to options like contactless debit cards that can be waved over POS terminals, or they may be steering clear of brick-and-mortar locations altogether by simply buying their items online or via apps.”.

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Payments Source

MARCH 30, 2020

With coronavirus presenting significant challenges for retailers and the technical challenges of imposing interchange fee changes in the networks, Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover are holding off on the updates.

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