PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

The first quarter of 2020 should have been business as usual — especially for the payments processors and financial services technology companies — the firms that keep commerce humming across offline and online channels. The coronavirus upended, well, everything, of course. If they can hold on, that is. Setting The Stage.

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MARCH 18, 2020

In earnings results posted Wednesday, Tencent Holdings , the gaming and social media giant, said the continued shift to online media and meetings is likely to be an entrenched one. Advertising, of course, remains a rough spot and is about 20 percent of the company’s top line. Some Bright Spots.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 23, 2019

Fewer sales in-store, of course, mean less torque to the top line. Yes, management said that business has improved as measured through the last weeks of the quarter and even into the back-to-school season. Less torque to the top line means drag and declines on the bottom line. percentage points to its overall same-store sales growth.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Published reports indicate that in the past year, Ikea has seen online sales increase by 45 percent. For 70 years, [the catalog] has been one of our most unique and iconic products, which has inspired billions of people across the world,” said Konrad Grüss, managing director, Inter IKEA Systems BV. “[But]

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PYMNTS

MARCH 23, 2020

And for a while there it looked like Netflix had managed to crack the code and enter the pantheon with three simple words. Because quaranstreaming is in fact a more generally social animal than its predecessor as consumers in the U.S. Netflix and chill.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2019

While WeChat is China’s largest messaging app, it has morphed in the past few years to a platform that provides a whole slew of services, including money transfers, errand running, hiring services and of course, shopping. Pablo Mauron, a managing director for Digital Luxury Group, said the luxury market has noticed WeChat’s potential. “I

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

To that end, the Big Tech companies that reported earnings over the last several days — Alphabet ( Google ’s parent), Amazon , Facebook , Twitter among them — showed that eCommerce, and the ads that keep eCommerce top of mind for consumers (and, of course, the corporates that cater to them), are on an upswing. Ads, Catching Eyes.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2016

While it’s just become a fad in the last few years for retailers to actually start selling their wares on social media, just having a Facebook page has been a necessity of online merchants for many years more. Automotive and tech companies managed to capture third with 3.4

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MyBankTracker

JULY 30, 2020

Firstrade is one online brokerage you might consider for commission-free trades. Compared to other online brokerages like Vanguard or Fidelity, Firstrade manages to be highly competitive with its low fees. Commission-free trading online, with no hidden fees. Cash management accounts are available.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

There is never a good time for the emergence of a global disease, of course, but certain periods are markedly worse than others. He’s seen TikTok become a B2B marketing platform where players are “singing funny songs, telling jokes and learning how to really interact online.” As a result, the company’s sales reached 44.73

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

That was in the days before the internet became a staple of daily life, of course. And now, in the age of the mobile phone, where we use devices to get offers, manage spending and redeem points, the question still stands. Social media represents another way to leverage and reward loyalty, noted panelists. Data Matters.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

This , of course , doesn’t include fraud losses that were not filed due to the victim's embarrassment or lack of knowledge on how to report. Social media scams account for the highest losses and are higher than any other fraud typology , at a reported half-billion total loss. That equates to $35 billion annually.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

One of the latest, ongoing trends is the rise of online luxury resale commerce. Not only that, but the luxury online consignment retailer opened a brick-and-mortar store on New York City’s famed Madison Avenue. But even without traditional physical stores, luxury retail is finding new homes — and not just online.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2019

Among the most anticipated are IPOs that will impact the mobility-as-a-service and ride-hailing ecosystems, social media, and data analytics. There is no guarantee any of them will happen, of course, though some seem much more likely than others. Well, will they or won’t they? The latest?

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 27, 2021

A Maryland federal district court has dismissed a putative class action lawsuit filed against nine companies that manage apartment buildings in the Washington, D.C. area. A Maryland federal district court has dismissed a putative class action lawsuit filed against nine companies that manage apartment buildings in the Washington, D.C.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2020

billion, and more recently, there has been an investigation launched into TikTok , the social media and streaming app. Asset Management. The deal states that there will be improved access to markets such as insurance, banking and fund management. PayPal, of course, is pretty much already there through its GoPay deal.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

It’s already happening, of course, albeit tentatively. The latest generation of these implants comes with management software for both clinicians and patients, installed on commercial-grade tablets and smartphones,” the report said, adding that the “connection between them is based on the standard Bluetooth protocol.”. “The

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

For banks and processors, commerce means customers, of course, transacting across time zones, business verticals and currencies. Reputation management is as much an art as a science, agreed Hennessy and Webster. Even as online complaints mounted, indifferent processors and banks continued to allow fraud.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

They realized watches that routinely retail for around $300 could be sold online at a profit for between $100-$160 if they cut out the retail middlemen and primarily sold online. million followers across social media channels, it seems fair to assume there are more people who would like to join.

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CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 29, 2020

One of the most important areas of consumer financial regulation today is the use of internet- or social media-based platforms to target advertising for consumer financial products.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

What would one say about a computer geek who said he could protect their online identity , and while doing do would make a bold move against the likes of Facebook and Google ? Technology that enables consumers to control their data as they shop, pay and perform other tasks online. As consumers become more cautious — cynical?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

That still holds true, of course, but these days, location increasingly means bringing the store to the consumer — and offering product browsing and shopping opportunities even when consumers aren’t explicitly shopping. clicks to complete an online purchase. It found that, on average, it takes 22.1

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2019

online shopping is associated with younger people , who do far more of it. Users show different behaviors on social media sites like Facebook , Instagram or Twitter , where they look at photos, stalk high-school classmates, share brilliant political theories, play games and the like. And, of course, unexpected things happen.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2018

Peter Shore, general manager of payments services firm Transpay , and Guillermo Bracciaforte, co-founder of online freelance marketplace Workana , recently spoke with PYMNTS about the payment preferences of gig workers and making gig economy payments more efficient. Regulatory compliance, of course, stands as a vital issue, he said.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

offers a cloud-based platform that helps insurance carriers and MGAs (managing general agents, who act as intermediaries) embrace bits and bytes, with functionality across payment processing, policy administration and billing, among other activities. In an interview with PYMNTS, Colin Zalewski, senior product marketing manager for One, Inc.,

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2019

The rise of the global sharing economy — tied to online marketplace operations — is sparking challenges related to trust, security and confidence for buyers and sellers alike. All that data-supported verification, of course, takes place behind the scenes — generally, in seconds.

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BankNXT

JANUARY 5, 2018

I am going to be starting my fifth year teaching social media at UofL, and launching my new Advanced SM strategy class as well this term. In fact, one of our course books is going to be Mark Schaefer’s KNOWN book (and I am thrilled Mark will be doing a guest talk for my class this spring!).

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2018

With traditional lenders now turning their attention to the market newcomers, banks have the opportunity to embrace some of the innovations that have surfaced in small business lending – namely, banks’ adoption of online applications, faster decisions and capital disbursement times, as well as omnichannel advisory support for borrowers.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Amateur aficionados and would-be food critics are not known for exercising their mental filters, or any restraint, when posting about their restaurant experiences online. Of course, there will always be difficult customers who take to Twitter, Yelp and other social platforms to air their displeasure. Tableside Tablets.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

The process still remains fragmented, with people frequently resorting to social media and word of mouth to try to book qualified acts, a task that can even daunt professional booking agents. The talent buyers are also able to advertise their open gigs and provide the opportunity for acts to apply online to fill the spot.

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OCTOBER 29, 2018

Facebook reported on their website that their teams have made progress: They removed 837 million pieces of spam in Q1 2018 before anyone reported it, disabled 583 million fake accounts “within minutes” of going online and removed 24 million inappropriate pictures related to violence and nudity. And it’s now driving commerce.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

The eCommerce giant, of course, examines frequency of purchases, cadence of purchases, and even the images of what has been browsed alongside those purchases to get a sense of what the end user is seeking — like whether the focus has been on a brand, for example, or on a specific product. The Consumer Responsibility.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

The top line, of course, was the announcement that FIS would acquire Worldpay in a deal worth roughly $35 billion. We started to really think about how [we] not only simplify integration and onboarding, but [how to] better manage operations on an ongoing basis,” he said. “We Worldpay’s Big Week.

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Abrigo

MAY 13, 2015

And, of course, successful companies are the best type of clients. A business valuation expert can help owners create stability and manage their business to reach increased or stable profitability. How does a valuation practice find expanding businesses? That isn’t hard at all!

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Of course, the fact that millennials are so interested in starting their own businesses should cheer community bankers. This group of youngsters spends about 112 video hours per month watching screens, with about five of those hours online, eight of those on mobile devices and 99 on TV. Social media—with privacy, please.

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Tomorrow's Transactions

MAY 19, 2016

estimates that the new new breed of payment initiation service providers will erode 33% of online debit card transaction volumes and 10% of online credit card transaction volumes resulting in a total market share of 16% of online retail payment volume by 2020. Well, an obvious example is integration with social media.

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APRIL 30, 2018

But the world changed, of course — the digital economy rose and, though people were still using screens to shop from home, TV was no longer the screen of choice. And the the brand isn’t just moving its sales online, but is increasing expanding its businesses there. If you go to other online retailers, it’s a transaction.

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