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MAY 27, 2020

Unanswered customer complaints is one common example, particularly for companies that are new to amplifying their online channels. A new category is starting to grow around this area of online reputation management, with Lexus one of the latest brand names to embrace it.

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AUGUST 23, 2018

Apple has announced a new initiative that will help its customers support and enjoy America’s national parks. 24 through 31, the company is donating $1 to the National Park Foundation for every purchase made with Apple Pay at any Apple Store, online at apple.com or through the Apple Store app in the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2020

Power research shows that the number of customers doing their credit applications online has kicked into high gear. Consumers and Banks Both Like Online Auto Loans. Consumers are apparently so glad to dump the back-office haggle between dealer and bank that roughly one-third of car buyers are now doing the loan process online, J.D.

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JULY 24, 2020

The July Payments Powering the Platform Economy Report examines how international eCommerce platforms work to create transaction experiences that are compelling and secure for users in each market they serve. Find more about these stories and the rest of the latest headlines in the Report. Get the full story in the Report.

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MARCH 31, 2020

If there’s any industry that has been slow to transition online, it’s antiques. Two recent moves from leading arts and antique dealers are leading a trend toward online arts and antique buying. Now we’re going to take a smaller storefront and concentrate more online. We’re finally knocking down the barriers online.”.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

24) that it enjoyed a 61 percent jump in online sales during its fiscal third quarter ended Oct. Old Navy continued to experience meaningful acceleration in its online business as strong customer response to product was further bolstered by compelling and relevant digital marketing investment,” management said.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2018

63 percent of small businesses applied for a working capital loan last year, data from S&P Global Market Intelligence recently found. In its report, S&P found nearly 50 percent of SMB borrowers are too unfamiliar with digital lenders to use alternative finance. In the U.S., “Transparency and speed,” said Gilbert.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

The FBI is warning homebuyers to be on the lookout for internet criminals who are sneaking into online conversations between buyers and mortgage companies or other participants in the sale process and providing false instructions that dupe purchasers into wiring funds to the criminals’ accounts, CNBC reported Thursday (Oct.

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JULY 21, 2020

Open banking is appealing to financial institutions (FIs) and regulators in many markets, even as the pandemic sweeps across the world. Many nations in the region are thus examining their open banking proposals to ensure they address this behavior. Around The Data Protection World.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The decision opened the floodgates to legalized sports betting – both in-person and online – in the U.S. According to ESPN reports , 24 more states are “moving toward” legalization. All in, counting online and in-person wagers, Super Bowl betting was worth roughly $6.8

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FEBRUARY 6, 2020

PSCU , which is known as a premier payments credits union service organization (CUSO), reported significantly higher year-over-year growth than expected during the holidays, with a 7.86 percent market rate reported by the National Retail Federation (NRF). That’s a big upswing from the 4.1

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JULY 28, 2020

Many shoppers who make purchases online rely on eCommerce marketplaces to discover items and connect with trusted sellers. dollars, but the practice can be inconvenient for sellers in many international markets. Some markets have also made delivering sellers’ payments in local currencies a legal requirement.

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MAY 31, 2020

Uber has been approved by the National Economic Prosecutor’s Office (FNE), Chile’s antitrust regulator, to acquire the Chilean grocery shopping app Cornershop, according to an FNE statement. FNE made the approval “without conditions,” according to a Reuters report.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

We have deep dives on digital payments, online ordering and memberships. Membership has its privileges ” was the nine-year marketing campaign rolled out by American Express in 1987 to convince consumers that it was worth paying a yearly fee for one of its charge card offerings. Trackers and Reports.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2019

Blockchain is increasingly being separated from cryptocurrency, with an eye toward disparate use cases — some done at the national level. To that end, reports came this week that Germany has put a consultation and commentary period in place that will focus on blockchain, with a goal of having a strategy outlined by the summer, Reuters said.

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JULY 21, 2017

Working cooperatively, American and European authorities reported yesterday (July 20) that they have shut down two of the largest online black markets — AlphaBay and Hansa Market. AlphaBay has been down since early July — since the arrest of founder Alexandre Cazes, a Canadian national living in Bangkok.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Amid a change in shopping habits from brick-and-mortar to eCommerce, online spending is expected to reach $124.1 percent growth forecasted for traditional stores, Reuters reported. The National Retail Federation (NRF) revealed in October that holiday sales growth will be higher than the average increase of 3.9 retail websites.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 1, 2017

With home loan growth expected to slow to 4 percent in 2018, National Australia Bank (NAB) wants to build its business elsewhere, namely in SME lending. A report in The Australian on Monday (July 31) revealed news that the NAB is adding new features to its small business (SMB) lending unit, QuickBiz, in an effort to build market share.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

car sales platform Cazoo has notched $310 million in funding, Bloomberg reported. With a business model that resembles Carvana’s, Cazoo purchases and refurnishes vehicles prior to marketing them via the internet. Amid the accelerating shift to digital sales during COVID-19 restrictions, U.K. As the coronavirus shuttered U.S.

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APRIL 9, 2020

The Wall Street Journal reported this week that a quartet of the biggest “iBuyers” within real estate — firms that buy properties, fix them up (if needed) and resell them, typically via platform models — stopped buying homes late last month as the economy hit the proverbial wall. The housing market depends on the sanguine attitude of the U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

With so many companies giving their employees Election Day off, it could be an opportunity for a one-day sales event both online and in-store. 28), which is supported by American Express nationally. It’s also an area where the big six or other retailers won’t play this year, focusing instead on regional and national media.

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JULY 17, 2018

The credit union (CU) market has long argued that rules intended for larger, more traditional banks have unjustly been applied to their industry, stifling their growth and pace of innovation. However, recent changes in regulations could open new doors for the credit union market to more efficiently serve its members.

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MAY 20, 2019

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis has proposed a national development fund to help invest in social issues, digitization of the economy, education and transportation, according to a report by Reuters. million) to put into the fund.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2020

Europe's biggest banks have called on the European Commission to implement tough regulations for cryptocurrencies, such as stablecoins, that would protect consumers and preserve state sovereignty in monetary policy, Reuters reported. The association declined to comment, Reuters reported. In a joint statement Friday (Sept.

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MAY 1, 2020

With its walk-in business taking a large negative hit due to the coronavirus pandemic and stay-at-home orders, MoneyGram reported 57 percent digital transaction growth for the first quarter of 2020. The money transfer company said performance was driven by high client retention rates, market growth and strong demand for the company’s app.

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AUGUST 21, 2020

The companies are testing the service in four California and Oklahoma markets, with an eye toward a national launch in 2021. Kroger’s digital sales shot up 92 percent in Q1, PYMNTS reported. Stop & Shop owner Ahold Delhaize NV announced plans earlier this week for putting more resources toward online shopping operations.

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OCTOBER 17, 2017

The business advisory firm FTI Consulting has forecasted that online retail sales in the United States will top $1 trillion by 2027 , CNBC reports. As of 2017, online retail sales account for 12 percent of total retail transactions in the United States, but 50 percent of retail sales growth over the span of the previous year.

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DECEMBER 7, 2020

UK Regulations to Create New Digital Markets Unit. antitrust regulators are creating a Digital Markets Unit that will be given the duty to enforce rules applicable to Big Tech firms. That new division will fall under the country’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA). Apple Faces $12M Fine Over iPhone Marketing.

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JANUARY 10, 2020

Lime is striving to reach profitability in 2020 and is laying off about 14 percent of its workforce — roughly 100 people — and ceasing operations in 12 markets, according to reports on Thursday (Jan. These market closures have an effect not just on riders, but on our whole Lime community.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2017

New York Venture Bank, a new financial institution (FI) created by big names in the financial services industry, has applied for a national bank charter. FDIC), the news report noted the new bank will begin with $100 million in capital. There will also be deposit products and online banking, among other offerings.

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MARCH 21, 2019

It might not have been inevitable, perhaps, but it was certainly expected: a regulatory backlash concerning the booming trade (both online and in brick-and-mortar stores) of eCigarettes , with their different flavors attractive to younger consumers — including underaged ones. This will have a huge impact,” Hochrieser told PYMNTS. “It

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JANUARY 1, 2021

Starting with some of the most recent changes — and a sign of what’s to come — earlier in the month, the European Commission offered up its initial draft of the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act. As reported in this space , the DSA and DMA cover online marketplaces, social media and other platforms.

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JANUARY 17, 2017

Secondhand apparel is getting another go-around, more than ever before, especially online. There is apparently big business in online consignment shops. According to the National Retail Federation, more purchases made online are returned than those in store. On National Returns Day , Jan. million-item inventory.

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JULY 26, 2020

Since its debut four years ago, India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI), the instant payment system developed by the National Payments Corp. of India (NPCI) that facilitates inter-bank transactions, has propelled the growth of online payments, the Financial Times (FT) reported. The country has diverse needs.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

People provided access to the online technology of Estonia via an eResidency program are reportedly being connected to digital currency schemes in other countries, Bloomberg reported. Approximately 70,000 virtual IDs have been provided to eResidents from 174 nations. Estonia is a country of 1.3 Estonia is a country of 1.3

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OCTOBER 7, 2019

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that a few dozen are being laid off in the company, which has about 600 employees. It started online and soon added stores where people could go and try on clothes and then place orders for them to be delivered. Walmart-owned men’s retailer Bonobos laid off staff on Monday (Oct.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Here are four techniques you should include as part of your healthcare marketing efforts to reach older patients: 1. Make scheduling COVID-19 vaccination appointments an easier experience online and offline. According to a 2021 Statistica report, 73% of adults over 65 are active internet users. How are you reaching them?

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