PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2020

The list of positive retail brand attributes goes on and on, but one new post-pandemic value has become more important than all the others: cleanliness. Example: Ted Gallagher is vice president and partner at Environmental Hazards Control , a Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based company that disinfects retail locations and other business facilities.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 28, 2019

Wayfair case that allowed states and individual cities to launch tax policies aimed at remote sellers and marketplaces is still reverberating in 2019 and will likely affect online retail in 2020. In Q3 2019, 14 states started collected online sales tax and 11 more followed in October. eBay Makes a Deal.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

With blackjack and roulette on mobile phones, the growing market for online sports wagering in New Jersey has introduced gamblers to virtual casino games. Online casinos’ monthly revenue more than doubled in the 15 months following the rollout of sports betting in June of last year.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Caesars Entertainment announced that it has reached an agreement to offer DraftKings , the leading sports-tech entertainment brand in the country, providing market access for its online gaming products. In New Jersey and Mississippi, DraftKings Sportsbook mobile and retail allows players to bet for major U.S. and Australia. .”

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2020

These reasons are driving a surge of interest in and use of remote online notarization (RON) services, according to James Schlimmer , managing partner of Naples, Florida-based notary firm Cottrell Title & Escrow. The state legislature adopted such regulations in late 2019, permitting these services for use beginning in January 2020.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

A recent report released by the United Nations found that 132 out of 194 countries have now introduced data protection regulations of some kind, all varying in terms of what type of information they protect and the severity of their restrictions. Around The Data Protection World.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

These laws were meant to make online sellers face sales tax requirements similar to those for retailers with on-the-ground locations, putting both types of businesses on equal footing. Small tobacco retailers can therefore struggle to build visibility among consumers when entering new markets.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, digital Filipino payments platform PayMongo has come off a funding round with $12 million, while ALDI is taking another big step in the world of online shopping. ALDI To Test Online Grocery Ordering At UK Stores. Plus, a London judge has reinstated Uber Technologies Inc.’s

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

ECommerce sales were better than expected in Q2 but dipped in the third quarter, according to Internet Retailer. Online sales had their biggest jump in Q2 year over year for two years. percent in June, according to Internet Retailer. 3.1% | The forecasted economic growth rate for 2016 by the National Retail Foundation.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2020

The London-based trade group for Europe’s ePayments community is waiting for the European Banking Authority , the European Union (EU) banking regulator, to provide the 27-nation bloc with an update on Strong Customer Authentication (SCA). But this has not been true for online transactions. “I’m

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The EBF represents the vast majority of the European banking sector through its membership, spanning 32 national banking associations from across Europe, which in turn encompass more than 3,500 banks. The great digital shift has spurred banks to examine even the most basic levels of services and bring them online.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2020

Amazon is facing an investigation by Germany’s national competition regulator over the eCommerce giant’s relationship with third-party sellers, Reuters reports. “We Previously, Amazon prevented sellers from offering their products cheaper on other online sites. After the U.S., Germany is Amazon’s second largest market.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2016

There appears to be some dirty pool taking place over eCommerce between countries in the European Union, and antitrust regulators might be taking action to sort it out. When this practice — also known as geoblocking — is a unilateral decision made by retailers, explains NYT , it does not constitute an antitrust violation.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2020

Regulators in Mexico passed a law governing FinTechs in March 2018, just two months after PSD2 went into effect in the European Union, and others in the region have since followed suit. Growing interest in open banking typically coincides with the expanding use of online financial platforms and tools.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Use portfolio risk management tools, which make it easier to continue supporting local and national economies prudently. Retail and multi-family CRE opportunities Similarly, retail CRE has been painted as too risky because of online sellers’ growth. The impact is not consistent.”

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Perficient

JULY 11, 2022

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) is a type of point-of-sale installment loan that partners with retailers to allow consumers to pay for their purchases in multiple equal payments. When online shopping, if a retailer has a partnership with a BNPL platform, the customer can choose it as their payment method when placing their order at checkout.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 20, 2021

A group of 96 organizations and individuals, who describe themselves as consisting of “consumer, labor, civil rights, legal services, faith, community and financial organizations and academics,” have sent a letter to the CFPB urging the Bureau to regulate fee-based earned wage access (EWA) products as credit subject to the Truth in Lending Act.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Major retailers such as Target, Home Depot, Walmart and Lowe’s have been forced to introduce stricter return, store credit and gift card policies in response to a troubling trend. Booth has been arrested twice for retail return fraud related to gift cards and is now in recovery from heroin and oxycodone addiction at Gateway with Smith.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Upon releasing its latest earnings, LendingClub , known up until now for its personal loans delivered through its online platform, said it had struck a deal to buy Radius Bancorp. The $185 cash and stock deal would bring an online bank with $1.4 The cut comes after the retailer announced a $1.5 Home sales: In a sign that U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2020

The alleged perpetrators of a cyberattack on Travelex , the “world’s largest retail currency dealer,” was Sodinokibi, a cyber gang demanding ransom, according to reports. The Travelex website shared that its online services were temporarily unavailable “due to planned maintenance,” but would be working again soon.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2020

Here’s the latest news from Facebook, Amazon and others, which are coming under increasing scrutiny from regulators, trade groups and politicians the world over. Regulations. The services are not currently registered as distinct entities, although they are provided to users in the nation. Facebook Supports Data-Portability Law.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

Creating secure, convenient experiences for sellers and buyers alike is critical to eCommerce marketplaces looking to serve the retail sectors’ new needs and to help platforms appeal to more users. Beauty retailer Sephora , meanwhile, is renewing emphasis on China by deploying a localized eCommerce presence.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2019

As new PYMNTS research documents, over the past year, 18 Major League Baseball (MLB), National Basketball Association (NBA), National Football League (NFL) and Major League Soccer (MLS) arenas have deployed biometric solutions by CLEAR. Not only that, but over the next decade, some 90 percent of sports bets will be made online.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

Travala.com , the Binance-backed online trading agency, will be allowing travel bookings through Expedia paid for in cryptocurrency for the first time since 2018, according to CoinDesk. The feature was shelved at that time, as Expedia’s systems weren’t set up to accept bitcoin payments. million South African rand ($4.4

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

As a result, our eCommerce business is now approximately $1 billion in annualized retail sales, and we are well-positioned to capitalize on what is sure to be a dynamic future in this space,” Nooyi told investors. And the numbers in this regard don’t lie: Physical retail is growing at a rate of about 3.6

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2019

According to a report in The Financial Times , the new business — dubbed NatWest Tyl — is a merchant acquiring service for small and medium-sized businesses, enabling retailers to accept payments via cards in physical stores and online. RBS had to sell Worldpay as part of a bailout during the financial crisis of about a decade ago.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2020

So is online shopping, with urgency. In commerce, knowing (and verifying) who’s on the other side of a transaction can mean the difference between a retailer making a sale to a loyal customer or a fraudster. So are vaccines. All of these subjects share a commonality: IDs.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

The costs of using some cards is going on the incline, as news is breaking that the nation’s two largest card networks, Visa and Mastercard, are preparing to up the fees charged to merchants to accept network-branded cards. The change will go into effect in early April, according to reports from The Wall Street Journal.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 17, 2018

With India expected to be a $1 trillion digital economy by 2025, online retailers all want a piece of the action. And, earlier this month, India’s anti-trust regulator approved Walmart’s $16 billion acquisition of online marketplace Flipkart. based retailers to get a stronghold in India.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

A representative for the eCommerce retailer told Reuters that the company calls for an international approach in lieu of taxes levied by different nations. The news comes as the continent may be getting ready to scrutinize large tech companies with new regulations regarding illicit content and antitrust.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

has not implemented regulations like GDPR or SCA, but there has been a groundswell of interest, at least from the private sector. to come up with a national privacy law were stymied. The latest PSD2 Tracker looks into how EU merchants and retailers could leverage biometric authentication to better comply with SCA. a password).

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

The nation has watched many European countries go through this process over the past year, so impacts on its financial ecosystem are at least expected if firms have not yet experienced them. PSD2’s impact on the Netherlands’ banking infrastructure, retailers and economy was deeply investigated, and now it is Turkey’s turn.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Excuse the homespun wisdom, but offering weak authentication defenses in the face of those determined young consumers can bring down heavy fines and unwanted attention, and threaten a growing retail or online business. So, what’s the solution — at least, for online purchases of eCigarettes? Biometric Role.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

The chains had already required masks at locations where the rule is state-regulated, but this decision expands the restriction greatly. Goldman Sachs recently said that a national mask law could lessen the daily growth rate of the coronavirus by 1 percent and prevent a 5 percent drop in gross domestic product (GDP) in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2018

Reports are surfacing that, since the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation took effect on May 25, customers exercising their rights under the law are contacting companies with questions about how their online data is being handled, and to request copies of that data. Breathing Room. Brazil Law?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 4, 2020

This week, Stripe introduced banking services, we get a glimpse of the EU's upcoming Digital Services Act and PYMNTS' data reveals online purchases ruled Black Friday. UPS Caps Deliveries From Gap, Nike, Other Big Retailers. A PYMNTS survey of a national sample of 2,147 U.S. The Weekender can catch you up.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

We are thrilled to be able to offer the industry’s first national eCommerce solution for everyone,” Joseph Farruggia, CEO of CanIDeal, said in a press release. “With our vendor-side launch, CanIDeal becomes the first, fully interactive, legal online marketplace for cannabis, hemp, CBD and every related product to the industry.”.

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