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Digital Technologies Drive Innovation In Retail, Payments

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Target crushed online commerce and reported decent in-store sales volume for the holidays, while Urban Outfitters and Nordstrom had weak in-store traffic that even fairly positive online volume couldn’t surmount. And in digital innovation, mobile payments are bridging the cash and digital divide in Pakistan.

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GoDaddy Agrees To Buy Poynt To Boost Digital Payments Technology

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GoDaddy has agreed to acquire Poynt , which lets businesses sell and accept payments anywhere through its suite of products, according to a press release. GoDaddy was interested in Poynt because of the digital shift in payments due to the pandemic, as well as in-person and online shopping converging more all the time, the release stated.

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eBay: Offline Payment Preferences Are Changing Online Habits

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The pandemic is proving to be a tough loyalty test for retailers, as they are competing for customers’ attention in an environment where competition is still present in both online and in stores. Retailers must, therefore, assess what type of shopping experiences consumers are searching for, as well as how to provide swift payments.

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Easing SMBs’ Digital Transformations Through Online Payment Acceptance

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Among the numerous ways small businesses have been affected by the global pandemic, the sudden race to launch online operations has been among the most profound — and may ultimately be among the most long-lasting changes to the SMB community. The Payments Path. ” A Digitization Strategy.

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Today In Payments Around The World: IBM Buys Canadian Firm Expertus Technologies; GoJek Unveils GoBiz Plus System For Merchants

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In today’s top payments news around the world, IBM has bought Canada-based Expertus Technologies, while Gojek is rolling out its new GoBiz Plus point-of-sale (POS) offering. Gojek Debuts POS System for Indonesian Merchants That Accepts Cashless Payments. IBM Acquires Canadian FinTech Expertus.

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DBS, Xero Create Online Payment Solution for Singapore SMEs

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Singapore-based bank DBS has partnered with technology provider Xero to build an online payment solution for small and medium-sized enterprises, the companies announced today.

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Payments Providers Are Lukewarm on Blockchain Technology

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The ways businesses, consumers, and even banks make payments are changing, as technologies like realtime payments and APIs make it easier to send money across the globe. But one technology seems curiously absent from recent payment innovation, and that’s blockchain. “We