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Subscriptions Growing Despite Threat Of Downstream Churn

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Subscriptions of every description are set to the beachheads of commerce over the next year or so in a frenzy of monthly boxes, streaming entertainment services and educational media. Quality programming is holding media subscription churn at bay, for now. That recent report also said this: “[Roughly] 13.4

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Outschool On Tailoring Subscription To Online Children’s Education

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One online learning platform working to meet this demand is Outschool , a San Francisco-based educational subscription marketplace providing thousands of online classes on a wide variety of subjects — with a twist. The company is also developing a novel approach to offering children’s classes through the subscription business model.

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How Bank Debits Are Driving Subscription Commerce Growth

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Recurring payments and commerce are taking the world by storm as businesses seek to expand their global operations, and consumers of all types get more comfortable with online subscriptions. The stakes are high in subscription commerce — which, of course, needs a strong foundation of payments and payment methods.

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Big Merger, Big Hacking And Need For Big App Dominates Week’s News

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The dog days are summer are here – and so is the end of another busy week in payments and commerce. The financial world is awash in hot tech topics these days, from blockchain to artificial intelligence (AI). Can Uber Change the Subscription Game, Too? Fiserv-First Data Merger Is Complete. Veterinary care in the U.S.

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New Cyber Threats, Square’s Strategy And Subscription Changes Top Week’s News

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In this new edition of the PYMNTS Weekender you can read the news and topics and research that are making waves as Labor Day approaches. Learn about new approaches to fighting fraud, debit cards for kids, the world that Netflix created and is now in danger of losing, and other topics. Peloton’s IPO To Test Subscription Model’s Fitness.

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Eliminating ‘Subscription Friction’

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Subscription commerce may be among the most effective ways to “lock in” a customer for life, but it can be among the hardest relationships to keep afloat. In response to Webster’s query about the efficacy of free trials, Burkhart said that the free trial remains “a great mechanism to encourage [subscription] adoption.”

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12 Ways Consumers Will Pay (And Be Paid) In 2020

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Voice is the killer app of the connected commerce experience, according to the How We Will Pay: 2019 Edition study. For the third consecutive year, the use of voice-enabled devices and assistants to enable purchasing has increased faster than any other type of connected commerce. PYMNTS research recently dug into that topic.

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