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JANUARY 22, 2021

In 2018 the Supreme Court struck down a 1984 federal law that prohibited gambling in most states. And that opened up an entirely new playing field for online gaming establishments now free to operate in any state that would allow them. Or Michigan, which starts online gambling Friday, Jan. There have been advances.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Those promise to stand as two main traits of the 2018 holiday shopping season , and retailers that gain an edge and increase revenue during the all-important fourth quarter will likely have exploited such tactics during this period, at least according to new data that strives to paint a detailed picture of U.S. Offline And Online Cozy Up.

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MAY 8, 2020

Online gambling or gaming is one possible outlet, and the sector may even make it through the pandemic with less financial damage than other industries. Online Gambling Changes . The pandemic is sweeping through an already critical year for online betting. Such sites are expecting major growth in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2019

According to the report, The Evolution of New Account Fraud , produced by Javelin Strategy & Research , NAF tactics have shifted with the growing popularity of online accounts and payments. million consumers in 2018. A new report from GIACT Systems has revealed that $3.4 billion was lost due to New Account Fraud (NAF) last year.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2018

From kiosks to online ordering and drive-through lanes, these merchants sought to provide their customers with digital alternatives to ordering at the counter in 2018. These are just some examples of how restaurant technology innovations powered convenient restaurant experiences this year: Online Ordering Expansions.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

In 2018, the Supreme Court struck down a 1992 law passed by Congress that made it illegal for most states to legalize sports betting within their borders. The decision opened the floodgates to legalized sports betting – both in-person and online – in the U.S. million in bets, according to the state’s Lottery Commission.

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JANUARY 29, 2019

For payments and commerce , there’s another uncertainty that hangs in the air: Will legal online sports betting keep going forward, despite a recent decision by the U.S. In the meantime, what should businesses that want to operate in that new world do besides sit around and wait? More about that in just a bit, though. Proactive Steps.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2018

However, an awful lot is in fact different at the dusk of 2018 than it was at the dawn. The year 2018 saw massive changes in where consumers shop, how they pay, and what goods and services they want in their carts. Yet, as 2018 was coming to a close, Facebook was hit with just a bit more bad news. The Facebook Follies.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2018

The 2018 predictions seem more like a laundry list of trends and tactics that’ve emerged over the last several years than a discussion of the profound impact these trends have had on the consumer and business payments experience. Tomorrow, we’ll publish our latest online Checkout Conversion Index (CCI), a study we do every quarter.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Payments company Klarna Bank AB grew revenue by about a third in 2018, but operating income fell and the speed at which merchants are signing up to the platform slowed. Klarna, which recently turned to Snoop Dogg to promote its online services, added 14,500 merchants in 2018 to its platform, down from 26,000 new merchants […].

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2018

When it comes to retail, recollections seem likely to linger upon the ongoing (and significant) growth in eCommerce, the developing relationship between online and physical stores, a big boost in apparel sales, and the role of mobile in the journey from browsing to purchase. Online shopping grew 19.1 But that’s not all.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2017

The data-driven “Restock Kroger” initiative will largely take the place of new growth in the coming year, according to Supermarket News , with improvements to customer service and assortment winning out over expansion in 2018. The retailer is also expanding online ordering and delivery options available through Shipt and Uber.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2018

When Mastercard launched the Start Path accelerator program in 2014, the goal – according to VP and senior business leader, Amy Neale – was to make it easier for emerging companies to enter “our world” through a combination of operational support, commercial access and some strategic funding. The Start Path Admissions Process.

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DECEMBER 28, 2018

Bruce Parker, founder and CEO of Modo , contributed the following piece as part of PYMNTS’ 2018 year-end eBook. So, uh, that’s not exactly how 2018 turned out. The year 2018 turned out to be less about dreaming and more about doing what needed to be done, glamorous or not. Here’s where the innovation really happened in 2018.

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JANUARY 23, 2019

3 Super Bowl approaches — heaven for football fans and gamblers, including bettors who make wagers via online channels — federal authorities have brought a new level of uncertainty into the prospect of those legal bets. Now the operators of sports betting websites are wondering if the U.S. As the Feb. Supreme Court decision.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

5), details emerged about the success and failure of the new online sports betting regime in the U.S. million worth of wages with legal New Jersey sportsbook operators, but that gambling operators lost $4.6 million worth of wages with legal New Jersey sportsbook operators, but that gambling operators lost $4.6

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

But since it’s the data point that most use to define the online/physical retail sales split, let’s use it to project, based on historical trends what the world looks line in twenty years. Amazon, of course, owns Whole Foods and operates its own branded book stores and convenience stores. Investor activists think it should be eBay.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2020

The ground zero, of course, was Wayfair , the 2018 case in which the Supreme Court ruled online retailers could be mandated to collect sales tax — and taxes could be levied by states on firms that do not have physical presence in those states. They have to have something powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline operations.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2019

March Madness has a new flavor this year: legal online betting. billion – on their favored teams via sportbooks, either in person or online, with other bookies or just with friends. billion – on their favored teams via sportbooks, either in person or online, with other bookies or just with friends. And about 4.1

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PYMNTS

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. While the FDA decision shows that the U.S., Authentication Process.

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Insights on Business

MARCH 19, 2018

To a maximum capacity audience and kicking off an exciting week of IBM Think 2018 in Las Vegas, IBM VP Saket Sinha led the “Intelligent Automation in Financial Services” breakout session. Many operations within financial services could be improved with machine learning. Intelligent automation’s ascent in financial services.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 13, 2018

operations. As a part of its retail transformation strategy, HSBC Bank USA spent over $130 million on innovation projects in one year on its U.S. These projects range from less visible, but equally important, system upgrades on the back-end and more visible ones like installing Softbank’s robot Pepper in its New York flagship.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

The latest issue involves eSports – one of the rising trends in digital commerce , and one of the ways through which some mall and brick-and-mortar operators hope to revive those retail properties. The realm of eSports is not the only place in the greater online world where taxes are a new and sometimes confusing issue in 2020.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 4, 2019

Stepping into this world is vital for anyone serious about preparing a proper defense against online fraudsters in 2019. The 2018 holiday season has barely ended and it’s a good bet that retailers and payments players have yet to identify all the fraud that took place. Sure, that’s almost a cliché — know thy enemy. Criminal Rings.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

One cannot have the good without the bad, and that holds especially true, it seems, with online product reviews — a vital, useful part of eCommerce that is reviled by consumers, marketplace sellers and merchants alike. Talk to any online shopper, merchant or marketplace third-party seller. It comes from the U.S. FTC Penalty.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2020

As diverse as they may be, they share a few common characteristics: an automated online application process, the use of proprietary algorithms to determine creditworthiness and a focus on speed and inclusivity. On that score, online lenders have been successful, according to a just-released study from the Cleveland Federal Reserve.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2018

As Karen Webster pointed out, the first commerce intermediary to operate at scale was Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar , which opened for business 558 years ago. And once an online donor goes through the one time sign-up, that hashtag payment capability is “portable,” and can follow them across social media. percent, plus $.30

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2020

As diverse as they may be, they share a few common characteristics: an automated online application process, the use of proprietary algorithms to determine creditworthiness and a focus on speed and inclusivity. On that score, online lenders have been successful, according to a just-released study from the Cleveland Federal Reserve.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2018

We’re not sure whether the world needed a fifth version of A Star is Born or the 2018 edition of the Furby , but we have them both and early views bode well for both. For most consumers, the risk is that the information available online about them can be co-opted by cyber thieves for digital fraud.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

That was on top of news that Walmart’s increased profit-margin pressure was pushing an annual revenue estimate for 2018 that missed investor expectations. McMillon assured investors that 2018 should see an average eCommerce sales growth rate of 40 percent. We had a few operational issues from an inventory replenishment perspective.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2019

Way back in the day (which, in 21st century digital economy terms, probably means a decade or so), smart and important people used to express well-informed skepticism about the prospect of selling clothes, cars and even groceries via online or mobile channels. Knock operates in such U.S Home Marketplaces.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2019

It started online and soon added stores where people could go and try on clothes and then place orders for them to be delivered. In 2018, it bought Elloqui, a plus-size women’s fashion brand. The decision for the layoffs came from Bonobos, she said. Walmart bought Bonobos for $310 million in 2017.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 13, 2018

The bank, which was officially launched in 2015, currently has a German banking license, allowing it to operate in other […]. Berlin-based challenger bank N26 will be opening its services to users in the United States and the United Kingdom by the end of this year, founder and chief executive officer Valentin Stalf told Reuters today.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2019

That comes from Michael Berner, the consumer business manager of the Russian operations, who is also a Citi Russia board member. The shift to online banking, in this respect, represents a data point in a trend, as banks have been reporting a net decrease in their branch counts in tandem with growth in mobile activity.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2019

Google appears to be losing steam in the ongoing race to dominate the online advertising market, and competitors Amazon and Facebook are taking advantage of the stumbles. Another issue is attached to this recent news: Searches – specifically, product searches, which help drive online commerce. percent in 2018. percent in 2018.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

million international subscribers in 2018 and now boasts 137 million global users, according to the PYMNTS Connected Commerce Playbook. Convenience store operator 7-Eleven, for instance, said in November that some Canadian stores would take WeChat Pay and Alipay. Netflix, for instance, added 6.4

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Though its early offerings were sheets and towels, Brooklinen has grown into more of an entire bedding boutique online. Selling more things is only part of Brooklinen’s expansion in late 2018. The firm will also be operating a pop-up shop for the next four months in New York City.

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