PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, American Express launched co-branded credit cards with Amazon targeting small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Britain, while Volopay is teaming with Nium for a new and enhanced corporate credit card. American Express, Amazon Roll out UK Credit Card Aimed at SMBs. Walmart Inc.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

Livestreaming online shopping is finally gaining momentum in the United States, via an evolving business model from Glamhive. In the automotive arena, sellers have implemented third-party technology such as virtual retailing to enable a completely digital vehicle sales process.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 19, 2018

EXCLUSIVE— Most consumers in the United States stubbornly cling to their plastic payments, even as customers in other countries — see China — increasingly embrace at a steady rate mobile and other digital forms of payment. This could be due to the fact that, as many in fintech have stated, the card infrastructure in the.Read More.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

In a time of increasing change for retailers and consumers, the current global climate has begun accelerating the future of retail trends at a much quicker pace than previously envisioned. consumers have largely relied on cards, were comfortable with them as a main purchase tool and the U.S. By contrast, U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

A new report has predicted that recurring transactions processed on debit and credit cards in the United States will reach $473 billion by 2021. Just this month, it was reported that some customers of lingerie retailer Adore Me didn’t realize they had signed up for the company’s monthly subscription plan.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

The use of QR codes is growing more popular in the United States, enabling consumers to instantly access information and easily pay on their smartphones without going through a URL entry. Some countries are catalyzing this growth through national mandates rather than leaving retailers to their own devices. Retail Environment.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2019

News also has come in the past few weeks that, as evidenced by bank earnings, credit card debt has been on the rise, as have write-offs and provisions for loan losses. As reported via CNBC , the data translates into 86 million Americans (that would be the one in three referenced above) that could max out their cards. The average U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Dramatic shifts are underway in the retail sector as it adjusts to consumers’ increasingly digital preferences. These retailers are accustomed to engaging with their customers in brick-and-mortar stores and building long-lasting relationships that lead to brand loyalty. Around The Buy Now, Pay Later World.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2019

A new report has revealed that Amazon’s Prime Day — along with promotions by other retailers — led to a boost in July retail sales. economics, told CNBC that she expects retail sales — excluding autos — to have risen by 0.6 percent, with about half coming from Prime Day and other promotions by rival retailers.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 27, 2020

Asian-American cuisine restaurant operator Panda Express , which has 2,000 eateries across the United States, is running a new digital gift card program using services provided by Blackhawk Network , Blackhawk announced today.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

Quick: Who’s the biggest retailer in the U.S.? In terms of sheer size and locations, the United States Postal Service (USPS) is the biggest retailer in the country, with 31,000 locations covering pretty much every town. Now, a new report is asking a good question: What if the post office expanded its retail offerings?

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2020

The increasingly likely scenario that many students in the United States, Europe and the United Kingdom will be resuming school at their kitchen tables has retailers that usually cash in every late summer biting their financial nails. Deloitte predicted roughly flat year-over-year U.S. back-to-school spending of $28.1

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Accenture

OCTOBER 9, 2019

The credit card partnership market is off to an aggressive start in 2019, given issuers’ robust activity in the first half to try to fuel new growth amidst a leveling-off in receivables. Already, 10 new credit card programs launched in the second quarter of 2019 (Figure 1), compared to the 16 launched in 2018, based on our analysis.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

We have deep dives into unattended retail, rapid settlements and cybersecurity, as well as news on Mastercard receiving the go-ahead from China’s central bank to set up a bank clearing business. 11 to set up a bank card clearing business, providing it with access to a $27 trillion payments market. Uber reported its earnings last week.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The collection of prepaid cards offers reward choices for B2B recipients, such as customers, sales partners and staffers, while giving to charitable causes, according to the announcement. The cards will be accepted in brick-and-mortar locations and through eCommerce at over 90 U.S. 8) announcement.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 26, 2019

Pretty much everyone needs medicine at one or another, and that need is helping to drive retail innovation and attempts at disruption in the pharmacy business. After its parent company announced plans earlier this year to close 200 stores in the United Kingdom, Walgreens is looking to shutter 200 locations in the United States.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2020

Financial institutions (FIs) are now working to extend services into customers’ homes, for example, and consumers are making fewer credit card payments amid uncertainty over what their employment statuses and budgets might be when the bills come due. The Paytm cards can be used both in-store and online. Around the Next-Gen Debit World.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2019

In early May, Mastercard , in partnership with SEDESSON, the Mexico state agency for social benefits, and Edenred Bank, announced a first-of-its-kind test in Mexico’s Sonora state – the first regional test of biometric card technology in national history. The Challenge of Building the Right Card for the Job.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2020

In today’s top payments news around the world, Razer Fintech and Visa have unveiled the Razer Card prepaid card, while SafetyPay has joined forces with LATAM’s Rappi. Plus, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) is investing roughly $750 million in Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd. percent share of Reliance Retail.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2019

Shopify announced it has launched a new retail hardware collection to improve in-person shopping for some of the world’s fastest-growing brands and their customers. Digitally native brands want to build loyal audiences through retail locations, and we’ve designed the best products to help them achieve this success.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Outback Steakhouse has rolled out a new “curbside concierge” option for holiday gift card shopping, according to a Monday (Nov. Customers call ahead or go to their nearby restaurant and drive into a set gift card drive-up parking spot with the service. Customers who purchase $50 in gift cards up to Dec. 30) announcement.

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PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2017

While the retail point-of-sale (POS) terminals market is currently sitting at $15 billion, Global Market Insights is expecting it to reach $45 billion by the year 2024. To help combat these efforts and meet consumers preferred payment method demands, the retail POS terminal market will need to grow to bring down harmful actions.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Afterpay has announced its in-store buy now, pay later (BNPL) service is being offered by major retailers at locations across the country. Shoppers can use Afterpay to buy items in select retail stores using their Afterpay card, a virtual, contactless card stored in their digital wallet,” the firm said in a Tuesday (Oct.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Thirty-seven percent more consumers in the United States are working their full-time jobs from home than in 2019, whereas 27 percent more are performing gig jobs remotely. consumers are now doing their routine grocery shopping during the week as well as 153 million (51 percent) doing their retail shopping.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

With the busy holiday season upon us, we are proud to offer a truly multi-channel payment solution that has proven to bring new customers and increased sales to our retail partners,” Afterpay Global Chief Revenue Officer Melissa Davis said in the announcement.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2019

is launching the Columbia National Credit program with its new CNC Card, according to a release by the company. Launch of the credit card comes after a successful test run in New York. This is the first time consumers in the United States can use a credit card to buy cannabis, the company said.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 7, 2018

In 2017, in the United States, overall VC funding -- a barometer of startup activity and appeal.Read More. At this time last year, fintech was in a downturn. Fintech venture funding was down more than 9% year-over-year; valuations seemed stuck. But the fintech market has rebounded.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

Retailers often need additional coverage during peak holiday shopping periods, hospitals may need substitutes for nurses on paternity leave and construction companies might need to increase staff for sizable projects. The United States’ tight labor market exacerbates competitive tensions for such agencies, though. rose from 3.1

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Drilling down into the process, he offered the illustration of a smaller exporter — in this case, fruit — whose end customers might be some of the larger superstore retailers in the United States. Ideally, we’d want to be a financing partner for every buyer relationship that they have in the United States,” Shoihet said.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

This payment rail’s use is going strong in the United States, with debit card penetration reaching 78 percent in 2018. Consumers also show continued interest in debit even as they adopt newer payment instruments, and a 2019 report found that 61 percent of mobile wallet users linked debit cards. The solution is.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2020

This shift in buying behavior is likely here to stay, too, leading more customers to use card-based payments to complete their purchases when shopping online. This is the focus of Understanding Frictions In Credit Card Transactions: How Transaction Disputes And Declines Impact Merchants’ Reputations, a PYMNTS and PAAY collaboration.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2019

Connected commerce is among the hottest trends in retail, and not just for streaming or ridesharing or online gaming services, but for subscription purchases, too. In fact, according to new PYMNTS research, digital services are expanding in the United States and in markets around the world.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 11, 2020

There may not be a lot of room to maneuver, as interest rates are already at zero or slightly above zero in countries like the United States and the United Kingdom. Such low interest rates can put lenders in a bind, hitting margins while still not making it easier for borrowers to make payments on what’s owed.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2017

In the latest webinar series, PYMNTS’ Karen Webster jumped into the findings of the Global Cash Index, gaining a sense of the story behind the numbers in the United States and the Americas in general. Cards are perhaps proving a sticking point in the move toward electronic payments. Keep a lid on the casket talk.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2019

In today’s top news in payments, Amazon applied for a patent for hand recognition software, and retail sales reached new heights thanks to record online spending. Mastercard: Holiday eCommerce Nearly 15 Pct Of Retail Sales. Retail sales hit record highs this holiday season, thanks to massive growth in online spending, which was up 18.8

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Costco Wholesale has reached a milestone, with Costco saying its co-branded Citi Visa Anywhere credit card now has 1 million members who have signed up for the card. According to a report , the co-branded card was launched in June and is resonating with consumers. million American Express co-branded cards, “about 7.5

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2018

N26 , the FinTech bank startup, is upgrading its N26 Metal card, with a launch happening Wednesday (June 13). According to a report in TechCrunch , the card was first announced at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin in December of 2017 and was available for early access by N26 Black customers.

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