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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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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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Visa: Real-Time Settlement, Online Marketplaces Help Put SMBs Back On The Road To Recovery

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Online marketplaces are the digital storefronts helping small to mid-sized businesses survive — but adding real-time settlement into the mix can help them thrive. And 60 percent of surveyed firms selling across online marketplaces would take their business to one that offers real-time settlement.

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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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Square Offers Beauty Sector Online Booking, POS Tool

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Square is offering merchants in the beauty and wellness industry a point of sale (POS) tool that integrates appointments, payments and checkout for a streamlined, secure process. . Square Appointments is a front desk solution that works with the business payments processing tool Square Register.

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Report: Skillz Takes Bowling Online — And Strikes Out Bad Actors

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While video streaming services remain popular, research indicates more consumers are also turning to online gaming and gambling platforms. The Tracker also examines how both fraudsters and online gaming platforms are employing new emerging technologies to muscle bad actors out of these services.

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Stripe Heads Up $12M Funding Round For Payments Processor Startup PayMongo

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Filipino online payments platform PayMongo has come off a funding round with $12 million, according to a press release. The growth was driven by the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing transition to more digital shopping and payments. We fully support their vision to bring many more Filipino businesses online.

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