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Cryptocurrencies are the Future of Payments: Here is How Merchants Fit In

Retail TouchPoints

With banks and credit card companies warming up to the idea of Bitcoin trading and crypto rewards on card transactions, are they really extending the benefits of crypto to merchants, or is this just a play to get consumers to buy into a shiny new card that looks different but acts very much the same?

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Payments in 2021: What Lies Ahead After the Digital Boom

Retail TouchPoints

It has been a year of momentous change for the payments industry. Years of transformation transpired in just a few months with rapid shifts in both consumer behaviors and merchant expectations for e-commerce. And how will permanently altered consumer behaviors shape online payment preferences?

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WePay Review for 2019: Is This the Right Option for Merchants?

Ecommerce Platforms

Looking for a simple solution for building a payment processing platform? Unfortunately, that doesn't necessarily mean that merchants don't have challenges to face. Unfortunately, that doesn't necessarily mean that merchants don't have challenges to face. Aren't we all? WePay Review: Introduction and Features.

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Digital Commerce and the Threat of Card-not-present Fraud

BigCommerce

Consumers shop more and more across a variety of devices and channels. Retailers continually optimize their sales channels to deliver more seamless consumer experiences. This risk for mid-sized merchants could be caused by two factors. New Payment Methods, New Fraudulent Activity. Take digital commerce, for example.

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PayPal Adds Pay-Later Option in U.S.

Retail TouchPoints

Ecommerce and payments solution Digital River has added a new pay-later option for its U.S. Pay in 4 with PayPal allows customers to pay for purchases between $30 and $600 in four interest-free payments, while the merchants get paid in full up front. Consumers want to spend their own money.

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Dwolla Review 2019: ACH Payments Made Easy

Ecommerce Platforms

If so, you'll need to find and use a top-notch payment platform. This solution helps to simplify automated clearing house payments (ACH) and white label bank transfers for businesses. It’s especially handy for companies who want to use bank transfers as a cheaper, easier way to make payments. Dwolla facilitates ACH payments.

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The Digital Last Mile: How Behavior Personalization And Globalization Are Key To Survival In The Post-COVID Era Of E-commerce

Retail TouchPoints

However, sales across all other verticals analyzed in the report, including fashion, food services and electronics stores, were severely negatively affected. According to McKinsey “What consumers value is truly shifting, and so is their channel choice. The shifts to digital will be permanent. [I In reality, the opposite is true.

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