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CFPB Announces Intention to Regulate BNPL Following Release of Consumer Impact Report

Retail TouchPoints

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is planning to start regulating buy now, pay later (BNPL) products. of BNPL transactions in 2019 but fell to 58.6% Buy Now, Pay Later is a rapidly growing type of loan that serves as a close substitute for credit cards,” said Rohit Chopra, Director of the CFPB in a statement.

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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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Square vs PayPal (Dec 2019): Clash of the Payment Processing Titans

Ecommerce Platforms

Whether you’re searching for an offline card reader, a way to take credit card payments online , or a POS app, you’ve probably come across both PayPal and Square in the past. Both Square and PayPal are incredibly popular tools for merchants and business owners. plus 30 cents for online payments. We’re here to help with that.

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Webinar Recap: Taking The Pulse Of Marketers And Consumers To Navigate The Shift To Digital

Retail TouchPoints

Understanding consumer behaviors will be key to building (or rebuilding) a successful retail business in a post-pandemic world. Data will fuel the shift to digital, according to expert contributors to the recent Retail TouchPoints (RTP) webinar, Analyzing The Shift To Digital From 7,000 Marketers And 1B Consumers Worldwide.

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Reports: PayPal in Talks to Acquire Pinterest for $45 Billion

Retail TouchPoints

The payments provider has worked to stay at the cutting edge of relevant trends, including the buy now, pay later (BNPL) services that are currently experiencing massive growth and are expected to surge during the holidays. “We The payments platform acquired deal-finding platform Honey Science Corp. for $4 billion in November 2019.

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Dwolla Review 2019: ACH Payments Made Easy

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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. Facilitate payments.

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Consumers and Merchants Should Look Before They Leap into BNPL Services

Retail TouchPoints

The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated demand for buy now, pay later (BNPL) payment options. Research by The Ascent showed that among people who have used a BNPL service, 45% first did so in 2019, 21% first did so in 2020, and only 7% had used a BNPL service prior to 2015. billion, according to IBISWorld.