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Unlocking Commerce: The Win-Win of Dynamic Currency Conversion

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DCC is an optional service offered at the point of sale, allowing customers to view the cost of their purchases in their home currency. Consumers, on the other hand, should compare rates at the point of sale with those provided by their card issuer to ensure they are getting a good deal. Benefits for Retailers 1.

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‘Cash or Card?’: Why More Financing Choices Drive Consumers’ Decisions on Which Retailers to Shop

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A recent study of more than 4,700 consumers from Bread Financial indicates payment choices — including retail store credit cards, bank branded credit cards and buy now, pay later (BNPL) — at checkout have become a major factor in pleasing shoppers and closing a sale. Long gone are the days where retailers can only say, “Cash or card?”;

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Digital Wallets: What’s Good for the Payments Industry is Good for Retailers…Right?

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Adding popular new payment options can improve the shopping experience by reducing the friction associated with checkout, making it faster and easier, but there are some pros and cons that brands should consider first. 4 Pros of Digital Wallets Some of the advantages of digital wallet payment options include: 1.

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Laying the Operational Foundation for Autonomous Stores

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The whole bank needed to reorient its activities to showcase and sustain digital. Similar to the grocery retail industry, banking is a traditional industry rooted in brick-and-mortar practices. Similar to the grocery retail industry, banking is a traditional industry rooted in brick-and-mortar practices.

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Retailers Must Embrace Financial Services, and Quickly

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They consider this as their bank’s role, one they have happily delegated, seeing it as being too tricky to get involved in. Digital wallets are a pathway to an improved, convenient and frictionless payment process. Customers expert more, and those brands that do not deliver will fall behind. It’s reckoned that nearly 4.5

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Three Requirements For Successful Retailers Post-Pandemic

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And contactless is not limited to the point of sale. Installment payment solutions offer greater flexibility at the point of sale, but not all buy-now-pay-later options offer the same benefits. The banking and credit industries both turn to fintech for an innovative edge.

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How Data and Tech Power Jewelry Brand Pandora’s Mission to ‘Give a Voice to People’s Loves’

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Digital transformation isn’t easy for any brand, but for Pandora , with its 40 years of history and more than 6,400 points of sale across 100 countries, that effort is particularly complex. In 2022, Pandora banked 600 million visits across its online channels and stores.

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