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Crypto Payments Adoption in FinTech: How Do Retailers Fit in?

Retail TouchPoints

To answer customers’ demands, business leaders must find the balance between adapting services to consumersdigitally-driven shopping behaviors and staying true to the company’s strategy. No matter how fast the modern payment ecosystem is developing, the pursuit of the best customer experience isn’t going anywhere.

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Everything You Need to Know About Bitcoin and Blockchain in Ecommerce

Ecommerce Platforms

But now it’s shifting towards bitcoins and digital currencies. Digital currencies are the future of ecommerce. Local currencies couldn’t be converted to bitcoin easily and, as a result, no retailer would even think of accepting bitcoins as payment. Bitcoin is digitized global currency. Not convinced?

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A Small Business Guide to Handling Cross-Border Payments

Korona

The trend also applies to the consumer side. Digital currency exchanges. Mobile and digital wallets. With the rise of more digital payments, digital currencies, and other forms of secure instant payment, non-traditional financial institutions have emerged in droves. Bank transfers.

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Gartner Predicts COVID Will Accelerate These Top 5 Digital Commerce Trends

GetElastic

The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed consumer buying behaviors and accelerated the evolution of and shift to digital commerce for businesses globally. Mobile self-checkout and curbside pickup are just a couple of examples of recent contactless shopping trends that have become the norm.

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Digital Wallets and Cryptocurrency: DTC Brands Must Prepare for the Future of Money

ESW

What Cryptocurrency and Digital Wallets Can Offer Brands. Should direct-to-consumer brands even consider alternatives to established payment methods? A digital currency could level that playing field so you could sell just as easily process payments from customers in Norway or customers in Kenya. Why fix them?

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Retail Trends: Going Cashless

OrderDynamics

There were early efforts at digital payments using a mobile wallet. Mobile payments systems like Apple pay, Google Wallet, Amazon Pay, Swish and Paypal have become ‘a thing’ Prepaid cards have completely taken off in retail. Again, it is time-consuming. Credit cards started our weaning process.

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The History of Ecommerce: What The Past Says About Tomorrow’s Retail Challenges

BigCommerce

From mobile shopping to online payment encryption and beyond, ecommerce encompasses a wide variety of data, systems, and tools for both online buyers and sellers. Business-to-Consumer (B2C). B2C ecommerce ecompasses transcations made between a business and a consumer. Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C). What is Ecommerce?

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