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

Retail TouchPoints

For retailers, the revolutionary payments shift towards cryptocurrency will certainly come with challenges, but it may all be worth it. After all, offering this option opens the door to a whole new audience of more than 106 million people across the world that hold assets in cryptocurrency. Expect the need for a crypto manager.

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Where Payment Processing Systems Are Headed In 2020

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trillion biometrically secured transactions will take place annually via mobile devices. Mobile Payments On The Rise Already, 29% of American consumers would be content to pay with their smartphones all the time. You need to facilitate mobile payments if you haven’t already. What makes cryptocurrency appealing?

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

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Whether you love it or are indifferent, cryptocurrency is here to stay — for better or for worse. The question has as much to do with other forms of digital payment processes as it does with cryptocurrency itself. What Cryptocurrency and Digital Wallets Can Offer Brands. Bitcoin turned 10 years old in 2018.

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The Future of eCommerce: Trends to Watch in 2024

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Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Integration The use of cryptocurrencies in eCommerce is gaining traction, and it’s expected to be even more prevalent in 2024. This involves creating concise, informative, and visually engaging content for mobile users.

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Beyond the Transaction: How PayPal is Helping Remove Friction Across the Commerce Experience

Retail TouchPoints

Mobile technology is transforming payments, making it easier, safer and more affordable for people to move and manage their money than ever before,” said Dan Schulman, President and CEO of PayPal at the time of the spinoff. “As Lai: Today in the PayPal and Venmo wallets you can buy and hold cryptocurrencies and use them as payment methods.

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Holidays in the Metaverse: Macy’s Parade Goes Virtual, Mattel Debuts Marketplace for Toy NFTs

Retail TouchPoints

The event will be accessible on desktop or mobile without the need for a crypto wallet, login or VR headset, and will feature iconic parade balloons from the nine-decade run of the holiday march — the same virtual balloons that were featured in last year’s NFT collection. 24, 2022 at 9 a.m.

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7 Brands Discuss the Benefits of the New Cashless Economy and Apple Pay’s Growing Ubiquity

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Adii Pienaar, Founder of Conversio and WooThemes (later acquired by WooCommerce), sums this up best: Customers worldwide are using their mobile devices for online shopping more often. Depending on who you want to believe, it’s estimated that since late-2014 more than 50% of all online purchases are made from mobile devices.