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

Retail TouchPoints

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

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Why Backend Orchestration is the True Payment Experience Unlock

Retail TouchPoints

It’s clear that the payment experience has become the new CX battleground. To tackle this challenge, retailers are increasingly adding on new payment options, from buy now, pay later (BNPL) financing to accepting digital currencies and even biometric-based payment systems.

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Build-A-Bear Expands Metaverse Pawprint with Tycoon Game Launch

Retail TouchPoints

Build-A-Bear also eagerly embraced metaverse opportunities, and its latest is a Roblox environment, Build-A-Bear Tycoon , with elements that connect to the retailer’s physical stores, including special codes for in-experience redemption through stores and marketing channels.

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The Growth of Digitally Exclusive NFTs is Creating Real-World Opportunities for Retailers

Retail TouchPoints

NFTs are how you show up in their world, it’s who you are, it’s how you connect with community, and that also translates to the retail world and customer experience.”. By distributing] tokens or NFTs to their clients, brands are able to really engage and enrich the customer experience.”.

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Trends Analysis: Why Cryptocurrency May Still Be Important for eCommerce

ESW

Digital currencies like Bitcoin are helping both private users and online merchants to experience a whole new world of monetary exchange with complete ease,” eCommerce consultant Darshit Parmar writes. Customer Experiences. But don’t be fooled by the price volatility of crypto.

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Trends Analysis: Should eCommerce Brands Get Serious About Crypto Payments?

ESW

We’ve previously advised eCommerce brands to be aware of the role that the blockchain can play in fraud prevention, CRM and the customer experience. A partnership between payment processor Flexa and Gemini, a digital currency company owned by the Winklevoss twins, is bringing Bitcoin to Whole Foods, Nordstrom, and Crate and Barrel.

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Checkout Optimization: A Guide For eCommerce Retailers

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Offering an array of options opens up your sales to more types of customers, and helps encourage your website guests to go through with making purchases. Digital currencies. Once you have your customers signed into their accounts on your eCommerce website or smartphone app, you can enable 1-click checkout.