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Retailers Must Embrace Financial Services, and Quickly

Retail TouchPoints

And it’s increasingly clear that brands that embrace financial services within the customer journey are scoring highly on engagement scores. The only problem is, for many retailers, the idea of becoming involved in the financial transaction part of the journey is a leap too far. It’s reckoned that nearly 4.5

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Shopify Payments vs Stripe (2023): Choosing a Payment Processor

Ecommerce Platforms

Shopify Payments vs Stripe: Which solution should you really be using for your ecommerce store? Both Shopify Payments and Stripe offer very similar services to business owners. Both allow you to accept and process payments online, ensuring your ecommerce company can make a profit. What is Shopify Payments?

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Top 10 International Payment Gateways: An In-Depth Guide

FastSpring

Many companies that expand globally reach a point where they can’t properly support their international customers with their current payment platform. An international payment gateway can help with some of these issues, but it’s only one piece of the puzzle. What is an international payment gateway? Table of Contents.

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SaaS Billing Software: 7 Tools in 3 Categories & How to Choose

FastSpring

SaaS billing software automates one or more of the various aspects of the recurring billing processpayment processing, fulfillment, dunning, and more. You’ll still need a separate solution for payment processing, taxes, chargebacks, and more. 3 Payment Processors. Payment Processing.

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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. The payments platform acquired deal-finding platform Honey Science Corp. for $4 billion in November 2019.

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5 Resources to Build Your App Idea

Kissmetrics

Like any business, creating an app requires laying the groundwork before launch. Here’s a five-step guide for getting ready to launch your app, including how to do your research, ways to monetize your app , and what to include in your business plan. How are they monetized? Build an App Step 1: Do Market Research.

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Stripe Secures $600M in New Funding, Boosts Value to $95B

Retail TouchPoints

Online payment processing company Stripe has raised $600 million in Series H funding, nearly tripling its valuation in under a year to $95 billion , according to data from Pitchbook. The company reports that enterprise revenue is now its largest and fastest-growing segment, having more than doubled year over year. “In