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

Retail TouchPoints

As the online payments industry continues to evolve, new digital wallet solutions, such as mobile payment apps and e-wallet platforms, are becoming increasingly popular and reshaping the way consumers transact. 4 Pros of Digital Wallets Some of the advantages of digital wallet payment options include: 1.

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Contactless Voice Payment Technology: A Retail Strategy for Bringing Customers Back In-Store

Retail TouchPoints

In particular, consumer expectations for contactless payment methods as a result of health and safety concerns during the pandemic are galvanizing retailers to integrate flexible, contactless payment options like voice payment technologies into their operations.

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Consumers and Merchants Should Look Before They Leap into BNPL Services

Retail TouchPoints

The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated demand for buy now, pay later (BNPL) payment options. Surges in online shopping during the pandemic helped fuel the growth of point-of-sale loans — a market that is forecast to grow at an annualized 9.8% over the five years through 2024-25, to $1.1

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Digital Commerce and the Threat of Card-not-present Fraud

BigCommerce

According to a recent survey of North American digital enablers (e.g., ecommerce platform providers) commissioned by Discover® Global Network, mid-sized merchants with annual revenues of $250 million to $1 billion are seen as the most high-risk targets for fraud over the next 12-24 months. New Payment Methods, New Fraudulent Activity.

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Does it Work for your Online Retail Business?

Retail TouchPoints

In fact, different ways of offering credit are blooming, and according to a recent survey , over one third of U.S. Businesses looking for ways to gain a competitive edge over their competitors have been pushing service advantages into new areas, including alternative payment models.

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eCommerce and Cryptocurrency: Helping SMBs Navigate a Changing Payment Landscape

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Major brands such as Home Depot and Microsoft have begun accepting crypto as part of their eCommerce payment options. Also, processors like Paypal now have crypto gateways accepting many different coins. But how does this affect small businesses? What eCommerce Platforms Have Integrated Crypto Payment Plugins?

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Retailers Can Learn Lessons From Consumers' Card Safety Concerns

RTP blog

By Nicole Bryan, Sterling Payment Technologies Given the rise in reported data breaches and credit card fraud concerns, it should come as no surprise that the shift to EMV and mobile payments has some shoppers wary. If they add up, they could do serious damage to any company’s bottom line, according to the Payments Journal.