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Study Finds More Than Two-Thirds of Consumers Chase Deals, Not Merchants
Study Finds More Than Two-Thirds of Consumers Chase Deals, Not Merchants
September 29, 2022  |  Checkout Conversion

Understanding the three online shopper personas — along with their preferences for pricing and their loyalty to favorite merchants — is essential to creating effective...

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Fondue CashBack App Raises $10M for Products, Expansion
Fondue CashBack App Raises $10M for Products, Expansion
September 19, 2022  |  eCommerce

Shopify app Fondue CashBack has raised $10 million in seed funding, the company announced Monday (Sept. 19). Based in Tel Aviv and New York City,...

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Data Brief: 37% of Online Shoppers Wanted Price Matching But Didn’t Get It
Data Brief: 37% of Online Shoppers Wanted Price Matching But Didn’t Get It
September 13, 2022  |  Consumer Insights

With research finding that 91% of consumers said a smooth checkout experience engenders loyalty with merchants and brands that provide it, checkout friction is being...

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The New Math of Crypto Payments
The New Math of Crypto Payments
September 12, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

There’s a fundamental difference between paying with crypto and paying in crypto that will play a big role in whether the broader public comes to...

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Kroger Adds Belted Self-Checkout as Grocers Put Shoppers in Control
Kroger Adds Belted Self-Checkout as Grocers Put Shoppers in Control
August 19, 2022  |  Retail

Kroger, the United States’ leading pure-play grocer, is trying out a new self-service option at 20 stores in the Cincinnati, Ohio, area. The company has...

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PYMNTS Summer Series: The ‘Great Blending’ Sees Payments Migrate From Utility to Strategic Advantage
PYMNTS Summer Series: The ‘Great Blending’ Sees Payments Migrate From Utility to Strategic Advantage
July 07, 2022  |  Digital Payments

Merchants have traditionally viewed payments as a utility. As Dustin Young, senior vice president of acquirer solutions at Cybersource, told PYMNTS CEO Karen Webster, that...

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C-Stores Step Up Self-Service Offerings With AI-Powered Tech
C-Stores Step Up Self-Service Offerings With AI-Powered Tech
June 06, 2022  |  Payments Innovation

For convenience stores to make good on their promise to consumers, they must offer not only a comprehensive range of essential products but also a...

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Austin Whole Foods Debuts Amazon’s Palm-Scan Payment Option
Austin Whole Foods Debuts Amazon’s Palm-Scan Payment Option
April 20, 2022  |  Amazon Payments

Spending a few dollars in the Jeff Bezos empire just got a little easier for some shoppers in Texas. Amazon and its brick-and-mortar grocery store...

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Banks Consider Adding Zelle to Retail Payments as Alternative to Mastercard, Visa
Banks Consider Adding Zelle to Retail Payments as Alternative to Mastercard, Visa
April 06, 2022  |  Consumer Payments

Zelle might be seeing more action from banks in the future, with some of them wanting to add the money-transfer service to the checkout at...

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