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These 3 Connected Consumer Segments Will Define Commerce’s Next Decade
These 3 Connected Consumer Segments Will Define Commerce’s Next Decade
March 13, 2025  |  Connected Economy

Once relegated to simple card-present transactions, digital payments today are deeply embedded into and across a web of connected devices, ultimately driving more personalized experiences...

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How Self-Service Technology Is Helping Physical Retail Take Back Sales
How Self-Service Technology Is Helping Physical Retail Take Back Sales
February 26, 2025  |  Unattended Retail

The brick-and-mortar retail model is in flux. Stores have been shuttering due to retail theft, staffing shortages abound, items are locked up, and navigating the...

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5 Things Earnings Season Shows About the US Consumer
5 Things Earnings Season Shows About the US Consumer
February 20, 2025  |  Consumer Insights

Earnings season, like clockwork, offers up a dizzying mosaic of data and qualitative analysis of revenues, profits (or lack thereof) and high-level views of the...

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Mastercard Sees Growth in Tokenization and Commercial Payments
Mastercard Sees Growth in Tokenization and Commercial Payments
January 30, 2025  |  Earnings

Mastercard’s fourth-quarter earnings results showed that consumers still rely on their cards for everyday spending — and beyond the resilient consumer, tens of trillions of...

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Bank of America: New Use Cases Take Unattended Payments Into the Future
Bank of America: New Use Cases Take Unattended Payments Into the Future
January 28, 2025  |  Payments Innovation

Making things easier rarely goes out of style. Just take, for example, unattended payments. Typically facilitated by self-service machines, kiosks or other devices allowing customers...

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UK’s FCA Proposes Removing Contactless Limit to Allow ‘Greater Flexibility’
UK’s FCA Proposes Removing Contactless Limit to Allow ‘Greater Flexibility’
January 22, 2025  |  Regulation

The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority may remove the 100-pound (about $123) contactless limit and “set new digital service standards” as part of its efforts to...

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Klearly Raises $6.2 Million for SoftPOS Solution for Hospitality Businesses
Klearly Raises $6.2 Million for SoftPOS Solution for Hospitality Businesses
January 15, 2025  |  Investments

Dutch FinTech Klearly raised 6 million euros (about $6.2 million) in a seed round to grow its software point-of-sale (SoftPOS) product for hospitality businesses, mobile...

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Amex Exec Says Payment Tech Will Drive SMB Customer Loyalty
Amex Exec Says Payment Tech Will Drive SMB Customer Loyalty
January 06, 2025  |  SMBs

Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) must balance customer demand and seamless operation. “It’s important that businesses make sure they’ve got the right technology in place...

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KuCoin Debuts Crypto Payment Acceptance Tool for Merchants
KuCoin Debuts Crypto Payment Acceptance Tool for Merchants
January 02, 2025  |  Cryptocurrency

KuCoin introduced a solution designed to bring cryptocurrency payments into the retail sector. The digital asset exchange’s KuCoin Pay aims to bridge “ the gap...

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