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Retailers Brace for Friendly Fraud’s New Seasonal Surges
Retailers Brace for Friendly Fraud’s New Seasonal Surges
June 16, 2022  |  Fraud Prevention

To quote that old song: “To everything there is a season.” And payments, there are seasons for disputes.   In an interview with Karen Webster,...

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The Data Point: 44% of Consumers Say They Would Switch Merchants Over Card Surcharges
The Data Point: 44% of Consumers Say They Would Switch Merchants Over Card Surcharges
June 14, 2022  |  Credit Cards

Credit card surcharges are permissible in most states and are useful to merchants for what those fees cover, but many consumers dislike these charges even...

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BoA CFO: Consumers Are Spending ‘Robustly,’ Credit in ‘Great Shape’
BoA CFO: Consumers Are Spending ‘Robustly,’ Credit in ‘Great Shape’
June 13, 2022  |  Economy

Bank of America Chief Financial Officer Alastair Borthwick said customers continue to borrow money and to spend, Bloomberg reported, citing his remarks at a Morgan...

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No Won, No Problem: Localized Payments Connect S. Korea’s eComm Sellers to the World
No Won, No Problem: Localized Payments Connect S. Korea’s eComm Sellers to the World
June 09, 2022  |  eCommerce

At first glance, South Korea, as a market, is an eCommerce merchant’s dream. The country represents the third-largest market in Asia, with an installed base...

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EMVCo: Global Circulation of EMV Chip Cards Tops 12B
EMVCo: Global Circulation of EMV Chip Cards Tops 12B
June 08, 2022  |  EMV

The circulation of EMV chip cards has increased by 1.1 billion in the past 12 months, hitting 12 billion in circulation at the end of...

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Affirm’s Plummet Could Portend Trouble for BNPL Space
Affirm’s Plummet Could Portend Trouble for BNPL Space
June 08, 2022  |  BNPL

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) has been around in some format for a very long time, but the current version hit the financial scene somewhere...

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Amex Adds Dining Credit Partners as F&B Businesses Seek to Offer Competitive Rewards
Amex Adds Dining Credit Partners as F&B Businesses Seek to Offer Competitive Rewards
June 06, 2022  |  Loyalty & Rewards

As consumer options for dining proliferate in both digital and physical spaces, food and beverage (F&B) businesses are called upon to work harder to attract...

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Today in B2B: Credit Key Adds B2B BNPL on Miva eCommerce Platform
Today in B2B: Credit Key Adds B2B BNPL on Miva eCommerce Platform
June 02, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Today in B2B payments, Lightspeed debuts its own B2B platform, while Trade X is expanding its auto trading platform. Plus, Tech Data launches a B2B...

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Nav, Marcus by Goldman Sachs Offer SMBs Credit
Nav, Marcus by Goldman Sachs Offer SMBs Credit
June 02, 2022  |  SMBs

Intelligent financing platform Nav Technologies has partnered with Marcus by Goldman Sachs to bring lines of credit with fixed rates, no origination or maintenance fees...

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