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Merchants Use AI and Shopper Intent to Boost Online Sales
Merchants Use AI and Shopper Intent to Boost Online Sales
December 13, 2022  |  eCommerce

Shoppers buying gifts for others are haunted later by these searches when shopping for themselves. That neatly explains why intent is the next frontier of...

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CFOs’ Fight Fraud With Automation and Education
CFOs’ Fight Fraud With Automation and Education
December 13, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

Gone are the days when chief financial officers (CFOs) were considered old-fashioned and tech illiterate. According to Ofer Brown, general manager of Israel and APAC...

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Weak Consumer Demand Fuels Retail Closures Across Europe
Weak Consumer Demand Fuels Retail Closures Across Europe
December 12, 2022  |  Retail

Weak sales have driven a wave of retail closures across Europe. In October, for example, Germany’s Federal Statistical Office reported a 2.8% decline in retail...

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Arqit and Traxpay Team on Secure Supply Chain Finance
Arqit and Traxpay Team on Secure Supply Chain Finance
December 12, 2022  |  B2B Payments

Arqit Quantum and Traxpay are collaborating to help supply chain actors conduct business efficiently and securely. With their signing of a contract, Arqit’s quantum-safe encryption...

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Perwyn Acquires VIXIO Regulatory Intelligence for Gambling Payments Regulation
Perwyn Acquires VIXIO Regulatory Intelligence for Gambling Payments Regulation
December 12, 2022  |  Acquisitions

European private equity investor Perwyn has bought VIXIO Regulatory Intelligence. VIXIO, a London-based FinTech that provides data and intelligence to the gambling payments industry, said...

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2023 Budget Strengthens France’s Ability to Tax Big Tech
2023 Budget Strengthens France’s Ability to Tax Big Tech
December 12, 2022  |  Taxes

Following slow progress on international agreements, France has doubled down on its digital service tax. First announced in 2019 and implemented in 2020, the digital...

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Wirecard Execs Play Blame Game as Fraud Trial Continues
Wirecard Execs Play Blame Game as Fraud Trial Continues
December 12, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

The former boss of Wirecard is maintaining his innocence. Ex-CEO Markus Braun, who headed the German payments firm, is in the midst of a fraud...

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Card Payments Account for 90% of UK Retail Transactions
Card Payments Account for 90% of UK Retail Transactions
December 12, 2022  |  Payment Methods

Card payments now account for nearly 90% of all retail transactions in the U.K. The findings from the British Retail Consortium’s (BRC) 2022 Payments Survey...

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London Stock Exchange Suffers IPO Flop
London Stock Exchange Suffers IPO Flop
December 12, 2022  |  IPO

London contributed just 9% of all European IPOs this year. According to data published by Bloomberg, initial public offerings (IPOs) in London raised 1.5 billion...

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