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Fiserv: What The 2019 Holiday Shopping Data Says About 2020 Spend

Fiserv: What The 2019 Holiday Shopping Data Says About 2020 Spend
Fiserv: What The 2019 Holiday Shopping Data Says About 2020 Spend
January 20, 2020  |  Retail

’Tis the season for … looking back at 2019 holiday sales trends, and figuring out what they mean for payments and commerce so far. Based...

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Can Amazon Make Waving The Future Of Payments?
Can Amazon Make Waving The Future Of Payments?
January 20, 2020  |  Amazon

The rumors about hand-based payments out of Amazon have been building for the last few months.  In early September 2019, reports emerged that Amazon was testing...

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Top News In Payments: China Posts Worst Slowdown In Nearly Three Decades; Alphabet Market Cap Hits $1T
Top News In Payments: China Posts Worst Slowdown In Nearly Three Decades; Alphabet Market Cap...
January 17, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, China’s economy grew by its slowest rate since 1990, Alphabet reached $1 trillion market value, and attempted check fraud spiked 43...

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This Week In Payments: New Frontiers — Visa And Plaid; Goldman And Marcus; And Big Doings ‘Bout SMB Payments
This Week In Payments: New Frontiers — Visa And Plaid; Goldman And Marcus; And Big...
January 17, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

With Retail’s Big Show in New York, earnings season kicking off and banks reporting on the State of the State 2019, there was no shortage...

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What Serving The Internet’s ‘Underserved’ Means For Payments
What Serving The Internet’s ‘Underserved’ Means For Payments
January 17, 2020  |  Merchant Innovation

These days, it seems like you can hardly go a minute without hearing about the rise of 5G, the spread of facial recognition or how...

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For Payments Firms, Trade Deal’s First Step In Long Journey Into China
For Payments Firms, Trade Deal’s First Step In Long Journey Into China
January 16, 2020  |  Commerce

The trade deal between China and the U.S. – Phase One, anyway — has been signed. Now comes the hard part: Making sure both sides...

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Does Hipmunk’s Demise Signal Larger Changes In Travel?
Does Hipmunk’s Demise Signal Larger Changes In Travel?
January 16, 2020  |  Travel Payments

As the travel industry shifts into higher digital gear, and increasingly responds to the needs and desires of new consumer groups — millennials and Gen...

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PayPal Hits $10B Charitable Donations Processing Milestone
PayPal Hits $10B Charitable Donations Processing Milestone
January 16, 2020  |  Payments Innovation

From where PayPal sat, the world was a very generous place in the year 2019. According to data released this morning, donation processing had a...

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