payments friction

More Payments Friction Coming for Customers
More Payments Friction Coming for Customers
April 18, 2024  |  Opinion

The recent credit card surcharge agreement brings into focus the impact regulations could have on businesses. Spreedly Vice President of Product Joe Meuse explains what...

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Fed Governor: Some Cross-Border Payment Frictions Are Necessary
Fed Governor: Some Cross-Border Payment Frictions Are Necessary
February 15, 2024  |  Cross-border Payments

When it comes to cross-border payments, there are necessary and unnecessary frictions. That’s according to Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman, who discussed the challenges facing cross-border payments...

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Retailers Walk Fine Line Over How Much Payment Choice to Offer
Retailers Walk Fine Line Over How Much Payment Choice to Offer
August 05, 2022  |  Payment Methods

The conventional wisdom of online commerce is that payments should be invisible, and merchants should offer their shoppers as many payment options as possible. In...

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BIS Report: CBDCs Can Cut Cross-Border Payments’ Friction Points
BIS Report: CBDCs Can Cut Cross-Border Payments’ Friction Points
July 12, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

For central bank digital currencies to reach their full potential, banks must look beyond domestic use — and examine CBDCs’ risks and rewards for cross-border...

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Why Large Retailers Are Mandating Masks
Why Large Retailers Are Mandating Masks
July 16, 2020  |  Retail

Sometimes a mask is more than a mask. When Best Buy, Starbucks, Kroger and Walmart mandated that all customers wear masks to mitigate the spread...

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Building The Perfect Cross-Border Merchant Checkout Experience
Building The Perfect Cross-Border Merchant Checkout Experience
July 09, 2020  |  Cross Border Commerce

In commerce, whether across the B2C or B2B landscape, speed matters. As detailed in the latest Cross-Border Merchant Friction Index, done in partnership between FastSpring...

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Today In Data: Fighting The Many Flavors Of Friction
Today In Data: Fighting The Many Flavors Of Friction
November 12, 2018  |  Today In Data

If one had to take digitization and sum it up under a single goal, fighting friction would probably be as good a heading as any....

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The Roil Over B2B Payments Rails
The Roil Over B2B Payments Rails
October 08, 2018  |  Payments Innovation

B2B payments innovators and Warren Buffet have something in common: They are both obsessed with rails. Warren Buffet made rails sexy again when he bought a...

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