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Resilience is Key as Payments Acceptance becomes Mission-Critical

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Consumers now prefer digital payment options, with cash usage declining in all major economies. Cards have become by far the most popular payment method, with contactless now accounting for most purchases made at retail stores. Equally, the terminal app should have been designed to support alternative transaction processing flows.

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Holiday Shopping Trends and Payments Innovations: Experience as Competitive Advantage

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As the holiday shopping season approaches, retailers face increased pressure to facilitate a seamless and secure shopping experience. This is an opportunity to not only capture share of wallet but also build lasting customer loyalty and trust. Payments technology is central to the shopping experience.

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Social Commerce Revolution: How Payments Innovation Transformed the Digital Shopping Experience

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They extend to things like livestreams, shoppable content and payment links within Instagram Reels, stories, TikTok videos or Pinterest Pins. Were in the early stages of what you might call the Great Shopping Migration: almost 60% of online customers recently polled confirmed that they were likely to use social media platforms to shop.

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How Subscription Merchants can Prevent Chargebacks on Recurring Payments

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In fact, the financial services firm UBS projects that the market will hit $1.5 Yet despite that robust figure, there is a looming challenge for merchants — chargebacks. Chargebacks occur when funds are withdrawn from a merchant’s account due to a customer dispute. trillion by 2025. So what exactly are chargebacks?

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DoorDash Simplifies Multi-Merchant Shopping, Offers Discounts to EBT Recipients

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DoorDash has redesigned its shopping experience for retail products, allowing customers to search for an item across multiple merchants with prices and estimated delivery times displayed in a single view. per month, offering $0 delivery fees and lower service fees on eligible orders.

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Returns and Fraud are on the Rise — Happy Returns Wants to Help

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that, together, process millions of returns every month. Happy Returns is about 10 years old, and we’ve seen a real evolution of how merchants think about returns, particularly as younger consumers [account for] a higher share of overall spend , said Fehr in a session at the NRF Big Show. That mindset is changing.

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From Obligation to Opportunity: Make Compliance Your Biggest USP

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The challenging economic environment, intense regulatory pressure and ever-present threat of fraud are creating a perfect storm that’s sweeping across the global payments landscape. Instead of seeing compliance as a painful obligation, it’s time to see it as a springboard for innovation, expansion and collaboration.