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Decline in Total Retail Sales Over Thanksgiving Weekend Followed by Largest U.S. Online Shopping Day
In the four days from Thanksgiving to the following Sunday total U.S. retail spending declined, but eCommerce retail enjoyed strong...

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Nov 4, 20213 min read


MasterCard and Visa to Upgrade 3D Secure Consumer Authentication, Stop Using Static Passwords
MasterCard and Visa are collectively working on a new authentication standard, currently being referred to as 3DS 2.0, which will make...

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Nov 4, 20212 min read


Holiday Shoppers More Likely to Use Cash and Avoid Retailers Who Suffered Breaches
The Target data breach was the story of the 2013 holiday season and several other major retailers have failed to prevent the compromise...

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Nov 4, 20213 min read


Mobile Propels Higher U.S. e-Retail Forecasts for Holiday Season and 2014 Calendar Year
Recent forecasts from eMarketer estimate eCommerce retail sales will exceed $305 billion in 2014, a 16 percent increase from last year,...

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Nov 4, 20212 min read


FIS Acquires Clear2Pay, Possibly to Speed Up Development of Payment Network ACH Alternative
FIS Inc. announced the acquisition of Brussels-based payment technology company Clear2Pay for €375 ($493.3) million in early September....

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Nov 4, 20212 min read


Will Host Card Emulation (HCE) be the Catalyst NFC Needs?
Mobile wallets utilizing Near-Field Communication (NFC) technology for contactless point-of-sale payments have been around since 2011 but...

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Nov 4, 20213 min read


Visa Replaces V.me with Visa Checkout, Adds New Merchants
Visa launched their e-wallet, V.me, in late 2011, but this was discontinued in July, 2014 in favor of Visa’s new, although quite similar...

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Nov 4, 20213 min read


Talks of Visa and Apple Partnership in Anticipation of September iPhone 6 Launch
Industry analysts have recently discussed the potential benefits to Visa and Apple should the two collaborate on mobile payments, even...

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Nov 4, 20212 min read


Mobile Wallet Isis to Change Name, Begin Rebranding Effort
The mobile wallet joint venture Isis founded by AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless is in the process of changing their name...

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Nov 4, 20212 min read


Starbucks leads the way for mobile payments
Point-of-Sale mobile payments at Starbucks reached $1 billion in 2013. The focus on mobile coupons and loyalty programs with the...

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Nov 3, 20212 min read


Global growth of mobile channel shows no signs of slowing down
Tablet devices are gaining ground, but smartphones are still the most popular mobile commerce devices. In the UK, half of smartphone...

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Nov 3, 20211 min read


MasterCard works to improve credit card security through mobile geolocation
MasterCard partners with Syniverse for an opt-in service that can help reduce credit card fraud while decreasing the risk of cards being...

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Nov 3, 20212 min read


Considerations for Handling Increased Traffic and Changing Consumer Preferences this Holiday Season
Online shopping has grown year-after-year while becoming an increasingly important portion of total Q4 retail sales. Last Cyber Monday...

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Nov 3, 20213 min read


Mobile Apps Rollout “Autofill with Facebook” for Easier Payments
In a partnership with multiple payment providers Facebook is supporting the capability for consumers to conveniently auto populate...

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Nov 3, 20212 min read


Websites Can Let Customers Checkout Through Amazon
Amazon is reemerging as a third-party payment provider leveraging the hundreds of millions of Amazon buyers that already trust their...

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Nov 3, 20212 min read


Avoiding Customer Service Chargebacks for your Online Business
A guest post by: J. Ruzicka, Certified eCommerce Fraud Professional When reconciling your past chargebacks it is important to categorize...

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Nov 3, 20213 min read


Startup Clinkle Raises $25 Million in VC Funding and Looks to Shake up Mobile Payments
Clinkle, a mobile payment app and network started by a recent Stanford University grad, recently received $25 million in funding from big...

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Nov 3, 20212 min read


Global M-commerce Volume Expected to Double Between 2013 and 2017
A recent report from Juniper Research estimates the value of mobile commerce transactions will grow from $1.5 trillion in 2013 to a...

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Nov 3, 20211 min read


Mobile POS Payments Forecasted to Exceed $5 Billion in U.S. by 2018
Although mobile point-of-sale proximity payments comprised just 0.01 percent of the total POS retail purchased volume in 2012 according...

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Nov 3, 20212 min read


TSYS Enters Consumer Prepaid Market with Acquisition of NetSpend
Back-end processor TSYS finalized their acquisition of prepaid card firm NetSpend on July 1 as TSYS completed the $1.4 billion...

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Nov 3, 20211 min read
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