Category: E-payment & Data Security

November 19, 2019

Online shopping may be growing in popularity among today’s time-strapped shoppers, but the lure of the brick-and-mortar store still brings out customers’ longing for a good, old-fashioned brick-and-mortar shopping experience. Since many small business owners are hyper-focused on bringing foot […]

November 11, 2019

Given that mobile apps seem to be a safer channel for e-commerce purchases, the report recommends that retailers encourage consumers to buy goods via apps. Though many consumers plan to shop in stores, PwC found that more than half of […]

October 25, 2019

U.S. consumers have been slow to adopt contactless mobile payments compared with other regions, such as urban areas of China, but eMarketer’s research suggests that growth is picking up as more stores add the technology to their POS systems. Unlike […]

October 21, 2019

Building on previous research into retailer fraud, the Forter report offers some insight into which parts of retailers’ operations are especially vulnerable to fraud, chief among them being loyalty programs. According to the report, consumers’ growing expectations have resulted in […]

October 17, 2019

Accenture’s study highlights the challenge that CMOs face in personalizing products and services for customers while respecting their growing demands for privacy. Highly publicized data breaches and continual warnings about the perils of identity theft have made consumers wary of […]

October 1, 2019

As retailers build out their accepted payment methods, fraudsters are also diversifying their methods of attack. They’re getting more sophisticated, targeting e-commerce and mobile merchants, as well as traditional retailers, according to LexisNexis. The cost for each dollar of fraud […]

September 18, 2019

E-commerce, conducted as it is in the digital ether, is a cash-free zone. The Amazon Go store is an innovation that brings the smooth no-cash transactions of online shopping to brick and mortar, built on the promise of alleviating one […]

August 19, 2019

Rite Aid is updating its payment processor and security solutions covering more than 2,400 stores nationwide as well as its e-commerce site. The retail pharmacy giant selected Bank of America Merchant Services to bring together payment, e-commerce and security solutions […]

June 24, 2019

The new integration furthers e-commerce efforts to meet customers where they are by providing a variety of payment options. Jose Ugia, a Google Developers engineer, pointed out in the company’s blog post that customers who choose to use their PayPal […]

June 4, 2019

Allowing more smaller merchants onto its PayPal Commerce Platform is the online payment system’s latest move toward strengthening its market position. Just over a year ago, the company acquired iZettle, a small business commerce platform that’s popular in Europe and […]