Category: E-payment & Data Security

February 15, 2019

This announcement comes a little over three months after Western Union said it was working with Amazon on a new payment service that would leverage the financial company’s presence in more than 500,000 physical locations in more than 200 countries […]

January 31, 2019

Returnly works with customers who return products to help them buy again using return credit. Customers receive credits even before they return their unwanted items, turning a potentially negative and costly process for the retailer into an instant, fresh opportunity […]

January 29, 2019

There has been a lot of activity on the contactless payments front lately. Recent evidence suggests more retailers will be accepting contactless forms of payment from many more devices and cards. Just last week, Target became one of the last […]

January 23, 2019

Walmart is now one of several employers that have recently faced allegations of improper background check procedures, in violation of the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and/or state law. Delta recently paid $2.3 million to settle a class action […]

January 14, 2019

NEW YORK — For decades, store associates were the only tool retailers offered to personalize the shopping experience. Now, artificial intelligence and data analytics could replace a core retail service. The shopping experience weaves across outlets including online, in-store or […]

January 3, 2019

Card-not-present (CNP) online payment fraud is a frequent research topic of Juniper’s, and a year and a half ago the consultancy forecasted that retailers would lose $71 billion to CNP fraud by 2022. Now, Juniper is predicting a much higher […]

January 2, 2019

The future of shopping is not only digital, but also mobile, and that is becoming increasingly true with each passing year, regardless of where and how a purchase is completed. The retail sector has come to realize that measuring sales […]

December 17, 2018

Retailers and shoppers have never been more aware of security threats like phishing scams, yet consumers and retailers still fall for enticing emails featuring deals that are too good to be true. As social media comes to have greater relevance […]

December 7, 2018

Customers who pay for purchases with debit cards expect to take their items home instantly, but for the merchants they buy from, obtaining the money exchanged for goods is anything but instant. The payment that has been made by the […]

December 3, 2018

The gateway weekend to the busiest shopping season of the year appears to be evolving in some interesting ways. Black Friday isn’t just for going out to ye olde brick-and-mortar shops anymore — it’s becoming much more of an online […]