Category: E-payment & Data Security

January 25, 2023

PayPal has announced it is partnering with ecommerce tech company Bold Commerce. PayPal is working with Bold Commerce to bring payments and commerce together as the fintech company moves into the growing headless commerce market. “Payment choice and flexibility have […]

January 24, 2023

Amazon is expanding its partnership with Stripe, deepening the two companies’ long-standing relationship. Under the new agreement, Stripe will become a strategic payments partner for Amazon in the US, Europe, and Canada, processing a significant portion of Amazon’s total payments […]

January 19, 2023

Cybercriminals are constantly evolving their tools and tactics for breaching corporate networks. As retailers get better at protecting their networks from traditional cyberattacks, hackers are adapting to this challenge by finding new security weaknesses, updating old tricks and exploiting new […]

January 3, 2023

With shrinking margins, economic uncertainty, and growing cyber risks from automated threats, retailers face continued challenges in 2023. Becoming proficient at navigating these obstacles is key to protecting retail profits. This article reveals effective strategies to safeguard brands’ customers, reputation […]

December 30, 2022

Buying goods online is second nature to most of us. Using our payment card whilst we shop online rarely gives us pause, and the many millions who buy online generally trust the system. However, the recent busy shopping season means […]

December 14, 2022

Fashion retailer New Look has partnered with digital payments firm Primer, to enhance its ecommerce operations. Founded by alums of Braintree and PayPal, the payments company provides a drag and drop framework for merchants to build online payment stacks. The […]

December 9, 2022

Card payments soared to 90% of total retail spending in 2021, with 82% of transactions on either on debit or credit card, up from 75% of transactions in 2020, according to the latest annual Payments Survey from the British Retail […]

November 28, 2022

Amazon may be able to end two EU antitrust investigations by the end of the year, after changing concessions to tackle concerns over its use of sellers’ data, Reuters reports. By settling the EU investigations, the ecommerce giant will avoid […]

November 22, 2022

Online travel company Expedia has partnered with buy now pay later solution Afterpay, offering its customers the chance to spread the cost of payments. Travelers booking flights and hotels from Expedia in a co-branded feature in the Afterpay app can […]

November 10, 2022

New research from global Coalfire Coalfire has found that retail is one of the worst-performing sectors when it comes to defending against cyberattacks. The analysis comes just as retailers across the UK are gearing up for the vital Christmas trading […]

November 9, 2022

Presented here for discussion is a summary of a current article published with permission from [email protected], the online research and business analysis journal of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. “The Customer-Base Audit,” co-authored by Wharton marketing professor […]

October 31, 2022

A large proportion of consumers are turning to financial tools including credit cards and overdrafts to deal with the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, according to a report from banking platform Yapily. The research reveals that almost nine in 10 shoppers have […]

October 27, 2022

Amazon on Tuesday said that it is adding the Venmo peer-to-peer (P2P) payment service to the options it provides shoppers purchasing goods from its platform. The company is currently rolling the Venmo option out with plans to make it available […]

October 25, 2022

The world has gone digital, and as a result, global concern regarding data privacy has skyrocketed. Consumer-facing media platforms have historically profited from ad revenue, the success of which has been fueled by the insights derived from accessing and analyzing […]

October 7, 2022

The Online Safety Bill in its current form is a “mess” and needs a “total rewrite”, according to a leading digital human rights lawyer. Dr Susie Alegre has warned that the proposed internet safety laws – which are due to […]

October 7, 2022

The European Commission has said on Friday that Canadian ecommerce giant Shopify has committed to putting improvements in place in order to make shopping safer for customers online, according to a statement. It committed to changing the design of its […]

October 6, 2022

Farfetch has announced it will offer customers the chance to purchase items on its marketplace with cryptocurrency in 37 countries. The luxury fashion platform said it will initially accept six cryptocurrencies which include Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), USD Coin (USDC), […]

September 30, 2022

Gen Z consumers are disproportionately impacted by the pitfalls of buy now pay later (BNPL), particularly cases of identity fraud, according to a new report by GBG. The research reveals that 19% of UK Gen Z consumers, aged 18-to-24-year-olds, have […]

September 23, 2022

Small businesses just like yours are taking the plunge into ecommerce every day, by setting up simple online shops. If you’ve decided to make a push into online retail too, then figuring out how best to take online payments will […]

September 20, 2022

Card payment expenditure climbed over $42 trillion in 2021, marking a 23% rise, according to RBR. The rise came off the back of the world’s recovery from the effects of the pandemic, which had initially led to a fall in […]