PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

The holiday shopping season is the most wonderful time of the year for the retail industry. Brick-and-mortar merchants and online retailers alike often rely on end-of-year sales to generate up to 40 percent of their annual revenues and start the new year on a positive note. A notable $730 billion in U.S. A notable $730 billion in U.S.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

Cities around the globe are looking to use the technology to address problems, such as by leveraging connected sensors to detect and report water system leakages. Security continues to be a top IoT concern, however: Mounting data breaches and newly discovered device vulnerabilities have prompted wariness around IoT adoption.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

But top industry experts told Karen Webster during PYMNTS’ latest “On The Agenda” panel that the hurdles for retailers are only beginning. He said the shipping infrastructure nearly buckled earlier this year, and retailers are now being highly conservative when it comes to managing deliveries. “We Using Payments To Engage Consumers .

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2020

With social distancing currently a top priority of retailers in the current environment, a supplier of shopper engagement and loss prevention technologies has flipped the script, now making devices that heighten real-time awareness of social distancing in retail stores.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

How Music Retailers Can Harmonize Security And Seamlessness. Criminals know that instruments and electronics are high value and easy to resell on black markets, said Mark Clem , chief digital officer at musical instrument and equipment retailer Sweetwater. Deep Dive: Keeping Security Present Even When Cards Are N ot.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

“Since POD is difficult to implement — it requires completely different back-end and front-end processes — we have built an interface that allows anyone to leverage the functionality and start building/growing their own retail brands around the world within minutes for free.”.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2019

According to Will Byrne, CEO of Worldnet Payments , the kiosks and smart shelves that are gaining traction across any number of commerce and retail settings may even shift the employment picture a bit. The Changing Retail Footprint. As unattended retail notches an increasing footprint, said Byrne, other use cases will also emerge.

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Retail Transportation Leverage Currencies 55

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2016

3D Secure 2.0 ’s Built around the increasing popularity of mobile commerce, 3D Secure 2.0 is predicated on risk-based authentication, leveraging data points for accurate verification, while optimizing the consumer experience. Vice President, Product Management, Payment Security at CA Technologies. Paul Baker.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2019

Retailers are becoming more interested in omnichannel offerings: The PYMNTS mPOS Tracker found that 67 percent of those surveyed listed it as a priority for this year. From Walgreens to HP , retailers and technology providers are embracing the world of mobile payments through the help of point-of-sale technology. percent.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

They are using everything from cash to mobile wallets to complete these transactions, requiring retailers to race to accommodate a wide variety of payment methods. Friction-filled experiences, however, can actually give retailers key opportunities to engage frustrated customers on a deeper level. Contactless Payments And eCommerce.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2017

That’s a quote from department store maven John Wanamaker, illustrating a conundrum for retailers (and merchants in general): Namely, you’ve got to reach out to consumers if you are going to convince them to buy your wares. It is equally important to measure and iterate as the retailer continues to engage with its target audience.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Businesses and financial institutions (FIs) are constantly examining ways to make their customers’ accounts more secure, especially as more consumers go online to make purchases and transact during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. A convenient, yet secure solution could be just a few taps away, however.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

The last several weeks have certainly made for unexpected and unprecedented times for consumers and all players in the retail ecosystem and left a lot of businesses standing at a crossroads as they face the back half of 2020 and questions about what to do next. In other words, trust has become a primarily valuable currency of late.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2017

Zooz also offers secure data storage and protection for consumer information. PYMNTS: Can you show me some data or proof points on how the company has helped retailers? Having a big retailer put their trust in our technology at such an early point meant the world to us. PYMNTS: What has been the biggest hurdle?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2019

Mastercard is collaborating with four eCommerce retailers — WHSmith.co.uk, Funky Pigeon, Cult Pens and The Card Gallery — to offer the Pay by Bank app to online shoppers, Mastercard announced in a press release on Friday (Oct. Pay by Bank app (PbBa) — created by Vocalink, a Mastercard company — leverages the U.K.’s

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2019

Over the last decade or so, the trend in both brick-and-mortar retail and quick-service restaurants (QSRs) has been toward digitizing operations, and opening up for more omnichannel servicing. In fact, many of these issues have plagued eCommerce retailers since the dawn of digital commerce. Easy To Underestimate .

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

The advance of Amazon’s cashierless technology is not a new story to the retail beat as of 2020. We’re not trying to replace them,” Cameron Janes, vice president of Amazon’s physical retail division, told CNBC. “I Have other retailers signed on with the service? We’re not trying to be Whole Foods.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

“RHB is proud to be at the forefront of fraud prevention in Malaysia,” said Nazri Othman, acting head of group retail banking at RHB Banking Group. “In By partnering with Visa and IDEMIA, we have been able to leverage on best-in-class security features to safeguard our customers’ financial resources.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 21, 2022

For consumer brands doing business in China, no date on the retail calendar carries more weight than November 11, also known as Singles’ Day. Today, the event is the pinnacle of the global retail calendar, with over 290,000 brands offering 17 million products to over 1 billion annual active consumers across Alibaba’s ecosystem this year.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

With personal interactions under scrutiny due to the COVID-19 disruption, it’s a good time for retailers to take stock of their mobile and online commerce capabilities and technologies. The company announced this week that it has signed high-end fashion retailer Anine Bing. The first is Perfect.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2018

Of course, in the past, these brick-and-mortar businesses weren’t really designed or conceived of as retail locations at all. Nor were they really located like retail locations, as anyone who has ever spent a half-hour navigating an industrial park looking for a Comcast location can gladly attest.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 15, 2017

Security isn’t just about catching the bad guys as they run away with store merchandise. Cameras can, however, play a big part in determining where strategies are needed and which ones will work for a particular retailer. And surveillance isn’t just about identifying bad guys after the fact. I think a video’s worth a million.”.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2018

Ever since 2013, when Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said the eCommerce giant was working on a 30-minute drone delivery program called Prime Air, people have been saying that delivery is the big retail use case for drone technology. Domino’s furthered the point by delivering a pizza by drone in 2016.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Retailers are bringing experiential stores to big cities, and Starbucks is no exception: The coffee chain was set to open its Starbucks Reserve Roastery New York City on Friday (Dec. The aim is to allow shoppers to “focus on their lives and their business, not setting up secure networks and reading installation manuals.”

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

But before we shut the door on 2019, it bears taking a moment to note how much the world of retail has changed in the last year, a fitting capstone on a decade that has seen retail as the American consumer commonly knew it taken to the ground and rebuilt nearly from the foundations. Lesson 1: Think Big . “We

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2020

The December Next-Gen Debit Tracker® examines how card issuers are working to sharpen their fraud-fighting tools and leverage innovative, machine learning (ML)-based strategies and technologies to keep shoppers safe. Getting security right also means balancing customers’ security and privacy concerns. About The Tracker.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

But we want to take a few minutes to talk about pop-up shops, and how those temporary but often lucrative retail efforts are shaping commerce — and being shaped by payments — and what could be coming next. Even so, the company has certainly not given up on physical retail. Riding Retail Trends.

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Future CFO

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The increase in spending on AI , including software, services, and hardware, reflects a shift to leveraging technology in companies’ operations, as well as in improving customer experience and keeping up with the ever-changing market. Retail industries are harnessing AI to transform the way customers interact with their products and services.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

18), which revealed the ongoing risk retailers face of coordinated and sustained fraud losses. We’re heading into our second holiday season with more retailers EMV ready, which means CNP fraud becomes a lot more attractive to organized and tech-savvy criminals. Retailers can approve up to 98.59

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Retail Entertainment eCommerce Leverage 66

PYMNTS

MARCH 29, 2016

When it comes to retailers dissuading theft from external sources, consumers, more or less, expect such attempts to be highly visible — or, at least, they aren’t bothered when they are. By that same token, however, is it as reasonable for a retailer to treat its own employees with, more or less, that same, highly visible lack of trust?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

The SWIFT network, for example, began collaborating with Microsoft and BNY Mellon to institute cloud-based cross-border payments , allowing banks to move away from correspondent banking and improve the payments experiences of their corporate and retail customers. About The Tracker.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2020

Facial authentication and cloud-based subscription services are particularly popular, with applications ranging from unlocking personal smartphones to providing secure access to top-secret government facilities. A multitude of security issues continue to plague the space, however, despite this optimistic future of digital identity.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

Retailers seeking to provide rapid deliveries face an ever-moving target as consumers’ definition of speed evolves. This method allows consumers to use retailers’ websites or apps to browse, select and pay for items, after which they then visit physical stores to collect their goods. Quick Access and Impulses. Tractor Supply Co.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Beyond improving supplier relationships, and better control over working capital, other benefits include better security given the increased visibility of payment details, and improved ROI with the anticipated lowering of bank wire fees. Villanueva attributed this to the convenience, transparency, and security of the process.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

In the course of just three days, we’ve gone from Walmart the slumbering retail giant to Walmart the savvy retailer that’s now Amazon’s number one rival — one that’s even making Amazon sweat — well-positioned to challenge Amazon ’s retail rampage. Of course, the Amazon/Walmart rivalry has always made for good media sport.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The workers can then use these cards to make retail payments in-stores and online, as well as collect cash at the ATM. Prepaid cards are also being leveraged to streamline corporate purchasing, with firms providing these tools to employees so that the workers can make business-related purchases. Check out the Tracker ® to read more.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2017

More human and less robotic is the sound of the beating retail drum this year. To provide more human-like responses, cognitive computing is key, and the retail industry is taking note. Retail executives are increasingly more confident in the use of artificial intelligence and natural language processing.

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