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Amazon Plans Chainwide Rollout of Palm-Based Payments at Whole Foods

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Amazon will expand its Amazon One palm payment technology to all 500+ Whole Foods Market stores by the end of 2023. The identification, payment, loyalty membership and entry solutions are currently deployed at a total of more than 400 locations in the U.S., Amazon acquired Whole Foods in 2017 for $13.7 billion.

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Target to Spend $5B to Enhance Operations in 2022, Plans 250 More Ulta Beauty Shop-in-Shops

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Target has big plans for 2022, with the retailer announcing plans to invest up to $5 billion this year to open new stores, enhance its digital, fulfillment and supply chain capabilities, and expand its shop-in-shop concept with Ulta Beauty. and New York’s Times Square.

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7 Banks Team Up to Create Digital Wallet, Challenging PayPal and Apple Pay

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The digital wallet will be managed by Early Warning Services (EWS) , the company that operates Zelle, but will operate separately from Zelle. The other four owners in the EWS/Zelle venture include Capital One Financial , PNC Financial Services Group , U.S. By 2025, digital wallets are expected to account for 52.5%

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Morrisons kicks off £1bn debt buyback plan

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Morrisons has kicked off the process to reduce its debt load, following the £2.5bn sale of its petrol forecourts to Motor Fuel Group (MFG) last month. To reduce its debt, it has now started a process involving multiple tender offers to a number of debt investors. The debt-financing bill was 23% higher than the £593m incurred in 2022.

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Myos Pet Increases AOV 23% with ‘Conversational Commerce’ Service

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billion on pet food and treats, supplies, medicine, vet care and other services in 2022, and are predicted to spend $143.6 Myos Fetch is a full-service SMS “concierge” for all things related to the brand and its focused, yet growing, product line. More than 66% of U.S. million or so homes spent $136.8 billion in 2023.

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Stopping Ecommerce Fraud: How Technology can Help

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According to one report , the total cost of ecommerce fraud to merchants will exceed $48 billion globally in 2023, from just over $41 billion in 2022. Digital payments misuse accounted for 21% of the total number of fraudulent transactions. Digital payments misuse accounted for 21% of the total number of fraudulent transactions.

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NRF Plans for Cybersecurity in 2023

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Hackers heavily target financial and payment data in breaches. million on average as of 2022. This includes new types of insurance plans and preventive tools like AI and threat monitoring. For example, implementing two-factor authentication login methods can increase customers’ account security.

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