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Revolutionizing Customer Retention: The Rise of Digital Top-Up Cards in the Global Market

Retail TouchPoints

As consumers demand more flexible payment options, it is no surprise that the digital top-up card industry has had a strong year. The global digital gift card market is expected to reach $724.3 billion by 2028, rising at a market growth of 14.2% This means the demand for flexible payment solutions has surged.

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Cryptocurrencies are the Future of Payments: Here is How Merchants Fit In

Retail TouchPoints

Reinventing Payments: The Entry of Bitcoin. Bitcoin began as a concept to revolutionize payments in 2008, and today stands at a total valuation of more than $1.1 trillion at the time of writing this article — a figure that is higher than the market capitalization of JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Wells Fargo.

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Mastercard faces court over anti-competitive deals with major retailers

Inside Retail

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says the financial services giant has been engaging in anticompetitive conduct since 2017 in the supply of debit card acceptance services, with the purpose of substantially lessening competition.

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Computop celebrates 25 years in payments from start-up to e-commerce market leader

A1 Retail

Global payment service provider, Computop , is this month celebrating a quarter of a century since it was first established. 25 years later, the company is now at the forefront of the industry and has a market share of over 30% in its native Germany. Because payment transactions do not stand still – Industry 4.0

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‘How do you want to pay?’ Why choice of payment types matters.

I Vend

Check out of a store – brick and mortar or digital – these days and chances are you’ll be offered a choice of payment types that would have blown your mind ten years ago. iVend POS iVend helps retailers offer the broadest range of payment types. iVend POS iVend helps retailers offer the broadest range of payment types.

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Merchants oppose delay of Fed action on swipe fees

Mass Relators

The letter comes as the House Financial Services Committee holds a subcommittee hearing on H.R. 7531, the Secure Payments Act, which was introduced in the House on Tuesday by Luetkemeyer and seven cosponsors. cents as of 2021, according to the Merchants Payments Coalition. The Fed found banks’ average cost was 7.7

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Have Temu and Shein Thwarted Wish’s Hopes of a Comeback?

Retail TouchPoints

When it debuted back in 2010, Wish was the only game in town as far as manufacturer-direct discount shopping apps went. A few days before reporting Q2 earnings, Wish also announced plans to cut approximately 34% of its workforce, or about 255 employees, in order to “refocus the company’s operations.”