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

Retail TouchPoints

With banks and credit card companies warming up to the idea of Bitcoin trading and crypto rewards on card transactions, are they really extending the benefits of crypto to merchants, or is this just a play to get consumers to buy into a shiny new card that looks different but acts very much the same?

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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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Merchants oppose delay of Fed action on swipe fees

Mass Relators

WASHINGTON – More than 60 national and state organizations representing consumers and merchants have called on Congress to reject legislation introduced by Rep. The letter comes as the House Financial Services Committee holds a subcommittee hearing on H.R. cents as of 2021, according to the Merchants Payments Coalition.

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Adam King joins the Secure Retail Board as Chief Operating Officer

Secure Retail

Secure Retail is pleased to announce the appointment of Adam King as Chief Operating Officer from 1 st July 2023. Adam joined Secure Retail in 2010 and over his career has held a number of different positions within our Operations Team allowing him the develop the extensive knowledge and experience required for this new role.

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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.”

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Retailers say proposed swipe fee cut is not enough

Mass Relators

WASHINGTON – A retail group said Wednesday that a proposed reduction in the “swipe” fees that merchants pay banks to process debit card transactions is welcome but doesn’t go far enough. Merchants and the consumers who ultimately pay these fees have been overcharged for far too long, so we need to get this right.”

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Merchants call on Fed to cut debit card swipe fees

Mass Relators

WASHINGTON – The Merchants Payments Coalition on Tuesday called for the Federal Reserve to revise debit card swipe fee rules to reflect lower bank costs. The swipe fee regulations were adopted a decade ago, and a new Fed report shows that banks’ average cost of processing the transactions has since fallen by half.