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Exclusive Q&A: Venmo GM on the Company’s ‘Natural Extensions’ into Business Payments

Retail TouchPoints

That inherent distaste for the transaction phase is one reason payment companies are so eager to expand into other parts of the shopper journey. taking place online, digital payment solutions like Venmo and PayPal (which has owned Venmo since 2013) are well positioned to capitalize on the opportunity.

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Beyond the Transaction: How PayPal is Helping Remove Friction Across the Commerce Experience

Retail TouchPoints

Since spinning off from eBay and going public for a second time in 2015, PayPal has expanded its reach well beyond that one digital marketplace to more than 30 million merchants worldwide. When we have partnerships with these merchants they’re trusted brands, so consumers can feel good about shopping with those brands.”.

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How to Combat the Changing Face of Shopping Fraud

Retail TouchPoints

In 2020, data security specialist Varonis calculated that close to 10 billion data records had been lost or stolen since 2013 — a third more records than there are people. In 2018, 151 million conventional (non-bot) attacks were observed, and of these, 91 million were directed at online merchants. alone, 19 per inhabitant.

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Ecommerce Personalization in the Age of Consumer Data Privacy

Retail TouchPoints

Laws and regulations that protect consumer data — such as the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the removal of third-party cookie support and Apple’s increased privacy protections — are pushing ecommerce operators to find creative new ways to provide successful personalization. In 2013, he co-founded Fast Simon, Inc.

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8 Things You Need to Know About Block (Formerly Known as Square)

Indigo 9 Digital

Then Block added Cash App in 2013. Cash App started allowing users to make purchases in Bitcoin in 2018, making Cash App one the first mainstream payment apps to do so. Following the acquisition merchants using Square are able to offer BNPL to their customers. Cash App is now within the world’s top ten payment services.