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‘Cash or Card?’: Why More Financing Choices Drive Consumers’ Decisions on Which Retailers to Shop

Retail TouchPoints

The customer experience is paramount to the success of today’s retailers. This includes enhancing in-store inventory, delivery services and even the personalization of customer service. However, when it’s time to check out, how do payment options factor into that customer experience?

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Embedded Finance: Making Payments Possible in New Frontiers

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In fact, embedded finance will be a $777 billion opportunity by 2029. In doing so, businesses as diverse as consumer goods suppliers, transport operators, healthcare providers and entertainment companies can layer payment services into their processes, attract new customers with seamless payment journeys and generate additional revenues.

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Why Backend Orchestration is the True Payment Experience Unlock

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Too many friction points all along the customer journey is a big pain point for consumers, and certainly the checkout or transaction moment plays a part in that friction,” said Margot Juros, Research Director for Retail Technology Strategies at market intelligence and advisory firm IDC in an interview with Retail TouchPoints.

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

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McKinsey calls this embedded finance — when a financial product or solution is placed in a non-financial setting, for example on a social media platform or in a store (private label credit cards are one old-school example). Embedded finance has become big business: McKinsey estimated that the sector reached $20 billion in revenue in the U.S.

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Signifyd Raises an Additional $205 Million, Eyes Further Expansion in Latin America

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Signifyd has received $205 million in Series E growth equity financing that values the company at $1.34 Last year we saw ecommerce sales and influence propelled into 2025, and yet the online checkout experience is stuck in 2015,” said Raj Ramanand, CEO of Signifyd in a statement.

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Harness the Power of BNPL to Build Stronger Brand Equity

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Say Farewell to Cart Abandonment, Welcome Loyal Customers. Customers that have a positive point-of-sale financing experience are more likely to repeat purchases from that retail brand if the BNPL option is white-labeled for the retailer. The best part? Bottom Line.

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Laying the Operational Foundation for Autonomous Stores

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Preparing Internal Operations for Smart Stores The importance of operational preparedness is especially true for grocers implementing emerging technologies such as autonomous checkout, also referred to as seamless checkout. These operations may struggle to adapt to the unique needs of automated checkout systems and smart stores.