Inside Retail

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Aided by mass digitalisation, businesses are increasingly revamping their processes by adopting globalised digital tools, especially cross-border payments. Across Asia, the fintech space has witnessed significant technological progress, owing to the ever-growing preference for digital payment methods among societies.

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APRIL 5, 2022

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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FEBRUARY 25, 2025

In this quest for data-driven precision, merchants must understand the power of the address and its immense strategic value. Clean, validated address data is an essential business asset that drives a smoother customer experience, reduces operational costs and minimizes errors. Will the item purchased arrive on time and as planned?

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AUGUST 31, 2023

Amazon is bringing ‘Buy with Prime’ capabilities to Shopify merchants via a new app integration. Now, the new app is empowering Shopify merchants to offer this seamless payment experience to their customers. The app is rolling out as invite-only to select Shopify merchants and will be available to all U.S.-based

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MARCH 8, 2024

The critical role payment and financial services play in the global economy means companies in this industry will be some of the first mandated to comply. With a proper plan in place, thousands of organizations worldwide already engage with the global ethical hacker community to simplify how they find and fix vulnerabilities.

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MAY 30, 2024

PayPal is entering the media business with plans for a new advertising platform that will draw on its relationships with millions of consumers and merchants to help the latter “sell more products and services effectively,” according to a company statement.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 9, 2025

Once, borrowing money to make a purchase was a relatively tedious process, not a spur-of-the-moment thing. True, some stores offered lay-by plans that would let you pay for goods in instalments. Many BNPL providers charge less visible fees, such as late payment fees and account maintenance fees. Why might they be spending more?

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APRIL 1, 2021

consumers have now used a buy now pay later (BNPL) service. . Businesses looking for ways to gain a competitive edge over their competitors have been pushing service advantages into new areas, including alternative payment models. Using BNPL, approved customers can defer payments at checkout — both online and in-store.

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JANUARY 24, 2023

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. Bancorp and Truist Financial.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Shopify has partnered with Alipay for a program that will let Shopify retailers seamlessly accept payments through Alipay from more than 1 billion active users in China — with plans to add hundreds of million more users across Asia. The Alipay payment gateway for China is already available to Shopify merchants in the U.S.,

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AUGUST 2, 2021

Square plans to purchase buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider Afterpay in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $29 billion. The Melbourne, Australia-based company currently serves more than 16 million consumers and nearly 100,000 merchants worldwide. Schwartz noted that Afterpay is a founding member of the CLA’s BNPL task force.

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365 Retail

APRIL 1, 2025

Ahead of showcasing the company’s allin-one payment solution at this year’s Retail Technology Show, Payment Expert Madara Antanavia from Exactly.com explains how e-commerce businesses can improve conversions and reduce acquisition costs while scaling in the UK and beyond.

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APRIL 27, 2021

The economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated demand for buy now, pay later (BNPL) payment options. Research by The Ascent showed that among people who have used a BNPL service, 45% first did so in 2019, 21% first did so in 2020, and only 7% had used a BNPL service prior to 2015. billion, according to IBISWorld.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 9, 2025

Once, borrowing money to make a purchase was a relatively tedious process, not a spur-of-the-moment thing. True, some stores offered lay-by plans that would let you pay for goods in instalments. Many BNPL providers charge less visible fees, such as late payment fees and account maintenance fees. Why might they be spending more?

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AUGUST 9, 2023

Financial services and POS solution Square has launched a new consumer-facing app that lets customers search, discover and book appointments with beauty and personal care professionals. Additionally, businesses can solicit private feedback through the app to better improve operations and customer service. for iOS devices.

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MARCH 23, 2021

Users go through a brief onboarding where they indicate their tastes and preferences and are then presented with their “own digital mall” featuring brands that align with their interests. The Yahoo Shops marketplace will feature a personalized digital storefront.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 30, 2023

For retailers, meeting demand for an ever-expanding range of payments and digital services no longer has to be costly or complex. To keep pace, online retailers continue to add new services to their e-commerce offerings. Every consumer wants to shop on their terms. The evolution of e-commerce offerings continues to gain pace.

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Retail TouchPoints

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

TikTok Shop will now bring shoppable videos and livestreams directly to For You feeds across the country, and give brands, merchants and creators the tools to sell directly through shoppable content on the TikTok app.” Digital Service (USDS). reads the company announcement. The company also reiterated that all TikTok-protected U.S.

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MARCH 29, 2023

Pay Later — which will let users split purchases into four payments spread over six weeks with no interest and no fees — is now available for some randomly selected Apple Wallet users in the U.S., For its part, Apple says it plans to report Apple Pay Later loans to the U.S. and will roll out to all users in the coming months.

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Inside Retail

JULY 13, 2021

PayPal Holdings Inc’s new “buy now, pay later” offering in Australia will not charge late payment fees, the U.S. payments giant said on Wednesday, as it attempts to edge past main industry rival Afterpay in the country. It, however, lets the merchants set their own minimum spend value.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

based Amazon merchants at the end of January. Additionally, Amazon is adding a new feature to the Buy with Prime package that will enable merchants to display ratings and reviews from Amazon customers on their own online stores. The offering was previously only available by invitation.

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Retail TouchPoints

MAY 24, 2021

In another sign of the global growth of buy now, pay later services, Zip Co Ltd. Zip already owned a portion of Twisto, and plans to buy the remaining shares for approximately $108.5 Twisto holds a European Payment Institution license, enabling the provision of payment serves across all EU member states, subject to regulatory consents.

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MARCH 17, 2025

However, the buy now, pay later (BNPL) company still has not revealed how many shares it plans to sell, their price range or when the IPO will take place. The Sweden-based company, which has operated in the U.S. The Sweden-based company, which has operated in the U.S. Walmart stores. million U.S. associates.

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OCTOBER 19, 2022

As economic pressures and living costs surge, more people than ever are considering using point-of-service (POS) finance — such as buy now, pay later and installment loans — to manage their cashflow. It is in nobody’s interest to onboard financially delinquent customers or customers with affordability problems.

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Inside Retail

JANUARY 12, 2022

Almost a quarter of small businesses in nine countries around the world plan to accept digital currencies as a form of payment in 2022, while 13 per cent of consumers in those countries expect retail stores to begin offering crypto payments this year and beyond, according to a survey by Visa Inc.

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DECEMBER 11, 2023

Shopping features within the TikTok app in Indonesia, which had been paused following the ban, will now be operated and maintained by the new combined entity. The Beli Lokal campaign will be available on both TikTok and Tokopedia and will promote a broad range of merchants, with a strong focus on Indonesian products.

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MAY 13, 2021

PayPal has acquired ecommerce returns solution Happy Returns as it continues to expand beyond payments, with the aim of becoming a “digital commerce enablement engine.” Under the PayPal banner, Happy Returns plans to focus on improving its platform and expanding its footprint. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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AUGUST 18, 2022

Also known as pay-over-time or pay-in-4 installment plans, BNPL offers consumers the chance to split up the cost of major purchases directly at the point of sale. Most buy now, pay later offers are interest- and fee-free, unless customers miss a payment. In fact, 50% of U.S

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Inside Retail

AUGUST 1, 2021

Square Inc will purchase buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Afterpay Ltd for about $39 billion (US$29 billion) in Australia’s biggest-ever buyout, creating an online payments giant to tap into explosive growth in the niche payments sector.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 29, 2023

The acceptance of cash has started to trend upwards again, but payment technology is helping businesses to deliver consistently better experiences, so what does the future hold? And how can businesses be ready for evolving payment technologies? Consumers, too, preferred to use contactless payments or to shop online.

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Inside Retail

APRIL 10, 2022

Now it has expanded the program to protect Australians from many overseas retailers targeting Australians with false advertising for popular products like diet pills, supplements, dating subscriptions and business services. If a customer believes they have been the victim of a scam they should call us as soon as possible.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

What it didn’t have at that point was a streamlined, intuitive online checkout process — and that quickly became a major hindrance to the company’s DTC expansion plans. “We It was an involved, intense process. Once there’s a certain percentage of fraudulent orders, financial companies [can stop servicing you].”

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Same goes for the services Alibaba is building to stay competitive: financing solutions, fulfillment services, AI tools to make the process of using the platform easier, localized warehousing to speed up delivery. In operation since 1999, Alibaba.com currently serves approximately 8 million SMEs in the U.S

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JULY 19, 2024

Additionally, Reshop has partnered with the Narvar post-purchase platform and can be integrated into existing return operations platforms of the 1,400 Narvar merchants. “We For merchants, Reshop can help transform what has historically been a loss into an opportunity to recapture customers and drive additional revenue.”

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Inside Retail

JUNE 29, 2022

But the payment method is already truly embedded in the digital economy and is not going anywhere, even if it is regulated. Let’s look at the conditions that were so favourable to this payment method, the inevitable regulations and consumer and media response. You can now buy makeup on instalment plans with the likes of Sephora.

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APRIL 24, 2025

Grubhub was inspired by the meteoric rise of retail media , which also has propelled the debut of media networks from other delivery and transportation services such as Uber and Lyft as well as companies more ancillary to the retail landscape, such as BNPL solution Klarna , payments provider PayPal and United Airlines.

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Inside Retail

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

With Shopline, businesses have access to a host of tools to help you master the online element of your omnichannel strategy ; from SEO tools , site speed boosters and digital marketing, to memberships, product reviews and order invoice customisation for B2B merchants. Like to learn more about Shopline Australia?

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