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How digital payments can help businesses lead in customer experience

Inside Retail

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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Woolworths launching stand-alone payments platform, Wpay

Inside Retail

Woolworths is launching its own stand-alone payments platform, Wpay, which will power payments inside and outside its group of businesses, and further extends the group into the retail ecosystem in Australia. It’s an exciting time in the world of payments with new technology driving better experiences for consumers,” Monnington said.

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Eftpos to launch QR-code payments: What does it mean for retailers?

Inside Retail

The eQR payments platform is being rolled out in partnership with Commonwealth Bank and NAB, as well as with fintechs Azupay , Beem It and Merchant Warrior. Supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths are also on board as first adopters. What do QR-code payments mean for SMEs? appeared first on Inside Retail.

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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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American Express Broadens UK Network with New Merchant Partnerships Across Multiple Sectors

365 Retail

Taken together, these merchant signings represent thousands of new places that now accept American Express Card payments. In the retail sector, American Express has signed acceptance agreements with discount retailer Savers , which operates around 500 stores nationwide.

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Merchant knowledge gaps on ecommerce costs need addressing

A1 Retail

By David Jeffrey, Director of Product, Barclaycard Payments. The latest data from Barclaycard Payments shows that 50 percent of our transactions now come through ecommerce, up from 40 percent pre-pandemic. The remarkable rise of digital wallets and payment services. per cent to six per cent – between 2019 and 2020.

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‘Swipe’ fees could cost Mother’s Day shoppers $750 million

Mass Relators

WASHINGTON – The “swipe” fees credit card networks and banks charge merchants to process transactions could cost consumers more than $750 million this Mother’s Day, according to the Merchants Payments Coalition. per shopper will go to banks and card networks rather than the merchant when customers pay by credit card.