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Resilience is Key as Payments Acceptance becomes Mission-Critical

Retail TouchPoints

Consumers now prefer digital payment options, with cash usage declining in all major economies. Cards have become by far the most popular payment method, with contactless now accounting for most purchases made at retail stores. Equally, the terminal app should have been designed to support alternative transaction processing flows.

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Holiday Shopping Trends and Payments Innovations: Experience as Competitive Advantage

Retail TouchPoints

Payments technology is central to the shopping experience. During the holiday rush the security and ease of the payments experience can be as crucial as product price or availability. How can retailers update their payments systems to meet rapidly changing consumer behavior during peak demand?

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Embedded Finance: Making Payments Possible in New Frontiers

Retail TouchPoints

If we thought the pandemic-driven shift to digital payments was an evolution, we’re about to be catapulted into a new world, where payments will become possible in places thought impossible just a few years ago. In fact, embedded finance will be a $777 billion opportunity by 2029. So how can businesses get a piece of it?

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Using a Gaming Payment Gateway to Monetize Your Game’s Web Shop

FastSpring

Setting up a web shop for players to buy subscriptions or in-game items outside of mobile app marketplaces is a great way to create additional revenue streams for your game while saving on steep marketplace fees. There are solutions that make this process much easier — more on that below.) What Is a Gaming Payment Gateway ?

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Simplicity Underpins Future Payment Fabric And The Future Of Payments

Forrester eCommerce

The future of payments will see firms shift focus from consumers toward businesses, embedding payment technology (not payments), and programmable payments in a quest to mitigate complexity.

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Why Backend Orchestration is the True Payment Experience Unlock

Retail TouchPoints

The seamless nature of digital commerce has inspired consumers to expect more from the payment experience everywhere they shop — online, in-store and even via social channels. Customers today expect to be able to shop where and when they want and use the payment method they want.” more compared to their previous buying levels.

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How Subscription Merchants can Prevent Chargebacks on Recurring Payments

Retail TouchPoints

They can severely impact revenue and tarnish a merchant’s reputation. On top of this, using account updater services can prevent declines due to outdated payment information, reducing related chargebacks. Optimizing Payment Processes Optimizing the merchant descriptor is another important step in preventing chargebacks.