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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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What You Need to Know About Payment Processing and eCommerce Merchant Services

Groove

Your expertise lies in your specific industry, and you don’t necessarily have the resources within your business to dedicate to website management. Fortunately, quality eCommerce merchant services can help companies manage their websites and process payments to drive revenue and long-term success.

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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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FastSpring Announces Partnership With Nexus to Help Game Publishers Quickly Succeed With D2C

FastSpring

FastSpring is proud to announce a partnership with Nexus , a leading platform for supporting content creators and monetizing games, where both companies have joined forces in order to help game publishers materially grow profits with their own creator-powered, custom designed, and hosted web shops. The challenge?

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7 Ways Service Providers can Motivate Customers with Digital Incentives

Retail TouchPoints

Even as a discount helps a business move product, its also cutting into sales revenue and margins. They can often be difficult to implement, especially for businesses with recurring monthly payments. For companies looking to protect this metric, a digital incentive can appeal to customers without the same revenue hit.

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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. Embedded finance has become big business: McKinsey estimated that the sector reached $20 billion in revenue in the U.S. Denise Leonhard, VP and GM, Venmo.

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