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Retailers Must Embrace Financial Services, and Quickly

Retail TouchPoints

And it’s increasingly clear that brands that embrace financial services within the customer journey are scoring highly on engagement scores. The only problem is, for many retailers, the idea of becoming involved in the financial transaction part of the journey is a leap too far. It’s reckoned that nearly 4.5

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Walgreens Moves Into Financial Services With Credit Card Launch

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In partnership with Synchrony and Mastercard , Walgreens is expanding its financial services offerings. The new cards will be the first in a range of new financial products and services planned by Walgreens.

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The Ongoing Battle to Protect Consumer Payment Card Data

Retail TouchPoints

In the early days and now, criminals stole cardholder data from internet-connected point-of-sale (POS) systems to make their own fraudulent transactions. Elliott has led aviation and financial services InfoSec and data protection functions and has recently embraced the role of Security Advisor at Jscrambler.

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Investment in BigCommerce, Our Customers and Our Partners

BigCommerce

The implications for our customers, partners, and industry will be profound, and our entire team is thrilled to partner with Goldman Sachs, a world-class firm and global financial services leader. Enhanced point-of-sale integration capabilities. Industry-best speed. Enhanced storefront design and visual merchandising.

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BNPL: Multiple Growth Opportunities Despite Rumblings About Regulation

Retail TouchPoints

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. All financial services, particularly all credit product innovation, tends to go from being lightly regulated to being more regulated as consumers interact with it.”.

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

Retail TouchPoints

Prior to joining Bread Financial he worked at MBNA/Bank of America, Barclays and Citi.

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Stripe Secures $600M in New Funding, Boosts Value to $95B

Retail TouchPoints

These include tools to facilitate billing, financing, the creation of branded credit cards, fraud prevention, POS services and a banking-as-a-service API that allows companies to embed financial services within their own platforms.