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How Subscription Merchants can Prevent Chargebacks on Recurring Payments

Retail TouchPoints

There’s no denying that the subscription economy is booming. In fact, the financial services firm UBS projects that the market will hit $1.5 Pre-billing reminders help keep customers informed about upcoming charges, significantly reducing the likelihood of chargebacks, especially for annual subscriptions.

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What to Learn from China’s Singles’ Day and Spring Festival Going Into 2022

Retail TouchPoints

Membership services across all major Chinese ecommerce platforms offer the usual perks and discount codes one would expect, especially during any major shopping holiday. GfK’s FutureBuy survey found that 22% of consumers are likely to continue using subscription services, which is 7% higher than in 2020. In the U.S.,

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Embedded Finance: Making Payments Possible in New Frontiers

Retail TouchPoints

Traditional financial services like current savings or loan accounts that have struggled with being perceived as complicated can be reimagined as compelling customer experiences that ease and improve their daily lives. In this way, embedded payments can create a positive shift in mindsets.

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5 Resources to Build Your App Idea

Kissmetrics

For example, games are often monetized by ads and in-app purchases, while dating apps generally charge a monthly subscription fee. Monthly subscription: Charge a small fee every month for access to the app. For example, you might offer a limited free plan and then charge a monthly subscription fee to access all features.

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What Every Retailer Should Do to Stop Account Takeover Attacks

Retail TouchPoints

ATOs were traditionally more focused on financial services organizations, but as more people have turned to online shopping throughout the pandemic, this has put retailers firmly at the top of the hackers’ hit list. All major cloud providers offer WAFs and ADCs as a service. Threat intelligence platform and subscription.

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Merchant of Record for Mobile Games: What It Is and Why You Need One

FastSpring

Payment service providers (PSPs) do some of the same things MoRs do, but only up to a certain point. FastSpring allows you to offload the complexity of global payments, sales tax and VAT compliance, player payments support, subscription management, and many other aspects of payments management.

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Strategies for Brands to Combat #AdBlindness

Retail TouchPoints

For example, if a customer has recently ended their subscription, you can create reactivation campaigns to reconnect with them through an exclusive offer that entices them back into the user base. His team works across key verticals such as travel, retail, financial services, entertainment, media and more.