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What Price Loyalty? Ulta, KeyBank, novae Say Points Must Be Spendable, Programs Flexible
What Price Loyalty? Ulta, KeyBank, novae Say Points Must Be Spendable, Programs Flexible
December 21, 2020  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Rewards points and programs may spur customers to make purchases, but do they inspire loyalty that lives on after the transaction is made? It was...

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Behavior-As-A-Service Uses Digital Body Language To Fight Fraud, Increase Conversion
Behavior-As-A-Service Uses Digital Body Language To Fight Fraud, Increase Conversion
December 21, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

When a customer walks into a physical location to transact, a whole host of behavioral data becomes available to whatever entity is serving them. Are...

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Amazon Expands Data-Driven Fashion Push
Amazon Expands Data-Driven Fashion Push
December 15, 2020  |  eCommerce

While apparel sales have been uneven in 2020, as consumers have shown a greater preference for comfy loungewear to haute couture, Amazon’s battle to enter and...

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Design Matters: Data Analytics Take Lead In Designing User Experiences That Drive Sales
Design Matters: Data Analytics Take Lead In Designing User Experiences That Drive Sales
December 09, 2020  |  Merchant Innovation

Beautifully designed user experiences are, unfortunately, not always good user experiences. As digital analytics firm Air360 Founder Florent Defontis told Karen Webster in a recent...

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Dispute Resolution Set To Fight Expected Pandemic-Driven Fraud
Dispute Resolution Set To Fight Expected Pandemic-Driven Fraud
December 08, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

As the holiday shopping season kicks into high gear amid an unprecedented pandemic-era surge in online shopping, banks and merchants are bracing for an associated...

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Expense Data Seeks Use Cases Beyond Employee Spend Control
Expense Data Seeks Use Cases Beyond Employee Spend Control
December 02, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Managing employee spend is an arduous process that traditionally involves a lot of paper. Indeed, the physical receipt has been a point of friction in...

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Why Refunds Are The New Chargeback
Why Refunds Are The New Chargeback
November 30, 2020  |  Fraud Prevention

It used to be an uncommon occurrence with a funny name, a misdemeanor of the digital-first era — but porch pirates aren’t so funny anymore....

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New Report: SMS-Based Outreach Helps Merchants Authenticate Consumers, Boost Online Sales
New Report: SMS-Based Outreach Helps Merchants Authenticate Consumers, Boost Online Sales
November 24, 2020  |  Digital Onboarding

Businesses and financial institutions (FIs) are constantly examining ways to make their customers’ accounts more secure, especially as more consumers go online to make purchases...

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KeyBank On Fighting APP Fraud During The COVID-19 Pandemic
KeyBank On Fighting APP Fraud During The COVID-19 Pandemic
November 16, 2020  |  Fraud Prevention

Fraudsters are preying on consumers’ anxieties by turning to authorized push payment (APP) fraud for COVID-19-related schemes. Deploying multiple fraud prevention tactics is therefore a...

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