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Race to the Bottom as NFT Marketplaces Refuse to Pay Artist Royalties
Race to the Bottom as NFT Marketplaces Refuse to Pay Artist Royalties
October 28, 2022  |  NFTs

One of the most potentially powerful tools to attract artists, musicians and other creators to embrace blockchain-based NFTs as a way of distributing their work is in...

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Coffee and Flower Brands Push Value to Survive ‘The Great Unsubscribe’
Coffee and Flower Brands Push Value to Survive ‘The Great Unsubscribe’
October 12, 2022  |  Subscriptions

Core tools and tactics are similar among retail subscriptions, but guiding consumers to keep a beloved but nonessential subscription is a nuanced set of interactions...

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PYMNTS Intelligence: Payment Experience Is Key for Subscription Retention
PYMNTS Intelligence: Payment Experience Is Key for Subscription Retention
September 28, 2022  |  Subscription Commerce

Improving the subscription payment process can help subscription merchants maintain their customer bases. The payment process is a vital part of a consumer’s subscription experience....

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Subscription Shortcomings Could Take Bite Out of Apple’s Ambitions
Subscription Shortcomings Could Take Bite Out of Apple’s Ambitions
September 22, 2022  |  Subscriptions

The devil, they say, is in the details. And the details, as outlined in the latest Subscription Commerce Conversion report, offer up data that may...

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Amazon Prime Scores With Thursday Night Football in Subscription Value Play
Amazon Prime Scores With Thursday Night Football in Subscription Value Play
September 20, 2022  |  Subscriptions

Thursday Night Football (TNF) was a good get for Amazon Prime, explaining the astronomical price tag on rights, but it was a kind of “flea...

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NCR’s Corporate Split Uses ATMs to Boost Self-Service, Digital-First Banking
NCR’s Corporate Split Uses ATMs to Boost Self-Service, Digital-First Banking
September 16, 2022  |  Digital-First Banking

For NCR Corp., the goal is to capitalize on the continued shift to digital banking. Underpinning its newly-announced split into two independent companies,  we see...

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BNPL Seen as Financial Inclusion Tool Across EMEA
BNPL Seen as Financial Inclusion Tool Across EMEA
September 16, 2022  |  Buy Now Pay Later

“Buy now, pay later is going to become an essential part of the consumer finance market.”   Martyna Szczepaniak, EMEA head of credit, for PayU,...

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CFPB Says Consumers at Risk From BNPL Over-Extension
CFPB Says Consumers at Risk From BNPL Over-Extension
September 15, 2022  |  Regulation

For buy now, pay later (BNPL), heady growth demands some new guardrails. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau report, “Buy Now, Pay Later: Market trends and...

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The New Math of Crypto Payments
The New Math of Crypto Payments
September 12, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

There’s a fundamental difference between paying with crypto and paying in crypto that will play a big role in whether the broader public comes to...

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