shopping

How consumers find what they want to buy and buy it in a world that is no longer defined by a physical place but what a consumer wants to buy and how she wants to buy it. Connected devices and the integration of payments into this now digital-led shopping journey is creating new ways for merchants and consumers to interact and disrupting traditional retail business models.

U.K.-Based BNPL FinTech PollenPay Announces Launch Plans
U.K.-Based BNPL FinTech PollenPay Announces Launch Plans
December 22, 2021  |  BNPL

PollenPay on Wednesday (Dec. 22) jumped into the buy now, pay later (BNPL) sector, giving shoppers another option to spread out their payments over time,...

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‘Grinch Bots’ Steal Christmas From Procrastinating Holiday Shoppers 
‘Grinch Bots’ Steal Christmas From Procrastinating Holiday Shoppers 
December 21, 2021  |  Retail

Computer programs known across the retail landscape as ‘Grinch bots’ are further complicating the supply chain snags across the U.S. and around the world as...

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Biometrics ID Service for Air Travelers Clear Secure Coming to Retailers
Biometrics ID Service for Air Travelers Clear Secure Coming to Retailers
December 16, 2021  |  Biometrics

Biometrics identification services company Clear Secure — known for its expedited airline screening products — is taking its technology beyond airports and into shopping malls...

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Synchrony Announces Strategic Investment in ePayments Platform Skipify 
Synchrony Announces Strategic Investment in ePayments Platform Skipify 
December 15, 2021  |  Investments

Financial services company Synchrony on Wednesday (Dec. 15) unveiled a strategic investment in digital payments company Skipify that gives merchants the opportunity to give their...

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Consumers Consider as Many as Six Factors When Choosing Credit Card 
Consumers Consider as Many as Six Factors When Choosing Credit Card 
December 15, 2021  |  Credit Cards

Credit card issuers are seeking to appeal to today’s discerning consumers in a competitive market. To gain top-of-wallet status, they must excel in providing the...

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Dick’s Sporting Goods Debuts Afterpay Option 
Dick’s Sporting Goods Debuts Afterpay Option 
December 15, 2021  |  BNPL

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) platform Afterpay on Tuesday (Dec. 14) announced a collaboration with Dick’s Sporting Goods that brings flexible payments to the chain’s...

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Clik2pay Launches Refund Processing Feature 
Clik2pay Launches Refund Processing Feature 
December 13, 2021  |  Retail

The payments provider Clik2pay has unveiled a refund processing feature, designed to allow retailers to refund money using its service.  As the Toronto company said...

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How US Consumers Define the Super App
How US Consumers Define the Super App
December 13, 2021  |  Connected Economy

Consumers do everything online. They wake up and read their morning papers on their phones or tablets, begin their workdays by hopping on their laptops...

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Lids Goes International with London Stores 
Lids Goes International with London Stores 
December 03, 2021  |  Retail

Sports apparel retailer Lids said Friday (Dec. 3) it will open four stores in London later this month, with more than 20 brick-and-mortar stores across...

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