Following the devastating financial crisis, risk-averse banks responded by backing away from offering all forms of consumer lending, particularly to “mass-market” and budding middle-class customers. However, providing merchant credit, which involves lending to consumers via retailers is even more critical for financial institutions, retailers, and their customers. More importantly, both retailers and lenders have discovered that having robust credit capabilities...
The Covid-19 outbreak has ushered in a dramatic surge in digital forms of payment. This is great news for e-Commerce businesses. However, along with the dramatic boost in online sales, there is also an equally dramatic boost in cases of fraud to contend with. The sudden acceleration in fraud was fueled by the fear and uncertainty that millions around the...
Merchants who process payments through acquirers and payment processors must worry about what would happen if payment processing faces hiccups. While losses are unlikely, the current COVID-19 recession has had negative impacts even on large financial institutions like banks and may cause panic among merchants who rely on them for various services. Payment processors are now tightening rules and making...
Collecting customer payments come with hidden security risks that an ecommerce business cannot ignore. Processing credit card payments can improve security and change how you take money from customers. Because you won’t be doing every bit of the transaction process alone, partnering with the right service provider further tightens payment security levels. How Credit Card Processing Augments Your Payment Process...
Crypto is growing stronger and more popular than you imagine, especially if you’ve long been caught up in other staple avenues like credit cards and eChecks. As security becomes a growing pain among customers, many would rather buy items online using crypto instead of the traditional debit and credit cards. Cryptocurrency payments offer clients the total privacy they require when...
The more technology has become commonplace, the more important ecommerce has become for businesses. In order to ensure long-term growth and sustainability, businesses today really need to consider incorporating ecommerce. Due to the rapid changes and challenges COVID-19 has thrust upon business owners, ecommerce options have even become critical for business survival. If your business needs an ecommerce solution to...
North America has been known for their preference for plastic for some time, with credit cards being the top consumer payment method. Recently, however, the spotlight has begun to shift to mobile-payment methods. Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, these trends are beginning to pick up even more speed. As consumers become more open to new methods of payment, more and...
Online transactions have become the fastest and most advantageous way for its users to settle their payments. Thanks to the Internet, customers can be reached globally and therefore users can both buy and sell throughout the world. The trickiest aspect of online purchases is that they are notoriously difficult to verify and can even be made in anonymity. In order...
Payment Systems for Credit Unions or (PSCU), in an effort to determine the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on both shopping trends and consumer spending, issued data that reflected the decline of U.S. card growth rates for the week ending in June 28, 2020. All debit card purchases went back to a “negative growth”. As per a statement from Glynn Frechette, SVP...
After a “closed” beta launch in India back in 2018, WhatsApp announced the launch of digital payments in Brazil. According to WhatsApp’s blog, users will be able to safely send money or purchase something from a local business without having to leave the chat feature. Brazil is the second-largest market after India, with over 120 million “individual users”. With more...
