PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2020

The balance of 2020 will be notable for what Amazon does not do. If Amazon sees any M&A deals this year, it will likely be on the infrastructure side: shipping, return platforms and payment mechanisms. Nike will end 2020 as a consistent retail force, commanding respect for more than the shoes. The Digital Shift.

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Fintech Review

OCTOBER 16, 2024

While the potential returns are attractive, the risks involved can be significant. In return, the liquidity providers earn rewards, often in the form of tokens or interest payments. The appeal of yield farming lies in the high returns it can generate. In return, they receive tokens as a reward for their contribution.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

demand for jewelry. They’re still part of the market, particularly the holiday shopping market in 2020. Amazon is this year rolling out its big book of toys for 2020. And now a new toy book is hitting mailboxes, as Target takes the field with its own QR code-embedded selection of top shopping picks for holiday 2020.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

economy posted slight gains in the pandemic year of 2020, after closing the books on what was one of the most dismal economic fallouts in history, according to the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book report on Wednesday (Jan. Several months ago, 38 percent of responding economists didn’t expect a recovery before 2022.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Because while four or five years ago millennials looked like a generation holding back from homeownership, either due to preference or financial constraint, as 2020 comes to a close the situation has changed markedly. Things like homeownership. The Mid-Century Housing Boom . When World War II ended, the U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

The company said that those factors were offset, in part, by expenses to help with formidable demand and to grow services, pandemic-related costs and “variable compensation expense.”. billion in adjusted revenue reported for Q2 fiscal 2020. FedEx reported on Friday (Dec. For Q2 fiscal 2021, FedEx reported $4.83 in diluted EPS on $17.3

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The growing dependence on eCommerce — as well as the intensifying demand to up the security of these transactions — sets the stage for greater virtual debit card use, and businesses are taking heed, according to Kelley Knutson , president of prepaid debit card provider Netspend.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2020

Sales of PCs, defined as computers with keyboards, stormed back in 2020, Reuters reported. PC sales worldwide peaked in 2008, with about 300 million units sold, and have declined since then to a level of about 250 million units sold annually, Reuters said — but analysts now see the figure returning to about 300 million PCs shipped per year.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

Now they’re finding customers slow to return even as cinemas reopen — which in turn has made movie studios slow to release their biggest (and most expensive) blockbusters to run in mostly empty theaters. The past six months have been unquestionably difficult for movie theaters. cinemas, but a final decision has not yet been reached.”. “No

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The Fintech Times

MAY 21, 2024

Non-fungible tokens ( NFTs ) took the world by storm in 2020 and 2021, as seemingly everyone discussed the relatively new concept, and some spent significant amounts to become sole owners of NFT art. This May, The Fintech Times is looking to showcase some of these new methods and explore how the digital asset ecosystem is evolving.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2020

“[A solution] that is ubiquitous, digital, 24/7, year-round and on-demand, and offers the ability to provide people with a choice in how they receive their funds, with many instant payment options.”. Read more executives’ insights in How 35 Execs Are Powering The Great Digital Shift Of 2020 (And Beyond).

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Bitcoin investors are in for a halving event in 2020 that could potentially give their currency a boost , according to Bloomberg. Other factors, like increased interest and demand, fueled outcomes in 2012 and 2016, and supply alone isn’t enough to make a prediction on a price increase. Miners get 12.5 The tally will be halved into 6.25

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2020

While this in part can be attributed to ongoing supply-side interruptions, the speed of the recovery is also held back by a lack of buoyancy in demand conditions. Economic output by the end of 2020 is expected to wind up about 5.2 Lane delivered digitally to a meeting of the U.S. National Association for Business Economics. "We

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2020

She noted the company saw especially strong demand for gaming and electronics, among other areas. These include operating with limited store hours, social distancing signage, elevated cleaning procedures, a new returns process, among many others,” Gass said. All in, Kohl’s Corporation reported revenues of $2.4 billion and $1.75.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The 2020 holiday shopping season will be an unusual one in many respects. But declaring doorbusters officially a thing of the past — or 2020 as the year the Black Friday shopping weekend finally became a historical artifact — is probably incredibly premature. percent, according to preliminary data from Sensormatic Solutions.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2020

Research and consulting firm Strategy Analytics has released a report stating that global smartphone shipments dropped 38 percent year on year in February of 2020. million in February 2020. February 2020 saw the biggest fall ever in the history of the worldwide smartphone market.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

And a little under half (44 percent) see themselves as highly unlikely to ever return to the old normal. On the whole, Mao said Blackhawk’s expectation is that gift card spend will increase 19 percent during 2020’s holiday shopping season when compared to a year ago. Digital Gift Cards ’ Growth. Not All ‘Gift’ Cards Are Gifts .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

Despite a challenging 2020, we have shown our mettle, turning challenges into growth opportunities with agility and constant innovation,” Klook Co-Founder and CEO Ethan Lin said in the release. Lin added in the release that the new funds will help the company solidify its position as tourism slowly returns.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

Coke isn’t sure yet how people’s spending habits will unfold as life starts to return to a new normal post-pandemic, Quincey said. In China, for example, demand for Coca-Cola products have not yet rebounded to pre-pandemic levels even though stay-home mandates began lifting last month. .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2020

By autumn 2020, consumers' propensity for grocery shopping online was growing faster than their propensity for either retail shopping online or ordering food online. According to PYMNTS/Visa How We Will Pay data, three times as many consumers grocery-shopped from home in 2020 than they did in 2019. But not anymore.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

On the West Coast, the Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast California Commercial Real Estate Survey for 2020-2023 recently surveyed industry experts and found that “the current view is that retail properties will be generating significantly lower, if any, returns in 2023 compared to the middle of 2020.”. Some Good News.

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FICO

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Home food delivery has skyrocketed during the pandemic; from January to July 2020, the number of credit card transactions for on-demand food delivery platforms increased by a whopping 86%. My team analyzed 2020 U.S. This post examines whether increased food deliveries are causing a similar rise in food delivery fraud.

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FICO

JANUARY 7, 2021

Here are the 5 most popular 2020 posts on decision management. #1. Recovery is where we still are now, in mid-2020. One major cloud provider reports that it has seen a 775% increase in demand for its cloud services in regions enforcing social distancing and/or shelter-in place due to COVID-19. .

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

And while on its own it would be a challenge, the trouble really begins when consumers start “crying wolf” about porch piracy to commit refund fraud , which as of 2020 is happening en masse. If anything, it will be much harder in 2020 as commerce is rapidly shifting online and fraudsters are shifting along with it.

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FICO

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Now, what does 2020 promise on the C&R front? Creditors are selling more portfolios and services are needing to create the economies of scale necessary to support higher efficiency and stronger returns. Most economic markets are on the verge of a downturn. Before I get to my predictions, let me explore each of these. Source: [link].

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The Fintech Times

APRIL 10, 2024

This has been the worst-performing fintech quarter since the start of 2020. I believe the rise in AI will lead to greater investment in the sector due to consumer demands as we can’t achieve the desired customer journey without them.” However, many across the fintech industry remain optimistic.

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Fintech News

MARCH 25, 2024

billion in private capital deal value or nearly twice that of 2020, the data show. But as these startups grow and expand, demand for larger size rounds and growth-stage capital will increase, fueling PE activity in the region. In 2022, the region recorded its highest level ever, attracting US$34.1 of the region’s total VC deal value.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2021

They have helped smooth COVID-19 pandemic-induced economic shocks, increased the resilience of developing nations throughout 2020, and they present a potential lifeline for recovery in 2021 and beyond. Remittance outturn for 2021 could fall within a wide range between a decline and a return to the pre-pandemic growth trend.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2020

For most SMBs , 2019 was a banner year, and 2020 was expected to be nothing less than spectacular. The boutique shops that lined Main Street USA, which got nearly all of their business face-to-face in their stores, expected that 2020 would be another great year. Consumer spending was strong, as were their household balance sheets.

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Fintech News

AUGUST 19, 2024

As such, DDEx was launched in December 2020, addressing a gap in the market for digital asset platforms that could uphold the regulatory, operational and security standards expected of any professional counterparty, David added. “These are the same value propositions that we set out to offer clients since our inception in 2020.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

Despite strong demand for food delivery in India due to dining restrictions wrought by COVID-19, transactions are below pre-pandemic levels because of a supply problem — many restaurants remain closed, delivery company Zomato concluded in a new report. As for Zomato itself, the pandemic appears to have driven an increase in overall demand.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2020

As alleged, Gutemberg Dos Santos played a key role in an international investment scam that promised extraordinary rates of return on phantom investments in cryptocurrencies, defrauding victims of tens of millions of dollars,” said Acting United States Attorney Audrey Strauss in the release. Eastern Time. The bank is working with J.P.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

President and CEO Chuck Fagan of credit union service organization PSCU said that while financial institutions (FIs) had forecast returns on assets (ROAs) would fall to 30 basis points in the new year, CUs have told him they are gaining confidence regardless. Around The Credit Union Landscape . Read the full Deep Dive in the Tracker.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Business roadmaps predating 2020 aren’t much use these days, however, as COVID has altered the terrain. In chronicling the digital shift since it went into high-gear last spring, PYMNTS has gathered valuable business intelligence on the demands of new digital-first consumers. At least in 2020, we know where people are shopping.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2016

Online Shoppers Are Reshaping The Retail Experience,” attempts to forecast just exactly what retail might look like come 2020. First and foremost, think that, by 2020, retailers (at least the successful ones) will have “fully embraced” the use of digital technology.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2020

and Macy’s as it struggled with the unprecedented demand from the pandemic-driven eCommerce surge. A UPS spokesman told the WSJ that the company will pick up packages from customers whose “demand exceeded allocated space” once more capacity becomes available. 1 to March 31, 2020) and the pandemic period (April 1 to Oct.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2020

In an interview with Bloomberg , Gass said that in light of new demands on retailers, Kohl’s employees demonstrated nimbleness in finding ways to create safe distances between employees and customers as stores reopened following pandemic-driven closings. ” Sales for the quarter were off $1.7 billion, or 43.5 trough in early April.

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