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How The Pandemic Is Reshaping The Nigerian Digital Payments Landscape

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Cash was long king in Nigeria despite more than a decade of efforts to bring cashless options to consumers, Jay Alabraba , co-founder of Nigerian payments platform Paga , told Karen Webster. Alabraba said the pandemic made transacting physically much more difficult as companies closed their doors, and the need for digital options skyrocketed.

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Getting Consumers Across The Mobile Banking Gap

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By the numbers, digital banking is — and is not — extremely popular with consumers of all stripes. According to the latest edition of the PYMNTS Digital Banking Tracker, when it comes to some tasks, consumers are clearly comfortable with leaving the physical world behind and making the digital conversion.

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Global e-commerce shines, but are retailers facing equally favorable conditions?

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The prevalent issue of failed transactions The top challenge facing merchants as they expand into new international markets is the issue of failed cross-border transactions. But while convenience is probably top of mind for consumers, it is not the sole thing they want.

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The Rapid-Onset Delivery Ecosystem Evolution

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And economic activity has slowed tremendously during this time: According to our most recent figures, 87 percent of consumers report shopping less for groceries, 86 percent of consumers report traveling less for leisure and a whopping 93 percent report eating at restaurants less frequently. Deliveroo in the U.K.

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Finding Value In The Digital Banking Lifestyle

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Consumers have come to expect the ability to bank digitally, but is there a way to make the experience more than just a transaction? For the foreseeable future, it’s still going to be a hot mess for consumers with all the various types of mobile payments schemes, brands, etc.,

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Why Retailers Should Care About Google’s Eddystone Beacon Upgrade

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Without proper access, there’s no way to unscramble the eight-bit identifier code and no way for snoopers to eavesdrop on digital conversations. Best of all, since the EID changes so often, Google says that there’s little to no chance it can be falsely reproduced or the signal tracked over time.

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Should Retailers Require Mobile Shoppers To Log In?

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In many ways, this has become a race to see who can bend over backwards the furthest to meet consumers on the level that they seem most comfortable buying at. While the average conversion rate for both logged-in and guest checkouts are comparable, the latter experience is more uniform for most retailers by its inherent uninvolved nature.