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Master Microtransactions: How Gaming Merchants Get to the Next Level

Basis Theory

As microtransactions increase in volume, gaming merchants are being required to take on more compliance. Get started with this blog!

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DoJ cracks down on fraudsters using microtransactions

Finextra

The US Department of Justice is cracking down on fraud networks that steal money from consumer bank accounts and then use 'microtransactions' to hide their activity.

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Blockchain Technology and Its Implications for SEO

Fintech Review

Small-scale transactions and payments Blockchain technology enables low transaction costs for microtransactions and micropayments. Incentives for high-quality content: By directly rewarding content providers for their efforts through microtransactions, search engines are encouraged to favor high-quality content.

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Activision Patents Algorithm To Make Gamers Spend

PYMNTS

Typically, this involves microtransactions: in-game items or advantages that a player can purchase after buying the $60 title itself. In July, major games publisher Ubisoft announced that PRI — Player Recurring Investment, which includes microtransactions — accounted for 41.1 percent of total sales in Q1 2017, compared to 34.4

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Teranode Realises the Potential of Blockchain Technology

The Fintech Times

Teranode has three main components: Distributed network of core nodes Specialisation and isolation of components and their roles Microtransactions, combining information and value With Teranode at its core, BSV will be the backbone infrastructure for a global system of multiple specialised overlay networks.

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How Fortnite Turned ‘Free’ Into $3B In Profits

PYMNTS

Freemium games that make their money via in-game microtransactions are not a new idea –in fact, they’ve become a standard in the era of mobile gaming. The common complaint is that these games are far from free, and actually are designed to coax consumers out of large sums of money over the course of dozens of microtransactions.

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What’s behind the move to closed loop payments and branded digital wallets

Tearsheet

From marketplaces and microtransactions to convenience stores and quick-serve businesses, commerce has evolved, outpacing payments innovation over the past decade. From microtransactions to small transaction volume payments, purchases like a $4 latte can incur additional costs exceeding 12.5% — a massive burden on businesses.