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Buy now, pray later? How deferred payments could harm the customer experience
Alternative payment methods like buy-now-pay later offer a compelling proposition for retailers. But are commercial gains today masking...
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Lastminute’s co-founder: ‘A lot of money is going to be made solving the climate crisis’
With venture capital investment in climate technology hitting new highs, Lastminute.com and Made.com co-founder Brent Hoberman believes investors,...
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What the supply chain industry can learn from the Greensill Capital collapse
Greensill Capital, the ill-fated provider of supply chain finance, claimed to be offering vital support for hard-pressed small...
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Four ways to make ecommerce pay better
Etailers seeking an edge in a crowded market would do well to question whether their payment systems are...
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How the payments industry can tackle financial inclusion
Financial exclusion is likely to worsen as the pandemic takes its toll on jobs and incomes, but the...
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Why payment terms shouldn’t be used as green incentives
Offering suppliers preferential payment terms as an incentive for them to adopt greener practices can backfire on a...
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Scammers cashing in on crypto mania
The sheer number of novice investors being tempted by the potentially high rewards of the crypto market is...
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What is the European Payments Initiative and will it really work?
The European Payments Initiative aims to succeed where similar efforts have failed. Can it create a viable pan-continental...
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The truth behind buy-now-pay-later schemes
Buy-now-pay-later providers have thrived by offering consumers accessible, simple and (in theory) free credit. But their practices may...
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How to ensure cybersecurity in the payments process
A sophisticated ransomware assault on IT company Kaseya sent shockwaves through the global payments sector last month. The...
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Bitcoin Beach: has El Salvador started a fiat crypto wave?
The Central American state’s adoption of bitcoin as legal tender could catalyse the use of cryptocurrencies as a...
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Perfecting payments in the new ecommerce landscape
The Covid crisis has accelerated innovation in payments, fuelling the development of low-touch transaction systems with an emphasis...