Even with a holiday shopping season that has been calculated as more than a week shorter than past years, estimates point to record holiday revenue. That means more opportunities to grab your share of the sales. Here are some of the holiday shopping revenue predictions, along with what you can do to tap into them as a small business.
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Due.com Partner Posts,
Mobile Payments,
E-Commerce and Online Payments,
Small Business Tips
#GivingTuesday falls on the first Tuesday after Thanksgiving (in the U.S.). This year’s date is December 3rd, 2019. The holiday is entering its eighth year (originated in 2012). With that in mind, what is #GivingTuesday, and how does it apply to you? The Origins of GivingTuesday Thanksgiving marks the official kickoff of the holiday shopping season, with Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, and Cyber Monday sales bringing in huge profits for merchants all over the globe.
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Mobile Payments,
E-Commerce and Online Payments,
Nonprofits
With holiday items already on display in some retail shops, it’s time to delve deeper into what this holiday season may bring in terms of consumer shopping trends to be better prepared and reap the rewards. Healthy Economic Optimism for More Holiday Shopping A recent OpenX consumer poll was conducted to gauge consumer optimism for their holiday shopping plans.
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Due.com Partner Posts,
Mobile Payments,
E-Commerce and Online Payments,
Small Business Tips
Welcome back to the next installment in our ongoing series on National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (recognized every October). In previous articles, we covered: Cybersecurity habits to incorporate in your life right away. Cybersecurity careers worth exploring today and tomorrow. In this post, we’ll discuss one of the biggest threats affecting mobile banking — Trojan malware that cybercriminals use to steal financial data.
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Topics:
Financial Institutions,
Mobile Payments,
PCI Compliance and Fraud Prevention,
Awareness,
Consumer Education
2019 marks the year that many mobile carriers launch their 5G networks. It’s the fifth generation of wireless technology. The changes include new smartphones with 5G capability, which have only recently hit the market. That means most people don’t yet have access to this powerful network. However, it’s important to start covering the 5G revolution as it starts to prepare retailers for the opportunities to come so changes can start now to accommodate the new network.
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Due.com Partner Posts,
Mobile Payments,
E-Commerce and Online Payments,
Payment Technology,
Small Business Tips,
Payment Trends
Digital transformation is happening all around us as our lives become more dependent on internet technology. Yet, whereas much of this transition is driven by consumer desire for ease, speed, and convenience, businesses are sometimes reluctant to make the requisite investments to meet this growing demand for digitization. Doing so is often seen as prohibitively expensive.
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Software and Payment Integration,
Mobile Payments,
E-Commerce and Online Payments,
Payment Technology,
Payment Trends
In June, Facebook announced Libra, a cryptocurrency that allows Facebook users to make purchases or send money to other Facebook users without any fees attached to these transactions. You can use it online, at exchange points that include certain retailers, through a third-party wallet app, or as part of Facebook’s Calibra wallet. It is set to launch for public use during the first half of 2020.
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Due.com Partner Posts,
Mobile Payments,
E-Commerce and Online Payments,
Payment Technology,
Payment Trends,
Consumer Education
At one point, RFID was pegged as the disruptive retail technology that would forever change how this industry operated. And, while RFID had a positive impact and has helped evolve retail to address the need for a frictionless process, the power of the Internet of Things (IoT) – a networked infrastructure that connects multiple devices to share data in faster, more varied ways – has certainly evolved over the last 10 years.
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Payment Technology,
Payment Trends
Although it sounds more like something out of a science fiction novel or movie, facial recognition is gaining ground as a technology for identify verification. If you have an iPhone, you may already be using this biometric method. Rather than entering a password, your smartphone recognizes you from a scan of your face that it took when you first used it. From there, many more apps have integrated the facial recognition technology.
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Due.com Partner Posts,
Mobile Payments,
Payment Technology,
Payment Trends
The last thing any online or in-store retailer wants is for their customers to abandon their shopping carts. That means a lost sale in the present and the potential for lost sales in the future if the customer decides to not return. However, some retailers have been so accustomed to controlling the transaction process that they have lost touch with what their customers want out of a checkout experience.
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Due.com Partner Posts,
Mobile Payments,
E-Commerce and Online Payments,
Payment Technology,
Small Business Tips,
Getting Started with Payments,
Payment Trends
