Lead Times Get Longer, Inventory Piles Up Retailers are finding it difficult to match supply and demand. Shipping delays, port back-logs and other Covid-related supply-chain snafus are the norm. In...
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Buy Now, Pay Later Space Experiences Hiccups The state of the promising buy now, pay later payment concept, initially embraced by consumers and merchants alike, is experiencing a rising number...
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Digital Payments Have More Growth In-Store Consumer cash payments rose slightly from 2020 to 2021. Cash accounted for 19% of payments in 2020 and 20% in 2021, according to the...
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The Big Shift: Consumer Power and Payment Choice A part of DCA’s mission to advance commerce by enabling innovative and measurable consumer experiences, our organization provides members with data and...
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Retailers Trim Sales Forecasts Large retailers including Target, Walmart and Kohls are increasing sales at slower rates than they did at the height of the pandemic. Rising rates of inflation...
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AI Helps FinTech FirmsTrust Buys Long GameSquare Continues with AfterpaySpending Like It's 2019Commerce Code PodcastUpcoming Webinar AI Helps FinTech Firms Reach More Borrowers Fintech lenders including Pentadata Inc., OppFi Inc....
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Square Continues To Integrate Afterpay Millions of in-person sellers in the U.S. and Australia that use point-of-sale software Square can now offer shoppers the option to use Afterpay. To use...
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Truist Buys Gamified FinTech Long Game The seventh-largest bank in the nation, Truist, purchased a mobile app—Long Game—that rewards users for saving money. Launched in 2015, Long Game had 12...
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Americans Are Spending Like It's 2019 After a two-year decline, consumers in America are spending at levels that rival those of 2019, right before the pandemic hit. DCA Insight: Gym...
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AI Helps FinTech Firms Reach More Borrowers Fintech lenders including Pentadata Inc., OppFi Inc. and LoanSnap are helping traditionally underserved borrowers get loans. These companies feed a wider range of...
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