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July 14, 2020

Building Better Card App Playbook

The Four Features That Spend-Conscious Consumers Want From Mobile Card Apps

Cash-strapped consumers seek more control on their spending during the economic downturn, something that can be especially challenging now that commerce has shifted online. In the Building Better Card App Playbook: The Card User Preferences Edition, PYMNTS surveyed more than 3,000 cardholders to reveal the four must-have features that users of debit cards and balance-revolving credit cards want from their cards’ apps.

 

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Global Trade Finance

Citi: FIs' Role In Creating Resilient Global Trade Finance Initiatives

Though they couldn’t have predicted the global pandemic at the time, Citi and the International Finance Corp. created a Global Trade Liquidity Program in 2009. Now, the two partners are reviving the initiative to connect emerging-market businesses with much-needed trade finance. Speaking with Karen Webster, Ebru Pakcan, Citi's global head of treasury and trade solutions, spells out three pillars that are enabling a decade-old initiative to make a profound impact in 2020.

 

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Retail Reinvention

Livestreamed Commerce Goes Glam(hive)

What happens when retailers mash up commerce with livestreamed tech? Livestreamed Commerce. Glamhive CEO Stephanie Sprangers tells PYMNTS how adding a little bit of Hollywood into the mix can also drive a lot of sales.

 

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Reopenings

Casinos' — And Disney Parks' — Digital 3.0 Shift

America’s theme parks and casinos are slowly coming back online in a post-pandemic world by using concepts that bridge the past and future. Their challenge is to preserve the live energy only found in crowds while keeping the public safe from COVID-19. Here’s how they’re getting it done.

 

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Coin Shortage

How Retailers Are Cashing In On A US Coin Shortage

As America experiences a shortage of coins due to the pandemic, some brick-and-mortar retailers are forcing consumers to tell cashiers to 'keep the change' and apply it to a charity of their choice or their retailer-branded loyalty account. Here’s how retailers  are cashing in on the coin shortage.

 

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Breaking News

Visa Launches Visa Installments Pilots in the US

Customers and merchants like the option of having POS installment plans, but Cetin Duransoy, Visa’s global head of installment solutions, tells Karen Webster the challenge is to make that option available wherever consumers shop – and without having to continually reapply for credit. Visa’s announcement today of the launch of Visa Installments, he says, is a big step in that direction – globally. Here’s the how and why.

 

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