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Paytm Labs Sets Up Shop in Montréal

The mobile payment, commerce solutions giant from India plans to create 60 specialized jobs in Montréal over the next three years MONTRÉAL–Paytm is pleased to announce the opening of a research and development centre in Montréal. Paytm, whose international headquarters are in India, is a leader in innovative mobile payment, …

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Air Black Box Powers Flair Airlines’ Ancillary Revenue Strategy

Travel connection platform is helping Canada’s first Ultra-Low Cost Carrier quickly ramp up its booking and digital retailing capabilities Air Black Box, a global travel technology company founded to help airlines address the complexities of cross-selling travel product inventory, is partnering with Flair Airlines, Canada’s first independent ultra-low cost carrier, …

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Why open banking

By Gary Schwartz Open banking is the creation of well-defined protocols and standards for sharing and exchanging real-time data in a secure and in a trusted manner between financial institutions, third parties and customers. The market is demanding modernization. Payments Canada is looking to the key requirements to compete globally. …

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Half of U.S. Shoppers Abandon the Retailer After Experiencing Credit Card Fraud–Survey

48 Percent of Households with an Annual Income of $1 Million or More Admit to Reporting Legitimate Purchases as Fraudulent Riskified, the leading solution for eCommerce fraud prevention and revenue capture, today released its first annual Shopping and Fraud Behavior Report of US consumers, which details the findings from a …

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Dollarama rolls out online store after Quebec trial

A selection of Dollarama’s most popular consumable and general merchandise products now available by the full case for deliveries across Canada MONTRÉAL—Dollarama Inc. launched its online store, offering a selection of some of its most popular consumable and general merchandise products by the full case, now available across Canada. This …

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More than Half of Consumers Use Mobile Apps When Shopping In-store

Yes Marketing finds more than half of consumers are using smartphones and mobile devices to enhance their in-store shopping experience Whether it’s to find and redeem coupons or to locate sale items, more than half of consumers (57 percent) have used a retailer’s mobile app while in-store, indicating that the …

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SQUARE LAUNCHES PAYMENTS SDK, ENABLING DEVELOPERS TO PROCESS PAYMENTS WITH SQUARE IN THEIR MOBILE APPS

In-App Payments SDK rounds out Square’s omnichannel payments platform Square announced the launch of the Square In-App Payments Software Development Kit (SDK), enabling developers and sellers to process payments with Square within their consumer-facing mobile apps for the first time. With just a few lines of code, developers can easily …

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The End of Free Returns? Top 10 eCommerce Trends That Will Impact Retailers, Consumers in 2019

Absolunet analyzed over 200 eCommerce initiatives to predict the 10 trends that will have the greatest impact in 2019. MONTREAL–Absolunet reveals the top 10 eCommerce Trends that will impact North American retailers in 2019. The effects will be felt across the entire supply chain by brands, manufacturers, distributors, retailers and …

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Consumers’ digital habits, expectations driving real change in retail, but retailers in Canada slow to adapt

Canadian retailers stepping up to disruption, but feeling the pressure TORONTO–Widespread disruption from technology, shifting consumer behaviours and preferences across demographic groups, and changing economic impact continue to radically transform retail in Canada, says KPMG’s Willy Kruh, Consumer and Retail National Leader, High Growth Markets, KPMG in Canada and Global …

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Blackcircles Launches in Canada

Online seller promises to provide best online tire purchasing experience MONTREAL–Blackcircles, the leading online retailer of tires in Europe has officially launched its tire-shopping and online services in Canada. Since November 1st, Canadian consumers from British Columbia to Newfoundland now have access to this new tire purchasing experience. Blackcircle’s website …

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