Douglas Blakey, Author at Electronic Payments International

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Purpose more important than price in driving loyalty amongst younger shoppers: American Express

There are significant differences between what younger and older generations want from retailers, according to research from American Express

Features

Country survey France: cash displacement remains a work in progress

Card usage in France now accounts for 37.4% of total transaction volume in 2022 up from 29.7% in 2018. But cash still accounts for 36.6%

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Country survey Canada: credit cards retain market dominance

Credit cards account for 67.3% of cards in circulation. Canadians favour credit cards for payments due to value-added benefits such as reward points, discounts, cashback, and instalment payment facilities

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B2B payments set to be the next focus for VC’s in Africa

Risana Zitha outlines the areas of spend management where investors will find the most extensive opportunities and growth, including spend management digitisation and AR/AP digitisation

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American Express launches B2B programme for fintechs

New Sync Commercial Partner Program is designed to make it easier and faster for fintechs and software providers to work with American Express

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What do we mean when we talk about inclusive and interoperable global payments?

With new forms of money coming to the fore, notably CBDCs, Shriyanka Hore explains why it is more important than ever that the underlying infrastructure in place to support payments is interoperable