What went into the $20B Americans spent on Easter this year, plus all the payments news you missed this week.

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Saturday - March 31, 2018


Subscription Commerce User Retention


The Case For Digital DNA


Retail’s Instore Inventory Omni Advantage




Square: Canadian Merchants And Digital Payments


PayPal Launches Braintree Extend


Blockchain And Hotel Bookings


Clothing As A Service And Retail’s Future


Cybersecurity And Fake News


Payroll Cards Get A Jump Start On Faster Payments


Platforms And Crowdsourced Deliveries


Real-Time Payments And Consumer Bill Pay


Alexa: The Personal Billing Assistant


US B2B Startups Dominate Investment Rounds


Meal Kits' New Lease On Life


eGifting Meets P2P Payments


Blockchain And The Resume Trust Factor


How Hershey’s Reached Consumers With Mobile


How To Bank Sub-Saharan Africa


AI And Apparel Sales


Today In Data: It’s Off To Work We Go


Tariffs, Global Trade And Chinese Exports


Finding Gold And Diamonds In Blockchain


Proof Of Delivery Via Blockchain In Asia


CFPB’s Position On Debt Collection


3DS 2.0 And Omnichannel Retail


Reg And Tech For Procure-To-Pay


FitPay Adds Discover To Payments Platform


Why Crypto And Coffee May Not Blend


Making Concierge Docs Universal


Today In Data: Purchase Power


Outside The Box For Fashion Subscriptions


Alexa Turns Returns Into Saved Sales


FinTech Sandboxes Go Global, Maybe


PSCU’s Vision For Alexa’s Money Moments


Mobilizing The Wireless Identity Network


Worldpay On Mobile App Adoption


Semafone Brings Two-Way Authentication To Alexa



Hyperwallet: Defining Blockchain


Worldpay: Contactless Payments And Retail Store Design


Cloud Elements: Too Many APIs, Not Enough Integration


FinFit: The $300B Employee Financial Stress Tax

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Hippity, Hoppity — Easter Commerce Is On Its Way

Tomorrow, many will celebrate Easter with family and friends. In the lead up to that celebration, Americans will have spent a collective $20 billion on Easter fineryand food for the celebration — and a staggering $2.6 billion on candy alone. That’s a lot of chocolate eggs — and we’re just scratching the surface on Easter Commerce in 2018. We have the details.

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Can Google’s Shopping Actions Take On Amazon?

Between Facebook’s data scandal meltdown and Jack Dorsey buzzing about bitcoin as our global currency in about 10 years, you might have missed the launch of Google’s Shopping Actions. Karen Webster says that making search shoppable via a universal shopping cart and one-click payment method checks a lot of boxes for Google and the retailers it has recruited as launch partners. Whether it checks the consumer box — and helps retailers quell the Amazon Effect on their businesses — will ultimately depend on one thing, Webster says. Any guesses?

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