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Automatic checkouts: Costco wants to step up controls on membership cards
Faced with a slowdown in growth (historically up by 16% in 2022 for US$227 billion in net sales, compared to 1.9% in the 3 months to May 2023 for US$52.6 billion in sales), Costco wants to improve...
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13 July 2023
In the United States, BNPL is increasingly used for essential purchases
According to Adobe, the percentage of online orders paid for with BNPL grew by 14% in 2022 in the U.S.A. In January and February 2023, the increase rose by 10% year-on-year. However, it would...
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29 June 2023
Carrefour Banque: “The turnover generated by PASS cardholders is 2.4 times higher than other customers”
Between now and 2026, the Carrefour Group has set up an objective to accelerate the digital transformation of financial services. Orli Hazan, C.E.O. of Carrefour Banque since February 2021...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
- Analysis
19 June 2023
How Etam wants to generate additional revenue from in-store returns
The underwear retailer Etam (804 stores in 45 countries in late 2022, including 593 fully-owned), whose 90% of sales are generated by stores and 10% online, added a “return management”...
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28 April 2023
Neil Pein, BNP Paribas : “We will launch SoftPOS as a pilot in Q2 2023”
Axepta, which brings together cash solutions for retailers within BNP Paribas, integrated Floa's fractional payment offerings into customer service offerings in 2022. Neil Pein, Head of Payments...
France, Spain and Portugal: split payment is more popular than deferred payment
According to Floa and Kantar, if payment facilities are growing with a rise of e-commerce, European countries show notable differences. In Germany, the use of deferred payment has tripled in 2022...
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14 April 2023
BNPL: Dedicated to high baskets, Younited Pay expands in Spain
Already present in France and Italy, Younited Pay announced on 9 March that it is expanding into Spain. This BNPL solution for retailers only offers financing from 10 times, for baskets ranging...
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17 March 2023
Maisons du Monde: partnering with Alma, the use of credit tripled in 12 months
Six months after launching payment in four installments without charge on its website and in store with Alma, Maisons du Monde presented its results at the end of December 2022 at the 1-to-1...
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16 March 2023
“Click to Pay”: Adyen launches a one-click payment solution
Payment remains a true challenge for online retailers. According to a PYMNTS study, an online purchase requires an average of 23 clicks. How to improve the conversion and the fluidity of...
7 March 2023
Ingenico partners with Splitit to offer BNPL in-store
Eager to offer customers more flexible payment options, Ingenico signed an agreement with Splitit, the white label platform specialized in fractional payment, on 1 February, 2023. This partnership...
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6 February 2023
Alibaba wants to boost its growth in Europe thanks to BNPL
Like Shein with Klarna, AliExpress (the drop-shipping business of the Alibaba group) announced on 16 January the introduction of BNPL for European customers. This service, called “Pay After...
2 February 2023
U.K. Currys credit popularity rises in times of inflation
While the U.K. inflation rate remained high at 10.7% in November 2022 (down by 0.4% compared to October), the household goods retailer Currys (2021 turnover of US$12.2 billion, up by 2%...
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16 December 2022
Rakuten launches a payment solution open to 2,000 sites
With Club R Pay, the Rakuten marketplace offers members of Club R loyalty programme an integrated payment and cross-brand cashback solution.
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13 December 2022
Aude Vicaire (Marketpay): “To succeed, crypto payments must be able to rival the speed of Visa”
Available in Brazil, France, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Lithuania and Denmark, payment provider Marketpay handled €2.3 billion transactions in 2021. Aude Vicaire, Director of Products, Solutions and...
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- Retailer and e-commerce
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2 June 2022
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Carrefour: with 4% of the shares Rodolphe Saadé strengthens governance after the Diniz exit
A page is turning at Carrefour. On November 12, 2025 the Brazilian Diniz family (a shareholder since 2014 through its holding Peninsula) sold the 8% stake. At the same time Rodolphe...
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Carmila accelerates asset sales in Spain and exceeds 2025 targets
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