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Digital Trends for 2025
DigitalBuzz predictions about digital marketing trends for 2010 include the following:
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Who is Listening to Your Mobile Calls?
According to a survey from ABI Research , businesses are vulnerable to loss of sensitive and confidential information because mobile phone calls are being intercepted. Close to 80% of companies use mobile phone to discuss private information but only 18% have call security procedures in place. A recent example of vulnerability of mobile phone calls comes from…
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Top 3 Advancements In Global Payment Systems
With over 200 types of electronic payment systems in our global economy, it can be hard to keep up with the latest advancements. The industry of global payment systems represents a collection of technological advances in securing transactions, minimizing chargebacks, and confirming identities. This collection is divided among different economies, with the US and UK being two…
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Zong Releases Payment Index
More changes have occurred in the mobile payments space in the last 10 months than the first 10 years of Zong’s lifespan, so the company decided the time is right to publicly release an index to show what’s going on. The first installment of a new monthly report, the Zong Payment Index (ZPI), tracks the spending…
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Protect Your Customers with Secure Payments
How to Protect Your Customers By Securing Payments Online sales have been growing exponentially. With the rise of online shopping and mobile services, more money is spent digitally than ever before. In fact, a number of experts have predicted the death of cash by 2030. Perhaps it’s time to assess the risks of a cashless society as we…
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Bright Future for Alternative Payments
Alternative Payments Continue to Grow According to Javelin Research alternative payment methods accounted for $33 billion in internet purchases in 2009. This was a increase of 50% from 2008. Alternative payments now account for about 16% of online payments. Javelin predicts that alternative payments will account for $40 billion in online sales in 2010. By 2014, alternative payments…
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Smart Phones Driving for Mobile Payments
The widespread use of downloadable smart phone applications is igniting demand for mobile payments by both consumers and merchants. A smartphone is a mobile phone that offers advanced capabilities, such as e-mail, Internet and, more and more often, mobile payments. In an April 2025 a Javelin research survey revealed that 9% of participants said used such smart…
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6 Tips for High Risk Account Approval
What is a High Risk Processing? High risk processing is a term used by acquiring banks to describe accounts that present a greater likelihood of contingent liabilities for the bank. High risk processing accounts have a statistically greater likelihood of chargebacks, fraud, and financial loss for banks than do standard risk accounts. Due to the…
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US Payments Soar with Smart Phones
Smart phones are taking over and payments on mobile phones are becoming accepted ways of sending and receiving money for millions of people. According to research company Javelin Strategy and Research, mobile phone companies will be controlling the customers and be the channel of payment flow, not the banks. In the US, four mobile phone carriers control…
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Smart Phone Easy Targets for Fraud
Dutch security firm XS4All reports that a worm can infect iPhones and permit hackers to steal information from them. The worm, attacks iPhones that users have altered with software with which the phone can run programs not approved or supported by Apple. The worm discovered by XS4All was directed at customers using their iPhones to conduct banking…
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