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New Zealand has been a world leader in terms of digital payments for more than 30 years but today that lead is under threat, if we can say it exists…
Last year, New Zealand saw the launch of 3DS2 – an improved way to authenticate online payments to prevent credit card fraud.
Read moreNew Zealand has been a world leader in terms of digital payments for more than 30 years but today that lead is under threat, if we can say it exists…
Sometimes in life, we get so accustomed to working around little problems that we barely think about them. A creaky door, a chipped mug, an internet outage.
Until 2020, online spending had been steadily increasing as a share of total retail, and until recently fewer than one in ten transactions in New Zealand had been online.
Most people tend not to spend a lot of time thinking about payments. The impact of Covid-19 on the retail sector has changed that.
You don’t need a credit card to go contactless, and you don’t need to tap a terminal.
The age of frictionless payments is upon us.
I know – the title is probably making you scratch your head.
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