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Delegated authentication: fix the friction before it kills the cart

Delegated authentication: fix the friction before it kills the cart

by Ramon Helwegen | Dec 27, 2021 | Online checkout

Delegated authentication as the answer to SCA-driven checkout drop-offStrong customer authentication was introduced to reduce fraud, but for many merchants it has simply moved the problem. Instead of losing customers to fraudulent chargebacks, they are losing them at...
Why abandoned carts need a UX fix, not more retargeting emails

Why abandoned carts need a UX fix, not more retargeting emails

by Ramon Helwegen | Nov 26, 2021 | Conversion

Solving cart abandonment at the browser level, not the inboxCart abandonment rates consistently hover around 70 percent across ecommerce. The standard merchant response has been to throw retargeting emails and display ads at the problem and hope some shoppers come...
Why local payment methods make or break cross-border checkout

Why local payment methods make or break cross-border checkout

by Ramon Helwegen | Nov 25, 2021 | Online checkout

Why local payment methods make or break cross-border checkoutFor Dutch and Belgian merchants eyeing growth beyond their home markets, the checkout page is where cross-border ambition either converts or collapses. Offering only card payments to a Brazilian, South...
Why local payment methods make or break cross-border conversion

Why local payment methods make or break cross-border conversion

by Ramon Helwegen | Nov 24, 2021 | Conversion

Why local payment methods make or break cross-border conversionCross-border ecommerce is not simply a logistics challenge. It is fundamentally a checkout challenge. Merchants who crack international markets do so not by offering the cheapest shipping or the widest...
Why one-click UX is the real engine behind BNPL adoption in Europe

Why one-click UX is the real engine behind BNPL adoption in Europe

by Ramon Helwegen | Nov 23, 2021 | Payment provider

One-click checkout as the entry point for BNPL growth in EuropeThe Zip acquisition of Twisto is corporate news, but buried inside it is a more useful signal for online merchants: the single biggest driver of BNPL adoption in Central and Eastern Europe has been a...
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