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With a new office comes new possibilities. Checkout.com’s HQ gets an upgrade with a brand new space in central London.

Ask today’s shoppers what they want most from their shopping experience and ‘convenience’ will likely come out on top. Here at Checkout.com, ensuring smooth and convenient buyer journeys is our number one priority. Doing this requires knowing as much as possible about consumers and their shopping habits.   To better understand UK consumer spending habits, we recently surveyed 1,500 British shoppers. Here are some key insights from our research.

Checkout.com merchants in Europe and the US can now integrate Google Pay into their website and Android application. This means that customers can securely make one-touch payments using any credit or debit card connected to their Google account. Designed to be fast and simple, Google Pay provides a frictionless online experience at checkout – all backed with best-in-class security.

We’re pleased to announce the launch of our newdocumentation site. The site is exclusively dedicated to providing businesses with as much product information as possible, all in one location.

As a business, there are fewer frustrating instances than missing out on key information and insights that can help you run daily operations efficiently. With this in mind, we’re excited to release Broadcast, a webhook notification system designed to ensure that you get the information and insights you need to help your business accept payments smoothly.

(In a rush? TL;DR scroll down below for an infographic on essential GDPR facts). Unless you've been taking part in a media blackout recently or simply haven't noticed the deluge of emails in your inbox from companies changing their terms of service and privacy policies, then you'll know that the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will take effect on 25 May 2018.

We are excited to welcome Remo Giovanni Abbondandolo as VP of Business Development for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

Shoptalk 2018 is one of the most exciting events on the retail calendar: bringing together over 8,000 people from retail brands, the media, tech companies, and analyst firms in the spirit of learning, networking, and collaboration.

The Future Fifty programme from Tech City UK has chosen a new cohort of 26 late-stage companies for the year, and we are looking forward to working with them all.

This week, the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) will overhaul the European payments landscape. The new legislation will essentially force banks to open up their data, allowing third party providers such as fintech companies to access both account and transactional information. This gives third party providers the power to authorize payments as payment initiation services where they haven’t been able to before.

Apple Pay’s one touch payments are now available in the United Arab Emirates. Already offered in Europe for Checkout.com’s customers, Apple Pay in the UAE is a game changer for mobile-centric shoppers in the region; an area that is in the top five globally for purchases made via mobile devices. 10+ leading companies in the UAE are launching Apple Pay with Checkout.com, enabling frictionless payments, and eliminating the need to manually type credit card or shipping information. For example, popular incentives brand, the ENTERTAINER, is bringing Apple Pay to UAE customers to create a seamless buying experience.

With global online retail spend forecasted to hit an eye-watering $27 trillion in 2020, it’s not surprising that European merchants are expecting to see double digit growth over the next few years. While the growth in online transactions is signalling major improvements in worldwide economic conditions, it’s also highlighting the potential payment risks that merchants face and which mitigation solutions exist to protect all parties involved. One of the most prominent of these being 3D Secure.

Do you remember the last time that you went shopping, then just before you were about to pay you suddenly decided to dump your basket full of products and walk out of the door? No? That’s probably because it doesn’t happen very often.

Today, millennials are the largest generational group. In the UK, they count for a quarter of the population. In America, the number reaches approximately 75 million. Now more than ever, creating the most effective marketing strategy to reach them is crucial for the success of any business. However, unlike any other generational group that has come before, millennials seem to defy conventional consumerist behavior, leading to the downfall of numerous long-established brands that have failed to properly market towards them. 

These days, the abundance of e-commerce websites means that merchants need to carefully track the checkout page conversion rates of customers who shop online and optimize that rate so they can increase their profitability. Conversion rate refers to the percentage of customers that take a desired action – in this case, it refers to the percentage of customers who complete the shopping cart process and make a purchase. However, according to research done by Baymard, shopping cart abandonment is common – almost 70%of people abandon their online shopping carts before completing a purchase. Here are 5 checkout page best practices to boost conversion rate. 

Today, we’re excited to announce the signing of a license agreement with JCB International Co., Ltd., the only international payment brand originating in Japan, to start acquiring services in 36 European countries and the UAE.

What separates the best payment service providers from the rest? Antoine Nougué, our Head of Commercial, explains.

When consumers open their credit card statement at the end of a billing month, many of them scan the descriptions of the charges to ensure everything they are paying for is something they truly bought.