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whitePaper | April 30, 2022

According to PayPal’s Borderless Commerce Report, worldwide e-commerce is expected togrow 14.3% in 2021, with a 28% increase in new online shoppers. 1 Based on Visa’s latest Global Merchant E-commerce Study, 66% of e-commerce companies are selling products across borders, with cross-border sales accountingfor around one-third (31%) of their revenue on average. 2 Even though 87% of merchants believe their biggest growth potential lies with international online sales expansion, owners of small businesses expressed their reluctance to take actions to expand into new markets 3 Lacking interoperable payment solutions suitable for international trade is preventing merchants, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), from tapping into international markets:

whitePaper | August 11, 2022

Ecommerce is now the preferred method of shopping for 68% of consumers, up from 52% in 2020, according to a WD Partners survey. And ecommerce sales will represent 20% of total retail sales by 2024

whitePaper | November 18, 2019

Consumers around the world are shopping online more every year. In 2019, they will buy more than $3 trillion from retail websites, and ecommerce will account for one-sixth of global retail sales, Internet Retailer estimates. And, while many international consumers cross borders to shop online on foreign websites, half of the leading U.S. online retailers don’t currently ship outside North America.

whitePaper | December 17, 2019

We are pleased to present the spring 2019 Bank of America Small Business Owner Report, a semiannual study that explores the perspectives, aspirations and concerns of small business owners around the country. This spring, entrepreneurs are reporting diminished confidence in the economy and growing concern for a variety of key economic issues, including health care costs, interest rates and the stock market.

whitePaper | December 4, 2019

StatCan’s Retail numbers for November indicate a +0.1% growth in core-retail sales. This past November, there was a disruption in the postal system. StatCan’s numbers confirm that the effect of the postal dispute was more nuanced then portrayed in the media at large, with both retailers saying online sales were or were not impacted. These data confirm the belief of RCC’s Retail Conditions Report in December, that there was almost no impact on total company sales.

whitePaper | January 21, 2023

E-commerce mostly consists of electronic transactions related to the purchase and delivery of goods and services. What can be considered an e-commerce practice: