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In this issue of the PaymentEye e-newsletter, Paul Marcantonio, Head of UK & Western Europe, ECOMMPAY, provides insight on crafting your customer journey, Andrian Galkin, co-founder, Storiqa, discusses the future of blockchain in eCommerce at IRX18, and Michael McCaw explores popular Bitcoin exchanges and examines trading cryptocurrencies.

And in other news, Google appears to be set on launching another payments function, this time through its Google Assistant app, and PayPal has made a big splash in the M&A market.

Retailers have a variety of factors to consider when implementing a payments strategy. Customer experience, however, must remain the priority for merchants hoping to improve conversion and increase consumer loyalty.

Michael Hocking spoke to Andrian Galkin, co-founder of blockchain-based eCommerce marketplace Storiqa, at IRX 2018 to discuss buying and selling with crypto, blockchain and the future of eCommerce.

What do security and compliance mean in B2B payments today? Fundamentally, they represent what they always have – protecting customer data, meeting regulatory and industry requirements and being prepared for the unexpected. By James Edgar, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, FLEETCOR.

Cryptocurrencies have gained in popularity in recent years as speculative investors have entered the markets looking to take advantage of the recent surges in value. Access to virtual currencies – and especially bitcoin – has become a lot easier. By Michael McCaw.