Survey: As online shopping surges, new ways to pay needed

[mandy]

...64 percent of consumers would be more likely to make a purchase online if they didn't have to give a credit card number to a retailer.

Consumers are hungry for what they consider to be a safer way of paying online, Marino said; and merchants, who have approached new payment options with a "healthy skepticism," can build more valuable relationships with their customers by offering alternatives.

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