Author: Hello Clever
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The surcharge ban is coming. Here’s why clever merchants are moving to real-time payments now.
From 1 October 2026, card surcharges are banned in Australia. If you’re currently surcharging, you lose the ability to recover card processing fees at the point of sale. If you’re not, you’ve been absorbing those fees the whole time. Either way, October forces a question most merchants haven’t had to answer directly yet: what would…
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Clever AI now speaks your language.
There is a quiet assumption built into most analytics tools – that English is everyone’s working language. If it is not yours, you work around it. Translate the question, run the query, translate the answer back. Or just go with your gut. That workaround has a cost:. slower decisions, a layer of friction between you…
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Shoppers are asking AI what to buy. Clever Shop makes your products the answer.
A growing number of shoppers have stopped opening Google and shopping apps, and started opening ChatGPT instead. According to PYMNTS’ ‘From Assistive to Agentic AI: Consumers Wade Into Autonomous Commerce’ Report (2026), 70% of consumers are saying yes to AI agents for shopping. They type ‘Give me recommendations for the best running shoes for my…
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March Update: A clearer overview, smarter AI, and 21 languages.
Each month, our product team ships updates to help merchants work smarter and grow faster. March focused on three things: visibility, relevance, and language capabilities. Here’s what landed this month. 1. See your business more clearly Most dashboards report the past. The new overview tells you what to do next. Two sections sit at the…
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What Is My Shopify Store Actually Making? Now You Can Know in Real Time.
Shopify lives in one tab. Your payments live in another. The real story of your business lives somewhere in between, usually in a spreadsheet, usually too late. That is the problem the Shopify Data Connector solves. What the Hello Clever Shopify Data Connector does The Shopify Data Connector joins your Shopify order data (orders, customers,…
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Ditching the ‘hidden fees’ of female leadership
At Hello Clever, we work on celebrating the talented women in our team all year round, but naturally, International Women’s Day calls for something just a little extra. In past years, we’ve taken massive strides with core policy introductions like paid menstrual leave, and ensuring team members on parental leave don’t miss out on superannuation.…
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Hello Clever and GMO Aozora Net Bank Announce Transactional API Integration to Enable Payment Capability in Japan for Global Businesses
Hello Clever has announced an integration with GMO Aozora Net Bank’s transaction API to support local payment capability in Japan for global businesses operating in one of the world’s most complex payment markets. Japan is a critical hub for global commerce, but one where payments infrastructure demands local trust, regulatory alignment, and long-term commitment. As…
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Clever Product Updates: Clarity, Built Into Payments
Growth creates complexity. Here’s how to stay ahead of it. As transaction volume increases, decisions get harder to time. You need earlier signals, not reports pulled after the numbers settle. This edition focuses on improving how merchants see, plan, and act inside the Hello Clever platform. ✅ Clever AI Data Analyst: revenue forecasting built directly…
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Top 5 Payment Trends for 2026 (and what they mean for merchants who want to win).
2026 isn’t just “another year of payments innovation.” It’s the year payments fully graduate from plumbing to powerhouse, no longer background infrastructure, but a core driver of conversion, retention, and smarter growth. Digital payments already rewired commerce. Over the past decade, they’ve moved from a minority of global ecommerce value to the dominant form of…
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This Year Wasn’t Just Growth. We Made the Leap.
2025 was the year we made the leap — a defining chapter in Hello Clever’s story. It was the year we turned ambition into intelligence and momentum into movement. A year that stretched us beyond what we knew — into new ideas, new markets, and new possibilities for how payments can power growth. When we…