Square, the digital payments company, announced on Wednesday (Aug. 15) that it delivered on its pledge to make EMV transactions faster in the U.S. In a...
Alternative payments methods, such as contactless and QR codes, have been growing globally in popularity for the last half-decade or so. However, the year 2018...
When it comes to personally identifiable information (PII), the words of Gandalf are a good rule for individuals to live by: “Keep it secret. Keep...
The restaurant industry today is a study in contradictions. Census data tells us that roughly 44 percent of what consumers spend on food comes from...
If one thing is certain about the future, it’s that nothing can be certain – so it’s best to be prepared for everything. But when...
Visa announced that the growing number of chip cards and chip-enabled merchants has helped bring counterfeit fraud in the U.S. down by 76 percent. “Visa...
The transition to EMV in the U.S. is still underway, three years on. National Business Systems VP David Riley notes that some SMBs lack awareness...
Disintermediating the established intermediaries has become something of an art form in payments and retail these days. Physical retail is being disintermediated by a host...
Ubiquity of acceptance is payments’ holy grail. It’s an experience that people living in the developed world have learned to expect each time they produce...