This month’s Vantiv Omnicommerce Tracker highlighted a number of trends but perhaps none more interesting than what innovators are doing to make omnichannel a one-to-one experience. Marcus Robins, SVP of Strategy for Vantiv recently caught up with MPD CEO Karen Webster to offer his insight...
TSYS announced yesterday (April 21) that it has enabled full service payment processing under American Express OptBlue, the small merchant acquiring program from American Express, according to a TSYS release. The new program allows eligible direct merchants and small merchants from TSYS' third-party clients to...
Nearly two years ago, mobile transactions made up about 4 percent of Brazilian eCommerce. But by January of this year, they were approaching 10 percent, says Daniel Cohen, SVP of Emerging Payments for MasterCard Latin American and Caribbean, a compounded growth he called “impressive.” MPD...
Verifone has hired a new security detail. The payment technology company has selected Thales nShield hardware security modules (HSMs) for use in its end-to-end encryption solution, VeriShield Total Protect, it was announced yesterday (April 20). Whether payment is made using a physical credit card or...
“The more I read about the challenges associated with fighting fraud online, the more it seems like it’s a juggling act between keeping the customer experience frictionless, having the right toolset to detect fraud and the ability to use those tools to take action in...
MasterCard announced that it has partnered with restaurateur and chef Marcus Samuelsson to bring its Qkr! app to Samuelsson’s new “casual kitchenette” restaurant, Streetbird Rotisserie, the first restaurant location in the U.S. to enable the app.
The largest Mexican-controlled bank has turned to CA Technologies to strengthen its fraud prevention operations. Banco Mercantil del Norte, S.A. (“Banorte”), a division of Grupo Financiero Banorte, S.A.B. de C.V. (“GFNORTE”), announced today that it is implementing CA Risk Analytics to heighten its precision in...
Facebook Messenger for Business has the potential to connect retailers and their customers in a way that could make it one of its most powerful use cases. How? By giving merchants a one-to-one channel in which to “talk” to their customers. This month’s Vantiv Omnicommerce...
MasterCard announced this week that it has launched its in reach™ benefits platform to help millennials reach their career and financial goals. The platform, says MasterCard, sets out to address the expectation that in just two years, millennials' spending power will surpass that of Baby...
