As merchants consider their options leading up to next year’s EMV liability-shift deadline, they are faced with the choice of upgrading their POS equipment, or wait and risk the fraud consequences while using the money to promote mobile-based initiatives. Their risk, however, also lies in...
We’ve said it before; we’ll say it again. Trekking down the omnichannel path is vital for merchants who want to keep up and stay in lockstep with the consumers’ expectations. But more retailers are beginning to wonder whether omnichannel and EMV are at crossed purposes....
A new service from Royal Solutions Group backed by Chase Paymentech can help healthcare providers secure payments at the time of service, thus reducing or eliminating invoicing costs while improving cash flow. The service also follows a trend where health care providers increasingly are working...
The interest in and demand for immediate funds transfer is sweeping the globe has spread to Finland. The country already has an urgent payment system where payments are handled twice daily but now they are following their Swedish neighbors to develop a real-time system.
Bitcoin may become the hiding place for marital assets when relationships begin to head south, and Rapper 50 Cent is the latest “merchant” to accept bitcoin. The price of Bitcoin also even inched up a bit to $644.13 according to the PYMNTS.com Bitcoin Price index....
Businesses of all sizes want to save money and ensure that their day-to-day processes are streamlined. As the world becomes increasingly digital, the push for automated expense management systems becomes even stronger. So, what is the real benefit of automating expense management?
Ever heard of a small merchant wanting to flip cash paying customers to cards? Well, that’s what happens, Womply says, when small merchants implement the Womply Merchant Insights Platform. So what’s up with that? MPD CEO Karen Webster got the chance to talk with Cory...
We admit it – we thought that just bringing you the monthly updates on mPOS was getting a little long of tooth. So, we decided to get a little “jiggy” with the mPOS Tracker. Starting this month, we’ll be going well beyond tracking only the...
Don’t “over-rule” your fraud system. Don’t let the 95 percent suffer at the hands of the 5 percent who shouldn’t have to. Oh, and think you can substitute good employees for good documentation? Think again. These are but 3 of the 10 fraud solution “no-no’s”...
