Regulation Series

B2B Payments
How To Triple Global Commerce In Ten Years
November 12, 2014

Want to know how to triple the flow of commerce cross-border over the next ten years? Just remove the friction from how small businesses conduct commerce globally. That, cross-border payments company Currency Cloud says, is payments and commerce’s biggest opportunity and toughest challenge. A new...

Controversial
CFPB Proposal Would Detail Consumers’ Complaints
July 28, 2014

Since Congress created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau three years ago to address consumer issues related to the financial crisis, it has logged some 400,000 complaints. In a new proposal, the bureau now wants to enable consumers and financial companies to describe details and reactions....

Company Spotlight
Judge Gives Green Light To Opt-Out Cases
July 21, 2014

A federal judge last week denied requests from Visa and MasterCard to have lawsuits filed by merchants that opted out of an earlier Interchange-fee settlement agreement dismissed. And, we’re just getting started. So, what else did Judge Gleeson decide?

Exclusive Series
Mobile EMV and NFC: Going Beyond the Checkout Experience
June 24, 2014

EMV. It’s the three-letter word that could completely redefine the checkout experience, especially as it relates to mobile payments. While it may be clear to most how EMV will better secure card-present transactions, how will it come into play with contactless mobile transactions?

Cool
Online Growth’s Impact On Retail Antitrust Evaluations
June 09, 2014

In a recent blog post, several FTC staffers noted that the changing competitive landscape online commerce is creating is affecting the agency’s examinations for potentially anticompetitive deals. Sometimes, though, the competitive influence of two merging companies still can be determined by looking at only one...

Alternative Finances
Merchant Dashboard In CardinalCommerce’s 2014 Plans
January 10, 2014

Cardinal Commerce has much in store for customers in 2014. Chief among its plans is a dashboard tool that will enable merchants to adjust their fraud screening and authentication practices to their own risk tolerance and experience. But, will merchants find the company’s solutions a...