The global mobile POS market is still on fire, with analysts predicting double-digit growth through 2018. But what’s driving that growth also happens to be what will define who’ll win in the end. Ingenico’s Jean Marc Thienpont, EVP Mobile Payments Solutions and COO of ROAM,...
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...
With all of the market changes occurring today, acquirers and the independent sales agents working with them, have had to learn more sophisticated ways to manage their merchant relationships. Education has become a chief conversation-starter, driven by market moves to EMV, data encryption and other...
Ingenico announced yesterday that it has taken on a rebranding and launch of a new visual identity, according to a company release. Transitioning from a payments terminal provider to a seamless payment services provider, Ingenico will now be called “Ingenico Group” and will use the...
Improving conversion rates and minimizing shopping cart abandonment starts with knowing where customers are coming from and whether they’re able to actually do business with you. PYMNTS spoke with Trevor Black, Solutions Architect at BlueSnap, who shared the top 10 ways that retailers can maximize...
On June 4, Vantiv will host a Web seminar to discuss key findings in a new white paper “Omni-Integration Imperatives: Reaching the Omniconsumer.” During the event, representatives from both companies will provide detailed insights into what financial institutions and merchants can do to adjust to...
Sometimes an acquisition makes the most sense, while other times a simple partnership will help fill a product or service gap. Whatever the strategy, anticipated growth in point-of-sale demands has the acquiring industry in collaboration mode as key players look to fill emerging market needs.
Prepaid programs are fast becoming high-growth products in international markets. But launching one effectively is no easy task. In a recent podcast interview with PYMNTS.com’s Jeff Green, Amit Sethi, TSYS exec and co-chair of the Prepaid International Forum India, discussed some strategic musts.
For merchants looking to sell outside of their own country, integrating with country-specific currencies, languages, payments methods, tax and customs requirements and logistics can make the process beyond tedious. But what if there was a “commerce as a service” platform that made enabling cross border...
