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PayFacs Are The New ISOs

PayFacs Are The New ISOs
PayFacs Are The New ISOs
July 13, 2017  |  Digital Payments

­­­­­­­­­Once upon a time, merchants had direct contractual agreements with the acquirers who signed them up to accept payments. The process was time-consuming, expensive and...

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Idea Bank Is Driving ATM Innovation — Literally, In A BMW
Idea Bank Is Driving ATM Innovation — Literally, In A BMW
July 13, 2017  |  Cash

Cash is one of the more underrated players in the payments and commerce ecosystem. It’s often declared dead, innovators of all stripes are constantly declaring...

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Vantiv On Why Electronic Payments Are SMBs’ Next Natural Evolution
Vantiv On Why Electronic Payments Are SMBs’ Next Natural Evolution
July 07, 2017  |  eCommerce

While there are many reasons why small merchants should be able to take digital and online payments — including better conversion rates, wider exposure to a...

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What Should Be Inside Your Mobile Wallet (Strategy)
What Should Be Inside Your Mobile Wallet (Strategy)
June 29, 2017  |  Mobile Commerce

Whereas mostly a concept only really understood by early adopter and tech enthusiasts a few years ago, these days mobile wallets have gone mainstream enough...

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Mastercard’s Bid To Reinvent mPOS
Mastercard’s Bid To Reinvent mPOS
June 28, 2017  |  Mastercard

Say mPOS and an image of a phone and a dongle probably flash across your mind. But what if all a merchant needed to accept payments...

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Bridging Blockchain’s Comprehension Gap
Bridging Blockchain’s Comprehension Gap
June 27, 2017  |  Today In Data

Bitcoin — and the technology that enables it — has certainly had a rather fast trip from obscurity to mainstream awareness. In January 2009, the so-called “Genesis...

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Verifone’s Terminal (Times Two) Reinvention
Verifone’s Terminal (Times Two) Reinvention
June 26, 2017  |  Payments Innovation

Last week Verifone and airport kiosk and IT specialists SITA announced a deal that will see Verifone payment-enable airport self-service kiosks at every airport terminal in the world. Karen Webster talked to Joe...

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iZettle Makes Invoicing mPOSsible
iZettle Makes Invoicing mPOSsible
June 26, 2017  |  Payment Methods

iZettle is announcing today that it has added two more arrows into its SMB quiver: local mobile payment solutions and invoicing. We talked to iZettle Co-Founder and CEO Jacob...

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