merchants

Merchants Face Steep Prep Ahead of New Credit Card Routing Rules
Merchants Face Steep Prep Ahead of New Credit Card Routing Rules
December 22, 2022  |  Credit Cards

Deadlines loom in the United States as credit network exclusivity is set to end next year. Monica Kennedy, senior vice president and head of merchant...

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Real-Time Payments Use to Drive Pay-by-Bank Options at Checkout
Real-Time Payments Use to Drive Pay-by-Bank Options at Checkout
December 21, 2022  |  Faster Payments

Retailers’ efforts to meet consumers’ instant gratification can get a boost from the pay-by-bank online bank transfer. “We live in a world today where everyone...

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BigCommerce and Sage Partner on End-to-End Commerce Solution
BigCommerce and Sage Partner on End-to-End Commerce Solution
December 12, 2022  |  Partnerships

Open Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) eCommerce platform BigCommerce has integrated with Sage 100 ERP software. The new partnership will enable B2C and B2B merchants to integrate their...

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Visa’s ‘Compelling Evidence 3.0’ Battles Friendly Fraud
Visa’s ‘Compelling Evidence 3.0’ Battles Friendly Fraud
December 02, 2022  |  Security & Fraud

Friendly fraud. First-person fraud. Call it what you will — maybe “mistaken fraud.” For many merchants, purchase disputes and chargebacks are an unfortunate cost of...

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Does Crypto Still Have a Role in the Evolving Payments Landscape?
Does Crypto Still Have a Role in the Evolving Payments Landscape?
December 01, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Even with all the questions swirling around the cryptocurrency industry after the staggering implosion of Sam Bankman-Fried’s once-heralded FTX exchange, customers and merchants are still...

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ShipEngine and GoDaddy Partner to Streamline Shipping for Merchants
ShipEngine and GoDaddy Partner to Streamline Shipping for Merchants
November 30, 2022  |  Partnerships

ShipEngine has partnered with GoDaddy to streamline shipping for merchants that have GoDaddy online stores. With ShipEngine’s shipping application programming interface (API), U.S.-based small- to...

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What SMBs Need to Know About Accepting Crypto
What SMBs Need to Know About Accepting Crypto
November 25, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Back in October — in what seems a lifetime ago in the cryptocurrency world — PYMNTS and BitPay’s “Shopping With Cryptocurrency” study found that “tech-driven”...

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Partnerships Take the Guesswork out of Merchants’ Crypto Acceptance
Partnerships Take the Guesswork out of Merchants’ Crypto Acceptance
November 23, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

With FTX dominating digital currency headlines and bitcoin and stablecoin prices gyrating, Daniel Escobar, chief technology officer of crypto tax service provider ZenLedger, said it’s...

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False Declines Drop When Merchants and Issuers Show a Little Trust
False Declines Drop When Merchants and Issuers Show a Little Trust
November 18, 2022  |  Credit Cards

Card declines are known to blast off during peak shopping seasons, the winter gifting holidays topping the list, and the pernicious problem of false declines...

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