Helping Issuers Manage Consumer Expectations About Data Security
August 20, 2014

“Breaches are pretty much a daily occurrence now,” says Jonathan Hancock, Director of Fraud Management Solutions for TSYS, “and consumers who haven’t been hit personally are numb to the news.” But here’s the great irony: When something does happen, consumers blame the retailer, but expect...

Digital Payroll’s $55 Billion Windfall
August 20, 2014

How about some math this morning? The average cost to process a paper check is $1.85, and the average cost to produce it is $1.50. That means that managing paper-based payroll systems costs check-dependent businesses around $55 billion a year. Mark Putman, SVP of Prepaid...

News
The Argument Against Leapfrogging EMV and Going Straight to Mobile
August 20, 2014

EMV is getting real in the US as consumers are now getting chip cards in the mail. But if it’s going to take many years before all merchants are able to accept chip cards and all consumers carry them, why not skip straight EMV and...

Company Spotlight
ROAM Partners with Leapfactor to Integrate Payment Acceptance into Vertical Business Apps
August 19, 2014

ROAM, part of Ingenico Mobile Solutions and the leading mobile commerce platform provider, announced today that its mCommerce platform was chosen by Leapfactor, a leading software company and provider of breakthrough business apps, to integrate mobile payment acceptance into its vertical-specific business applications.

Company Spotlight
M-Commerce Trends for the Remainder of 2014
August 19, 2014

What does the year ahead look like for mobile commerce? A study by Vantiv offers some great insight in the trends we should see come to fruition throughout the remainder of 2014.

B2B Payments
Cloud-Based ERP System Puts Shoe Distributor In Step With The Times
August 19, 2014

RT Nash had a problem recently that was costing it money. The enterprise resource planning (ERP) system the company was using was more than it needed and very expensive. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access...

B2B Payments
Where Omnichannel And Product Fulfillment Intersect
August 19, 2014

Vendors’ efforts to provide businesses with an efficient experience regardless of where or how they shop is creating greater importance in having strong omnichannel support, especially with regard to product availability. Sellers are having to enhance their focus on supply-chain management and make other adjustments...

B2B Payments
As The Fed Works To Improve B2B Payments, Payments Industry In Position To Help
August 19, 2014

In June, Federal Reserve Financial Services hosted a series of town hall meetings to discuss a variety of initiatives designed to improve B2B transactions, along with P2Ppayments. Among the goals include speeding up transactions, improving efficiency, enhancing payment safety and security, improving cross-border payments, and...

International
TransferWise Uses P2P Network To Cut Cross-Border Money Transfer Costs
August 19, 2014

London-based startup TransferWise is hoping to disrupt the business of international money transfers by actually transferring as little money as possible across borders, according to USA Today. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...