November, 2016

• 1 November

  Why Semi-Integrated Solutions Are the Future of Payments

  

  Tired of PCI and EMV hassles? Consider solutions that shrink PCI scope and simplify EMV certification, says Andrey Tikhonov. One year after the EMV liability shift in the U.S., many merchants are still debating whether to update their payment systems as they learn about EMV’s value and the consequences of …

September, 2016

• 1 September

  The Real Lesson of EMV

  

  The influence of fraud prevention on checkout and customer experience is often underestimated because the two priorities seem unrelated. But as EMV has shown, that’s not the case. EMV adoption is progressing, but there’s still a long way to go, particularly as regards customer experience. In fact, the shift to …

July, 2016

• 1 July

  MCX, Softcard, And the Conundrum of Consortia

  Following the audacious gatecrashing of the incumbent-payments party, MCX should have been king of the world. Instead, what occurred was an extended period of retrenchment. We have recently witnessed the likely demise of yet another attempt at cracking the mobile-payments nut. For many, the implosion of Merchant Customer Exchange LLC’s …

June, 2016

• 1 June

  A Brighter Day for Cross-Border Payments

  For too long, companies have suffered with substandard service. New firms with new technology are about to change all that for the better, says Karla Friede. Any company that does business with suppliers in different countries knows the pain of making cross-border payments. Domestic supplier payments are difficult enough. Cross-border …