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 …