By Tom Byrnes, SVP, Marketing, PayiQ After a sale is closed, the key to success is quickly assessing and onboarding the new merchant and processing them. Initiating processing is the lifeblood of every payments business, but what should be a routine, standardized process is frequently anything but smooth with most …

By Steven Velasquez, Senior Vice President and Head of Partner Business Development – Elavon With the convergence of payments and software technology, ISVs that integrate payments with their platform reap the benefits of increased revenue streams, stronger company valuations, and a stickier relationship with their end customers. The benefits for …

By Tom Byrnes, SVP, Marketing, PayiQ The current ISV market is growing exponentially and is expected to show a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.1% from 2022 – 2030. This growing scope of opportunity has attracted new players into the market. According to recent research by the Retail Solutions …

Steven Velasquez, Senior Vice President and Head of Partner Business Development – Elavon, Inc. Delivering payments that meet consumer demand As AI, ChatGPT, and the increased adoption of instant payments become more prevalent in our day-to-day lives, the impact of truly connected payments is upending the traditional consumer experience. The …

E-commerce and social commerce have been growing in popularity over the past few years, with online sales expected to account for almost a quarter of global retail sales by 2025. As consumer behavior shifts towards online shopping, businesses must adapt quickly to changing demands and expectations. One crucial element of …

As the first in the industry to promise the elimination of virgin plastic in payment cards by 2030 at the latest, Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) is leading the way in promoting sustainability in the payment card industry. With Mastercard announcing its Pledge 2028 the two industry leaders express their shared vision of …

While quality products, appropriate pricing, and a good marketing campaign are key elements of creating, growing, and sustaining a business, customer engagement is also a necessary item on the to-do list. However, this can also be the step that takes the most time, and sometimes, business owners can opt to …

By Tom Byrnes, SVP, Marketing, PayiQ Cloud architecture has made complicated database computing tasks more accessible and unified for everybody. But, until recently, it’s been an open question for many whether the cloud can be a disruptive force in the world of payment processing. Most big processors that are active …

by Joshua Bennett, Vice President of Partner Business Development for Elavon Inc. As payments technology and business models continue to advance and change at a rapid pace, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) have new opportunities to monetize their services and provide valuable tools for their customers. The concept of Embedded Finance, …

By Tom Byrnes, SVP, Marketing, PayiQ It’s no great secret that much of the current payment processing infrastructure in place could use updating. Much of the technology that traditional processors were built on is clunky and inefficient. The result: Every business that integrates (ISV) or resells (ISO) the payment services …