Written by John Ruthven, IR CEO and Managing Director   The digital payments industry is undergoing a massive transformation fueled by accelerated technological advancements and growing customer demand. The market is expected to be worth US$19.89 trillion by 2026, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.4%, according to …

APEX family of products designed to help businesses compete and grow in the marketplace   Southlake, Texas based Agile Financial Systems (AFS) is a high growth financial technology company founded in 2017. Backed by an executive team with over 100 years of combined industry experience, the organization’s mission is to …

  An exciting part of growing a business is when you wade into uncharted territory. In the case of payments processing and the fintech industry, this could be when exploring a vertical that’s relatively new to the game. This excitement can be quickly dampened when banks and other financial institutions …

Consumers demand choice and convenience, and meeting those demands is driving massive change in the payments industry. Retailers need payment technology that does more than just accept payment cards. Terminals must give retailers the flexibility to accept all types of payments, from contactless and mobile wallets to displaying a QR …

Merchants continue to pull every lever to generate additional revenue within an increasingly competitive landscape. For them, it is a matter of survival. And while numerous offerings promise equally innumerable benefits, there’s a hidden goldmine that can ensure the growth merchants are looking for: their payments data in real-time. > …

By Tom Byrnes, SVP, Marketing If you are an ISV, you know that adding payments to your solution adds value and gives you a competitive edge in the marketplace. Whether you like it or not, if your user base accepts payments, you are – by default – in the payments …

Steven Velasquez, Senior Vice President and Head of Partner Business Development – Elavon As the worlds of technology and financial services converge, providing your merchants and their end users with a connected buying experience is crucial to differentiating your software in an increasingly crowded and competitive market. ISVs are now …

By Michelle Jordan, SVP and Head of Payment Optimization The weighted average cost of payment acceptance is expected to have doubled from around 0.8% in 2009 to over 1.6% by 2025.[i] Fueled by the abundance of rewards cards, the shift to online payments, and the rise of commercial purchasing cards, …

ISO owners are facing a double whammy right now, as business owners and as consumers. While there is no escaping the squeeze of rising prices, and their impacts on business and household budgets, the story doesn’t end there. A well thought out and realistic go-to-market strategy can help sustain your …

By Tom Byrnes, SVP, Marketing If you’re an Independent Software Vendor (ISV), one of the necessary elements of the business you’re in is a relationship with a payment processor. While the rest of the technology landscape has shifted to cloud-hosted platforms, processors have clung on to their mainframe-based legacy stacks …