The number of U.S. merchants that accept EMV chip cards at the point of sale is increasing rapidly, according to recent figures from Visa Inc., but it’s going to take some work by merchant acquirers and payment card networks to convince the holdouts to convert. Executives from two of those …
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Eye on Policy: Fintech Regulation, and ‘Taking Out the Trash’
What role government regulators should play as financial-technology companies increasingly challenge banks with new services for consumers and merchants is generating more debate in the electronic-payments industry. At a forum Tuesday, regulators said they want to encourage innovation while protecting consumers, but an executive with an online business lender argued …
Read More »As Event Payments Heat up, SignUpGenius Works With WePay For Ticketing Payments
SignUpGenius Inc., an event-organizing service, is now using WePay Inc. for its payment-processing services. The integration, announced Monday, means event organizers can collect payments for ticket sales, event registration, capital campaigns, and business services, SignUpGenius says. Charlotte, N.C.-based SignUpGenius says as many as 12 million persons use its online tools …
Read More »Cayan Receives TSYS EMV Certification and other Digital Transactions News briefs from 10/3/17
Shopify Inc. said it is expanding a service that will let Instagram users buy products from select merchants without leaving the Instagram app. The service, which Shopify has been testing since early this year, lets merchants tag their posts to connect users to their catalogs. The photo-sharing service Instagram, owned by …
Read More »Delivering a Unified Service Beyond Today’s Omnichannel World
In order to compete in the marketplace, ISOs and agents are going to have to adapt and learn to navigate the rapid tech-driven needs of their merchants based on the consumer demand. Omnichannel is cited as the leading digital priority for 22 percent of retailers [i], providing consumers with …
Read More »Processing Execs Push ISOs to Adopt New Thinking on Topics From Pricing to Technology
A panel of processing executives on Thursday sought to shake an audience of merchant-sales representatives out of traditional ways of thinking about critical matters ranging from pricing to new technology. In some cases, years-old tactics came under attack. “How many of you are giving a free terminal away and competing …
Read More »Paying Attention to Unattended Payments
The segment could play a key role in expanding electronic payments as fewer consumers carry cash. Factors ranging from payments to technology companies to changing consumer behavior are heightening attention to unattended payments. While electronic payment acceptance in this space, which includes vending machines, parking garages, and car washes, has …
Read More »The Meaning of PSD2
Europe’s new payments regulation promises much, including free transactions. But do banks need to be forced to do what’s in the best interests of customers and shareholders? The European Union’s revised payment-services directive (PSD2) changes rules governing payments and is intended to, and inevitably will, impact the roles and economics …
Read More »How the Wal-Mart/Google Partnership Against Amazon Affects Payments
There are plenty of opportunities for payments providers—if they play the game right, say Rick Oglesby and Brad Margol. Major retailers fear business disruption from Apple Inc., Facebook Inc., and Google/Alphabet, but they are already locked in head-to-head competition with Amazon.com Inc., and Amazon is clearly winning. It has climbed …
Read More »When the Music Stops
Bitcoin’s wild ride has enriched early investors but left payments geeks asking whether the cryptocurrency can ever be used to buy anything. Let’s say you were an early Bitcoin enthusiast, but not too early. Bitcoin appeared on the scene in 2010, but you, ever cautious about unproven stuff like this, …
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