Magnetic stripes are retiring. What does that mean for businesses?
For most consumers, it’s second nature to dip or tap a payment card at a terminal to complete a sale. But not too long ago, payments were all about the swipe.
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Has COVID-19 changed customer payments forever?
The onset of COVID-19 upended “normal” life as behaviors including social distancing and masking-up became part of our daily routines. It also created significant, and perhaps permanent, changes to ho...
The Big World of Small Ticket Interchange (Card-Present Edition)
Accepting credit card payments comes at a price for businesses, no matter their size or who they serve. For merchants that primarily process small ticket transactions (total sales price of less than $...
Common Types of Credit Card Fraud
Credit card fraud is an expansive (and sometimes confusing) topic that affects countless consumers and the payments ecosystem as a whole.
Credit Card Interchange Downgrades Explained
The cost of accepting credit card payments can be significant for businesses of all types and sizes. Several fees contribute to the cost of payment processing, but interchange is the most significant ...
Top 8 Payment Processing Acronyms
Payment processing has its own vocabulary and acronyms play a big role. Here are eight commonly used payment processing acronyms to help guide you through the jargon without the confusion.
PCI Compliance & Credit Card Processing: Know the Basics
Accepting card payments at your business gives customers the benefits of convenience and choice. It also makes your business responsible for protecting the underlying account data associated with your...
Payments in Your Palm: How Biometrics Are Changing Customer Payments
Commerce is evolving rapidly, thanks to technology that gives consumers more choice in how and when they interact with businesses. Whether it’s tapping a digital wallet at the point of sale or buying ...
QR Codes: The Unsung Hero of Payments?
QR (quick response) codes were developed over a quarter of a century ago as an evolution of standard one-dimensional barcodes. While QR codes have been in consumers’ periphery for decades, their visib...
EMV 3-D Secure 2.0: Questions & Answers
Beginning with the 2015 liability shift, mass issuance of EMV® (chip) cards made a lasting impact on reducing counterfeit card fraud for card-present transactions. However, card fraud associated with ...
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