Beyond Routine: Research Indicates Digital Payments Are Now ‘Second Nature’ for Consumers
Payments players have suspected for the past two years that digital payments were becoming increasingly routine, but now research is...
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Greg Gooslin
- May 27
- 5 min
Next on the POS Menu
Cash use is down and digital payments are up for restaurants. How has this changed the payments landscape for this merchant segment? Cash...
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Greg Gooslin
- May 19
- 2 min
Mastercard Will Tackle Biometric Payments at the Point of Sale, Sans Card or Phone
Mastercard Inc. says the future of payments at the point of sale includes the ability to make a point-of-sale payment using a facial...
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Greg Gooslin
- May 19
- 3 min
How Mobile Apps Have Become the Preferred Shopping Channel for Young and Old
When it comes to shopping, it’s becoming a mobile world. A report released on Thursday by omnichannel-platform provider NewStore Inc....
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Greg Gooslin
- May 12
- 2 min
Visa’s Expansion of Visa Ready for BNPL Reflects the Payment Method’s Growing Popularity
The white-hot buy now, pay later market got even hotter Tuesday as Visa Inc. announced an expansion of its Visa Ready program with Visa...
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Greg Gooslin
- May 12
- 3 min
Google’s New Wallet Digitizes Payment Cards Plus Drivers’ Licenses And Other Credentials
In a nod to consumers’ preference to have all the contents of a physical wallet digitized—including driver’s licenses and vaccine cards,...
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Greg Gooslin
- Jun 21, 2021
- 2 min
How the Semiconductor Shortage Is Putting a Crimp in Chip Card Production
Peter Lucas June 21, 2021 Competitive Strategies, Credit Cards, Debit Cards, Fraud & Security, Issuing/Originating, Point-of-sale The...
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Greg Gooslin
- Jun 16, 2021
- 2 min
Visa Brings Its Tap to Phone Payments to U.S. Merchants in a Pilot
Kevin Woodward June 16, 2021 Acquiring, Competitive Strategies, Marketing, Mobile Commerce, Near-Field Communication (NFC),...
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Greg Gooslin
- Apr 28, 2021
- 3 min
Visa Posts Strong Results As It Enters ‘The Beginning of the End of the Pandemic’
Payments companies took a beating as the pandemic raged, but Visa Inc.’s top brass indicated Tuesday afternoon the big network has put...
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Greg Gooslin
- Apr 28, 2021
- 6 min
Why Cryptocurrencies Still Aren’t Ready for Prime Time
Despite scattered successes, too many pitfalls dot the road to widespread merchant acceptance. Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies...
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Greg Gooslin
- Apr 28, 2021
- 2 min
With Its $960 Million Deal for First American, Deluxe Catapults Itself Into Merchant Acquiring
Deluxe Corp. is best known as the largest supplier of checks in the United States, but early Thursday it showed how serious it is about...
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Greg Gooslin
- Apr 6, 2021
- 2 min
A Mastercard Report Estimates As Much As 30% of the Shift to Digital Payments Is Permanent
That the shift toward digital forms of payment was accelerated by the pandemic has been duly noted over the past year, but how much of...
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Greg Gooslin
- Mar 30, 2021
- 2 min
PayPal Takes the Next Step in its Cryptocurrency Odyssey: Merchant Acceptance
Continuing its push to make cryptocurrency a mainstream payment option, PayPal Holdings, Inc. on Monday announced that it will accept...
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Greg Gooslin
- Mar 17, 2021
- 2 min
Visa, Mastercard to delay merchant fee hikes another year.
Visa and Mastercard are postponing plans to boost the fees U.S. merchants pay when consumers use credit cards online, pushing back the...
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Greg Gooslin
- Jul 20, 2020
- 4 min
Amazon's latest assault on grocery stores is high-tech and low profile
By John Adams A former toy store is hosting the latest of Amazon’s attempts to use its enrolled base, mobile app and automatic sensors to...
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Greg Gooslin
- Jul 14, 2020
- 2 min
Contactless Transactions at Small Businesses Have More Than Doubled Since March
Jim Daly - New data from a point-of-sale services provider show just how much of a boost the Covid-19 pandemic has given to contactless...
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Greg Gooslin
- May 5, 2020
- 1 min
Visa Postponing Most Interchange Rate Changes Until April 2021
Visa Postponing most interchange rate changes until April 2021.
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Greg Gooslin
- May 3, 2020
- 1 min
Shopify Releases Refreshed POS System With Mobile Checkout And Omnichannel Management
Kevin Woodward - Commerce platform Shopify Inc. has released a refreshed point-of-sale appliance and suite of features. Announced...
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Greg Gooslin
- Apr 30, 2020
- 2 min
With Travel Spending Nearly Grounded, Visa Looks to Online And Contactless Payments as Bright Spots
Jim Daley - Visa Inc. divulged both grim and hopeful payment data Thursday that largely reflects what its rivals have been seeing after...
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Greg Gooslin
- Apr 5, 2020
- 2 min
COMMENTARY: Global Consumers Embrace Their Local Payment Methods—And So Should You
Jean Harvey Johnson - When it comes to making a purchase, who doesn’t use a credit or debit card? Most of the world, that’s who. While...
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