David Leppek named ETA Committee Volunteer of the Year 2018
David Leppek was announced as the ETA Committee Volunteer of the Year for his dedication to the Payment Sales & Strategy Committee. Learn more … click here.
Important Trends In The Payments Industry
If you run or manage a business, then you likely know the importance of keeping up with the latest marketing trends. However, many business owners have overlooked the importance of monitoring changes in the way that customers pay for goods and services. The internet has changed how people spend and accept money, but the popularity…
Fintech: From Virtual To Reality
Fintech, that term that is a hybrid of financial services and technology, is rising up to transform the way of how we think about and use money. As a financial services sector that emerged earlier this century, it originally was concerned new technology that was utilized to the back end operations of established financial institutions.…
MasterCard Consumer Chip Cards Surge In The U.S.
MasterCard released their latest EMV data earlier today. Since the EMV liability shift in October of 2015, nearly 80 percent of U.S. consumer credit cards are currently chip-enabled. And, there are also roughly 1.7 million active EMV terminals in their network, which accounts for 30 percent of the U.S. merchant population, resulting in a 374…
INFOGRAPHIC: Today’s Top Most Profitable Industries
Aren’t entirely sure what industry you should dabble into and start a new business? Today’s most profitable industries may come as no surprise, however, here are some nifty facts and stats revealed by CBS Small Business Pulse.
New NRF Survey: Card Companies’ Fault For Holding Up Chip Cards
A recent survey conducted by the NRF (National Retail Federation) in May and June reveals that: “48 percent of retailers have already implemented the new EMV payment system, or expected to have done so by the end of June. A total of 86 percent expect to have EMV up and running by the end of the year.…
Key Emerging Trends In The Payments Industry
Payments is a very complex industry in the financial services world. The traditional payment processing workflow has unfolded itself through new technologies to reveal a variety of opportunities on the digital horizon. Here are some recent emerging trends in the payments industry. Turbulence and Acceleration Often change is turbulent, and the change in the payments…
NextAdvisor Survey Reveals Consumers’ Preferred Method Of Payment
Whether it’s in-person or online, what is your preferred method of payment? Whatever our reason may be, we all have a go-to payment option. That’s why financial experts at NextAdvisor decided to dive a little deeper by begging the questions of: Why do we always reach for that one option? Is it the safest way to pay, or…