Payments 101: What’s the Difference Between a Gateway and a Merchant Account
In our last piece, we broke down in four simple steps how credit card payment processing works and what you ...
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One in four consumers could not name a leading brand in any of the following categories?
This is huge - a quarter of consumers can't name a favorite brand, indicating that a substantial degree of consumer ...
[INFOGRAPHIC] – A look at the Gift Card Ecommerce Offerings of 100 Top Merchants
Gift cards continue to be a favorite among gift-givers and recipients and are forecasted to reach $118 billion in sales ...
Solving the Merchant Attrition Problem
Customer Attrition has always been one of the key challenges impacting the bottom line in any industry and so is ...
How Online Retailers can Combat Fraud at Checkout and Beyond
Fraudsters move fast. The most popular fraud tactic of 2017 may no longer be en vogue today. A smart online ...
Merchants and Issuers: Heightening Competition on Rewards
Many years ago, companies like Cardlytics began promoting a new kind of rewards program as an alternative or enhancement to ...
The “Tech Support” Industry: A Legal Minefield for the Merchant Processing Industry
There is a new scam targeting consumers throughout the United States. It involves deceptive internet pop-ups that trick consumers into ...
E-commerce Shopping Impacts Rising Mall Merchant Vacancy Rate
Tumbleweeds have been seen rolling across some retail malls that are suffering the highest vacancy rate since 2012. As the ...
A Reported Decline in Debit Card Use is Bad News for Merchants
A survey report highlighted in USA Today surmises that consumers are leaving their debit cards behind in favor of credit ...
Interesting Development: Citi Refunds $335 Million to Credit Cardholders
What a week in credit cards. First, the U.S. Supreme Court decides in Amex’s favor, then Mastercard and Visa announce ...
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