Payment Methods

Karen Webster
Who’s On Your 2014 Fantasy Payments Team?
August 25, 2014

Even though the official end of Summer isn’t for another few weeks, the impending turn of the calendar pages from August to September sure signals that summer is over  . If that isn’t enough, the signs of Fall are also in great abundance: kids are...

An Inside Look at How Cash Goes Digital in the Middle East and Africa
August 25, 2014

Developing economies such as the Middle East, Asia, and Africa are all poised for massive growth as cash goes digital and consumers embrace mobile. As different as these markets are, they have one common theme: consumers are driving the change. MasterCard’s CEO of ElectraCard Services...

Alternative Finances
Payment Firm Partners With Lender To Power SME Financing
August 22, 2014

Global payment provider Worldpay and lending firm OnDeckannounced on Wednesday (Aug. 20) that they partnered together to small and mid-sized firms get access to financing. According to a joint statement, Worldpay’s small business customers will be able to get working capital from OnDeck for business...

International
A Cross Border Commerce Case Study: uSneaker and Its Missing $10 Million
August 22, 2014

The world is global, so why isn’t eCommerce? MPD CEO Karen Webster hosted a digital discussion with BlueSnap CEO Ralph Dangelmaier and President of iGlobal Stores Clint Reid to get to the bottom of why 75 percent of merchants in the US aren’t capable of...

News
Say Bye-Bye To Merchant Chargebacks
August 22, 2014

Online fraud and risk management solution Riskified announced that it has lowered its price for flagship Shop Protection service by 50% to 0.7% per transaction, according to a company release.

B2B Payments
What Business Travel Optimism Means To B2B Companies
August 21, 2014

Across the globe, more travel buyers are becoming increasingly optimistic about business travel, according to a recent report. This means longer trips and higher travel spend budgets for many firms. But where is all of this optimism coming from, and is it going to last?...

Alternative Finances
Small Businesses Lending Slow To Recover Even As the Economy Rebounds
August 21, 2014

Six-years out, the United States economy seems by most measures to be settling into a stable if unspectacular recovery. The jobless rate is below 7 percent, below pre-, consumer spending was up in Q2 and stock market has been seemingly unstoppable for most of the...

Merchant Innovation
Merged Channel Strategies Continue To Boost Macy’s Results
August 21, 2014

The retail world is changing and Macy’s is transforming with it according to reporting in Retail Information System News.  The retail giant putting its money where its intentions are, and throwing its $1billion-plus annual CapEx budget to building their infrastructure to fulfill a variety of...

B2B Payments
Dual-Use Payment/ID Cards On The Rise
August 21, 2014

Worldwide, the use of convergent smart card programs is one the rise, according to new research from ABI.  Convergent smart cards allow businesses or governments to combine a series of different use-types under a single card or device.  An increasingly popular application of this technology...