The Weekender

How ‘Snackable Moments’ Turn Browsers Into Buyers
February 04, 2016

  Turning browsers into buyers has a lot to do with capturing consumers at the right time, in the right context and at the point they are ready to convert. Getting from point A to point B, of course, isn’t always an easy feat. It’s also...

B2B Payments
A Long View Of The B2B FinTech/Bank Landscape
February 02, 2016

Headlines herald a sea change in payments as traditional lenders link with tech-savvy startups. For FinTech CEO Max Eliscu, the founder of both LSQ Funding Group and Viewpost, the news is not news at all. He has been bringing innovative B2B technology to banks and...

Gateways That Grow With Technology
February 01, 2016

Advancements in technology often mean the end of payment gateways. But USAePay, which has been around since 1998, stands as an example of how companies in the space can thrive by adopting innovations in the realms of omnichannel and security. CEO Ben Goretsky shares his...

eCommerce
Making Every Site One-Click To Checkout
January 21, 2016

The “Amazon experience” one click checkout – is what every merchant aspires to deliver. Klarna’s North America CEO North America Brian Billingsley and Provenir MD Paul Thomas tell MPD CEO Karen Webster that starts with authenticating the consumer behind the scenes and integrating credit into...

The Big eCommerce Short
January 20, 2016

Shorting the stocks of online merchants whose volumes are exploding: unthinkable, right? Not to Ralph Dangelmaier, CEO of BlueSnap, who explains to MPD CEO Karen Webster that some 40 percent of eCommerce merchants’ sales never convert — and the merchants aren’t even aware of it....

Point of Sale
Cayan To Retailers: Put Your POS In The Cloud
January 18, 2016

  It’s clearly not business as usual in the point-of-sale world. Not only are customers expecting easier, faster and more secure methods at checkout, but so are retailers. And that means that merchants must be more nimble, more mobile and able to more easily integrate...

The Science Of Fighting Fraud
January 13, 2016

  A psychologist, biologist, anthropologist and physicist walks into a high tech cybersecurity firm…. Seriously. Psychologists, biologists, anthropologists and physicists are among the six or seven profiles who fraud technology company, Forter CEO Michael Reitblat tells MPD CEO Karen Webster, make the most effective and...

Merchant Innovation
Optimizing The Paperless Trail
January 13, 2016

There’s more to going paperless than cost savings. Paperless, reinvented, can serve as a channel for brands to reach consumers in an entirely different (and captivating) way. Chuck Cordray, CEO of Inlet, joined MPD CEO Karen Webster to offer a glimpse into how digital delivery...

PYMNTS Weekender | Apple Pay Fraud
March 06, 2015

  While “the dress” made its rounds on social media for its changing colors, the fraudsters made their own rounds – this time visiting the iTunes stores, Apple Pay and Apple, the retailer itself – in colors that no one could possibly see. This week...