by Rip Saunders | May 15, 2017 | Payments
Developers, according to Square Developer Lead Carl Perry, are the most important community for payment facilitators.It’s not something payment facilitators hear very much, but developers are a core part of the business, and payment facilitators need to make the...
by Rich Benvin | May 11, 2017 | Payments
In a roundup of this week’s news, major card brands are continuing their expansion of digital payments acceptance, targeting cash usage at small and micro businesses and at festivals. And eMarketer ventures a prediction about the cross-border e-commerce shopping...
by Rich Benvin | May 8, 2017 | Payments
One barrier to entry for companies considering the payment facilitator model has been creating their own framework for enabling merchant acceptance from scratch.In response, consultants Todd Ablowitz and Deana Rich have teamed with technology services company...
by Rich Benvin | Apr 6, 2017 | Business Optimization, Payments
Visa and leading payment facilitator PayPal announced an expansion of a strategic partnership they entered into in the U.S. last summer.The partnership is an agreement to work jointly to grow the adoption of mobile and digital payments. This latest agreement covers...
by Rich Benvin | Mar 30, 2017 | Business Intelligence, Payments
Square announced this week that it has launched its business in the U.K. But does its timing mean that it’s already shut out of a competitive market?Rick Oglesby doesn’t think so. Oglesby is principal of AZ Payments Group and a partner of Double Diamond...