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How do consumers feel about mobile wallets?
It's a big question in the payments industry right now. In an earlier article, we discussed how the U.S.'s eventual transition to EMV could accelerate the rise of the mobile wallet...
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Mobile Wallets and the Future of Payments
Mobile wallets are big news right now. It seems like more apps are released every day. There are big players like MasterCard’s MasterPass and Apple’s Passbook, and there are al...
Read MoreIs mPOS the future of retail?
Modern point-of-sale technology has progressed from the cash register to the full-service point-of-sale system, but is it about to progress once more? Mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) s...
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Smartphones drive the retail experience [2025 Update]
In the digital age, people have come to rely on smartphones for many purposes. They're practically inseparable from one another. In what the retail industry views as a natural pro...
Read MoreA new age of affordable POS
Point of sale systems are ubiquitous today. Restaurants, retail stores, online merchants, and even independent vendors all use them. Why? POS systems reduce labor costs, improve tr...
Read MoreBank of America to pay $772 Million Penalty
On Wednesday April 9, 2014 Bank of America settled a lawsuit and agreed to pay $772 million in penalties for deceiving millions of customers into buying costly and unneeded service...
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Stemming the Tide of Fraud [2023 Update]
Chargebacks are a headache for both merchants and credit card processing companies alike. They create problems with merchants getting money for the goods and services they provided...
Read MoreCounterfeit Fraud Liability
EMV Smart Cards are an inevitability. They are coming, they will be standard, and the United States is going to have to adjust. The major credit card companies, in preparation for ...
Read MoreWal-Mart Sues Visa
The swipe fee antitrust lawsuit that The Official Merchant Services Blog has been covering for a few years now has an update: Wal-Mart, accusing Visa of excessively high card swipe...
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