September / October 2016
9-22-2016
TRANSACTION TRENDS EXCLUSIVE CE SERIES: AT THE INTERSECTION OF P2P AND SOCIAL
Millennials are leading the person-to-person payments movement, with young consumers using social media-linked apps such as Venmo and Square Cash to share the costs of transactions. As the trend takes hold, more companies are embedding P2P payments in social media experiences, and some are offering retail options. (ETA CPPs: After you read the article, take the online quiz to earn two CE credits!)
PAYMENTS ON AUTOPILOT
With the rise of the Internet of Things, payments experts predict consumers will become more accepting of automated transactions that are communicated from one smart machine to another — yet some continue to question privacy and security regarding the technology.
DEPARTMENTS
@ETA
Announcements and ideas from ETA’s CEO Jason Oxman
INTELLIGENCE
Vital facts and stats from the electronic payments world
INDUSTRY INSIGHTS
Timely updates on hot discussions in the profession
COMMENTS
EMV and public opinion
PEOPLE
Kevin Overcash discusses security testing and vulnerabilities.
About ETA
The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) is the world’s leading advocacy and trade association for the payments industry. Our members span the breadth of significant payments and fintech companies, from the largest incumbent players to the emerging disruptors in the U.S. and in more than a dozen countries around the world. ETA members make commerce possible by processing approximately $56.75 trillion annually in purchases and P2P payments worldwide and deploying payments innovation to merchants and consumers.
ETAs membership spans the breadth of the payments industry to include independent sales organizations (ISOs), payments networks, financial institutions, transaction processors, mobile payments products and services, payments technologies, and software providers (ISV) and hardware suppliers. For more information, visit electran.org.
