2017 Holiday Spending Season to See Strong Growth, Finds ETA and The Strawhecker Group 2017 Holiday Spending Report Card

Washington, D.C., November 22, 2017 – The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) and The Strawhecker Group (TSG) today released their 2017 Holiday Spending Report Card that indicates an extremely healthy holiday shopping season. The report analyzes same store sales from over 3.5 million card accepting U.S. merchants to project year-over-year growth. Holiday season sales will be…

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Guest Analysis – Bitcoin Takes Flight: Travel Providers Discover the Currency Invites New Travelers on Board

May 27, 2015 – As bitcoin gains traction in the mainstream, it’s been exciting to follow which merchants and businesses are the latest to add the digital currency as a payment option. Multiple diary-like articles have followed the adventures of journalists trying to live their lives for a time by only spending bitcoin. Of course, news about where bitcoin is accepted has practical interest if you hold the currency and can feel the bitcoins burning a hole in your virtual pocket. What can you buy with them? Where can you go? Can bitcoin pay for your vacation?

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CAN Capital Releases TRANSACT 15 Payments Survey Results

May 26, 2015 – The payments industry is known for embracing innovation, and 2015 promises massive disruption and technologies that will revolutionize the entire ecosystem. The results of a recent survey conducted by CAN Capital, a provider of alternative lending solutions for small businesses, show that mobile payments are poised to grow exponentially this year. Seasoned payments veterans are competing and collaborating with brand new startups to bring the most cutting-edge mobile offerings to market. In the midst of these new developments, businesses are thinking about how best to adapt to the new reality of EMV cards and NFC-enabled smartphones. When it comes to predicting trends and patterns in the payments industry, it only makes sense to start with the experts. CAN Capital surveyed prominent professionals in the payments and alternative finance ecosystem at ETA’s TRANSACT 15, the premier event for payments education and networking.

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ETA US Economic Indicators Report Released

The 16th edition of ETA’s US Economic Indicators Report has been released and is now available for viewing / download by ETA members. The US Economic Indicators Report is published quarterly with analysis from The Strawhecker Group for the benefit of ETA member companies.

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Expect Mobile Payments to Have a Breakout Year

INCUMBENTS IN MOST INDUSTRIES AREN’T BIG FANS OF INNOVATION History is replete with examples of entrenched companies fighting against advances in technology and the disruption it brings to their legacy business plans. One of my favorite examples of the war on innovation is from the music industry. (No, not the record labels’ epic battle against…

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