July / August 2017
8-31-2017
TRANSACTION TRENDS EXCLUSIVE CE SERIES: THE FUTURE OF BITCOIN
Marked by market volatility, hit-or-miss adoption rates, transaction speed problems, and now a formal split, Bitcoin’s unpredictability leaves many scratching their heads. But cryptocurrencies whether Bitcoin or other iterations—are likely here to stay, say experts. And, there’s still plenty of time to develop a strategy for working with them.
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ACQUIRERS IN THE AGE OF IoT
With any disruptive new technology comes market turbulence, but a consensus seems to be building that the advent of IoT devices presents more opportunity than danger to smart acquirers and ISOs. Why? They can forge symbiotic and consultative partnerships with device innovators that need schooling on payments.
DEPARTMENTS
@ETA
Announcements and ideas from ETA’s CEO Jason Oxman
INTELLIGENCE
Vital facts and stats from the electronic payments world
POLITICS & POLICY
Political, economic, and advocacy updates affecting your business
COMMENTS
New ways to control fraud and manage enormous growth
PEOPLE
Dwolla’s Jordan Lampe talks about the Fed’s Faster Payments Task Force.
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.
