July / August 2018
8-27-2018
WHICH WAY, CONTACTLESS?
Will we, or won’t we? That’s the question when it comes to contactless payments in the United States. While U.S. adoption levels are low compared to other parts of the world, sources say there’s reason to believe more consumers will tap-and-go stateside soon.
DEPARTMENTS
@ETA
Announcements and ideas from ETA’s CEO Jason Oxman
INTELLIGENCE
Vital facts and stats from the electronic payments world and ETA
POLITICS & POLICY
Political, economic, and advocacy updates affecting your business
PAYMENTS INSIDER
Strategies for successful partnerships with ISVs and VARs
PEOPLE
Adriana Bello talks tariffs and PayPal’s global cross-border commerce report.
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.