By Kevin Feagan, Chief Revenue Officer, Everyware An exploration of how the rise of contactless identity payments might push small and medium-sized businesses to move away from traditional credit card systems. The financial transaction landscape . . .
By Russell Palay, VP of Products, Infinicept • ETA Industry Affairs Retail Technology Committee Midway through 2023 finds us in the midst of a remarkable evolution in payments acceptance in the form of SoftPOS, or Tap-on-Phone, . . .
Trends come and go in the payments industry. Payment facilitation followed a predictable trajectory, from the gold rush fever of early implementations to mass disillusionment as major players grabbed market share. In their wake, merchant . . .
A majority of consumers prefer contactless cards to other payment methods like EMV chip cards, swipe transactions, and cash, a recent survey from Entrust Datacard found. Three in four (75 percent) of 1,000 surveyed U.S. . . .
On this episode, we continue the conversation on American small businesses and COVID-19. To do that, we are joined by Alecia Muth, Director of Market Intelligence at The Strawhecker Group. ETA recently partnered with The . . .
In light of the COVID-19 public health emergency, ETA is creating materials to help consumers, merchants and payment professionals understand the ways the payments technology industry stands ready to assist. Contactless payments offer consumers a . . .
Global contactless transaction value will reach close to $6 trillion by 2024, an increase of $4 trillion from 2020, a new report from Juniper Research forecasts. The report, “Contactless Payments: Market Status, Vendor Analysis & . . .
A new report on payments trends in 2018 from Payments Canada has found that Canadian consumers spent $129.9 billion CAD via contactless payments across the year. In total, Canadians initiated 4.1 billion contactless transactions, a . . .
If you watched the Olympics, or have been to a Whole Foods or Target recently, or had a new credit or debit card re-issued to you this year, chances are you’ve noticed that contactless payments . . .
By the ETA Communications Committee. The addition of contactless payments to the American payments ecosystem is well underway. Issuers of some of the largest credit card portfolios in the United States are beginning to transition . . .
