The Simplicity of Complex Transactions

How third-party facilitators help to create seamless, 
international shopping experiences By Ed McKinley The late folksinger Pete Seeger was quoted as saying that “any darn fool can make something complex; it takes a genius to . . .

EMV: Where the 
Merchants Are

Big and small merchants are handling the shift to 
chip cards, but mid-sized merchants are lagging—and retail groups are pointing fingers By Ed McKinley Some of the nation’s largest and smallest merchants were prepared to . . .

VC Investment in FinTech Rebounds

Following a cool 2015 Q4, fintech has roared back on the scene as a hot investment for 2016’s first quarter. A new report from KPMG and CB insights says that worldwide, investment in private fintech . . .

Top 10 Trends in Retail

What’s hot in retail? For payments technology companies, knowing, understanding, and providing solutions to trends impacting retail is more important than ever. Here’s a review of Synchrony Financial’s recently released roundup of the Top 10 . . .