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GUEST POST: Opportunities Abound in Open-Loop Gift Card Market

Arthur Ervas on October 16, 2018

GUEST POST: Opportunities Abound in Open-Loop Gift Card Market

By Matt Lanford, Senior Vice President and General Manager for Financial Services at InComm Open-loop gift cards are an increasingly popular payment tool for consumers. However, brands and retailers that want to capitalize on this . . .

People Column: Bob Leonard, Founder & CEO, iMobile3

Arthur Ervas on June 27, 2017

People Column: Bob Leonard, Founder & CEO, iMobile3

Bob Leonard is founder and chief executive officer of iMobile3, the third software company he has built over the past 30 years. iMobile3 recently won the overall prize in the ETA/PayPal Technology Innovation Showcase awards . . .

Payments-as-a-service Tracker reports growth, highlights new solutions in mobile payments, finds eight of ten best providers are ETA members

Arthur Ervas on June 26, 2017

Payments-as-a-service Tracker reports growth, highlights new solutions in mobile payments, finds eight of ten best providers are ETA members

The June 2017 Payments-as-a-Service tracker by PYMNTS.com released today has found that payments-as-a-service (PaaS) products and services have contributed to a nearly 20 percent global increase in eCommerce value, driven largely by ETA member companies. . . .

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