SME: Norman Marraccini, SVP, Head of Retail and Commercial Digital Payments Providing consumers options when they purchase and pay is how organizations can provide the best customer experience. COVID-19 has brought this idea to the forefront, with more and more consumers choosing to use technology such as mobile wallets, person …
Read More »Making Sense of the ISO and ISV Convergence
Todd Linden, CEO of Payment Processing North America at Paysafe For a long time now, Independent Sales Organizations (ISOs) and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) have supported the retail sector in providing individual merchants with the payment systems they need to meet customer demand. ISOs have provided merchants with their …
Read More »Delivering a Unified Service Beyond Today’s Omnichannel World
In order to compete in the marketplace, ISOs and agents are going to have to adapt and learn to navigate the rapid tech-driven needs of their merchants based on the consumer demand. Omnichannel is cited as the leading digital priority for 22 percent of retailers [i], providing consumers with …
Read More »Samsung Pay Adds Card Issuers and Brings Verizon on Board
For merchants these days, laying hands on a payment terminal with the needed EMV certifications is hard enough. Finding a certified device with built-in intelligence is even harder. Against that backdrop, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based startup called Poynt Co. on Thursday announced its Poynt Smart Terminal is the first such …
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