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E-commerce and social commerce have been growing in popularity over the past few years, with online sales expected to account for almost a quarter of global retail sales by 2025. As consumer behavior shifts towards online shopping, businesses must adapt quickly to changing demands and expectations. One crucial element of …

As the first in the industry to promise the elimination of virgin plastic in payment cards by 2030 at the latest, Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) is leading the way in promoting sustainability in the payment card industry. With Mastercard announcing its Pledge 2028 the two industry leaders express their shared vision of …

While quality products, appropriate pricing, and a good marketing campaign are key elements of creating, growing, and sustaining a business, customer engagement is also a necessary item on the to-do list. However, this can also be the step that takes the most time, and sometimes, business owners can opt to …

By Tom Byrnes, SVP, Marketing, PayiQ Cloud architecture has made complicated database computing tasks more accessible and unified for everybody. But, until recently, it’s been an open question for many whether the cloud can be a disruptive force in the world of payment processing. Most big processors that are active …

by Joshua Bennett, Vice President of Partner Business Development for Elavon Inc. As payments technology and business models continue to advance and change at a rapid pace, Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) have new opportunities to monetize their services and provide valuable tools for their customers. The concept of Embedded Finance, …

By Tom Byrnes, SVP, Marketing, PayiQ It’s no great secret that much of the current payment processing infrastructure in place could use updating. Much of the technology that traditional processors were built on is clunky and inefficient. The result: Every business that integrates (ISV) or resells (ISO) the payment services …

Written by John Ruthven, IR CEO and Managing Director   The digital payments industry is undergoing a massive transformation fueled by accelerated technological advancements and growing customer demand. The market is expected to be worth US$19.89 trillion by 2026, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 24.4%, according to …

APEX family of products designed to help businesses compete and grow in the marketplace   Southlake, Texas based Agile Financial Systems (AFS) is a high growth financial technology company founded in 2017. Backed by an executive team with over 100 years of combined industry experience, the organization’s mission is to …

  An exciting part of growing a business is when you wade into uncharted territory. In the case of payments processing and the fintech industry, this could be when exploring a vertical that’s relatively new to the game. This excitement can be quickly dampened when banks and other financial institutions …

Consumers demand choice and convenience, and meeting those demands is driving massive change in the payments industry. Retailers need payment technology that does more than just accept payment cards. Terminals must give retailers the flexibility to accept all types of payments, from contactless and mobile wallets to displaying a QR …