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ISOs Urged To Begin Thinking Beyond Pure Profit
The independent sales organization business is one that has spawned multimillion-dollar fortunes for numerous entrepreneurs. But perhaps it’s time for the industry to begin thinking beyond pure profit, merchant-acquiring executives suggested Thursday. The executives participated in a panel dubbed “Payments Doing Good” at the MidWest Acquirers Association annual conference in …
Read More »Eye on Cryptocurrencies: CheapAir Lands a New Provider; Payroc Joins the Ranks of Crypto ISOs
Online travel agency CheapAir.com says it has found a workaround that will let it continue to accept cryptocurrency, and Payroc LLC has become the latest payments provider to offer crypto to merchant clients. Calabasas, Calif.-based CheapAir notified customers on Friday that it has found a new provider for Bitcoin acceptance …
Read More »How Can Payment Partners Support ISOs and ISVs in a Changing Market?
Sarah Adams, VP Product, Card Present at Paysafe In an article posted earlier this week, my colleague Todd Linden, CEO of Payment Processing North America, looked at how the US payments landscape is changing. He also explored how Independent Sales Organizations (ISOs) and Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) were evolving in …
Read More »Harnessing ISOs for Crypto Acceptance; Chase Sues Landry’s Over Breach Fines; Plus Weekly Recap
ISOs Urged To Think Anew; EMV Woes Two Years On; CPI and Gemalto Settle Patent Issue
Processing Execs Push ISOs to Adopt New Thinking on Topics From Pricing to Technology
A panel of processing executives on Thursday sought to shake an audience of merchant-sales representatives out of traditional ways of thinking about critical matters ranging from pricing to new technology. In some cases, years-old tactics came under attack. “How many of you are giving a free terminal away and competing …
Read More »ISVs Aren’t Likely to Elbow ISOs Aside Any Time Soon, a Panel of Acquirers Argues
With the rise of the independent software vendor, do traditional independent sales organizations still have a role to play—and if they do, what is it? That question may have been unthinkable a few years ago, but now some observers see ISVs shoving ISOs aside as they code new applications for …
Read More »ISVs Aren’t Likely to Displace ISOs; How Doable Are Faster Payments by 2020? Plus Weekly Recap
New Data Helps ISOs Court SMB E-Commerce Merchants in the Top U.S. Cities
Acquirers wanting to tap into the ever-growing number of e-commerce merchants, especially small businesses, might do well to target a handful of U.S. cities with large bases of retail entrepreneurs. E-commerce platform provider Volusion released this week a list of the top 10 cities based on volume of merchants and …
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