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Keeping an eye on Credit Cards in Congress

Should the CCCA bill pass, there will certainly be available savings on credit card fees from the forced competition, but this will also require significant planning. Adding a second routing option is not as easy as just toggling a switch.

January 4, 2023 by wcapra No comment(s) PAYMENTS+, Uncategorized CCCA, credit card competition act, credit cards, Payments, payments industry
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What is a Payment Account Reference (PAR) and why does it matter to merchants?

PAR is an alphanumeric reference point that enables a business to track a consumer and their payment account across the various payment methods they use. For example, a consumer may have 3 credit cards in their wallet, each of which would generate a different token if used in a tokenized environment. PAR links these cards…

August 23, 2022 by wcapra No comment(s) LOYALTY+, PAYMENTS+, RETAILSYSTEMS+ Consumer Engagement, consumer experience, Loyalty, Payments, Payments Account Reference
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PCI DSS 4.0 looms large  

Merchants need to immediately start understanding what additional budget they are planning to allocate to tackle the increased time and costs necessary to maintain PCI compliance. Even working to find and procure the services of an approved scanning vendor will take time and internal resources.

August 16, 2022 by wcapra No comment(s) PAYMENTS+, PETRO+, RETAILSYSTEMS+, SECURITY+ data security, payment security, Payments, pci, PCI DSS, PCI DSS 4.0
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Is a Payment Orchestration Layer right for your business?

If your business is looking to reduce friction for consumers at checkout, increase payment acceptance, optimize transaction routing, and innovate your payment architecture quickly as you add geographies, currencies, and additions to your payment flow, then a Payment Orchestration Layer is an obvious and necessary addition.

May 19, 2022 by wcapra No comment(s) PAYMENTS+ consumer experience, payment acceptance, payment orchestration, Payments, transaction routing
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Is PINLess Debit Routing a fit for your payment ecosystem?

Utilizing PINLess debit to decrease cost of acceptance is certainly very enticing, but it also can be a very daunting undertaking.  For some merchants, PINLess debit may mean a full-scale change to POS, reconciliation, and acquirer/gateway message specification and configurations to support this transaction routing.

May 2, 2022 by wcapra No comment(s) PAYMENTS+ debit routing, Payments, pinless, pinless debit routing
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The Top Upcoming Card Brand Changes All Merchants Should Know About

Any time the card brands introduce a new change, it has potential to carry significant impact to the merchant community. In this article, we’ll examine the top merchant-facing changes recently announced by Mastercard, Visa, AMEX, and/or Discover.

March 17, 2022 by wcapra No comment(s) PAYMENTS+, RETAILSYSTEMS+ EMV, payment cards, Payments
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Should You Be Accepting Cryptocurrency?

As new currencies continue to emerge in the market, the questions that must always steer consumer engagement and technology roadmaps are: what is the impact on consumers who wish to transact for physical goods? What segment of the population are you missing if you don’t move to implement? And does this segment impact bottom line?

February 24, 2022 by wcapra No comment(s) PAYMENTS+ cryptocurrency, Payments, payments industry, retail payments
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Can EMV 3DS 2.0 Benefit Your Organization?

EMV 3DS 2.0, the new standard, allows merchants to perform enhanced consumer authentication via means such as biometric verification or one-time SMS passcodes. Previously, all a fraudster would need to complete a Card-Not-Present transaction is a payment card and zip code. With EMV 3-D Secure pushing a one-time code to a consumer’s device, the fraudster…

February 17, 2022 by wcapra No comment(s) PAYMENTS+, SECURITY+ CNP, data privacy, EMV, Payments
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Not All Fleets Are Created Equal

Whether an organization maintains an existing fleet offering or they’re evaluating fleet as a new opportunity, one of the most common barriers that retailers face when attempting to gain incremental market share is that their offering assumes a universal need across the fleet portfolio. In reality, the needs that over-the-road (OTR) fleet users require in…

January 13, 2022 by wcapra No comment(s) DIGITAL+, PAYMENTS+, PETRO+ fleet cards, fleet programs, Payments, Petroleum, retail fuel
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Buy Now, Pay Later is here to stay. But should your business be ready?

Many consumers and merchants have embraced Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solutions. For merchants, the opportunity to boost their basket sizes, increase total transaction volume, and access a broader demographic base has been a boon. Consumers view it as a way of purchasing big ticket items while avoiding the burden of high-interest credit card debt.…

December 16, 2021 by wcapra No comment(s) DIGITAL+, PAYMENTS+, RETAILSYSTEMS+ BNPL, buy now pay later, Payment Technology, Payments, payments industry, retail payments
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Demystifying Token Conversion

There’s an inherent stickiness to any token provider, but as companies evaluate their payment architecture and look at pricing, performance, service level agreements (SLAs), and other factors, chances are that swapping out a provider or adding a new service will require a token conversion.

November 3, 2021 by wcapra No comment(s) PAYMENTS+, SECURITY+ payment security, Payments, token conversion, tokenization
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Why should merchants consider implementing a Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) solution?

BNPL can be viewed as an extension of the consumer credit card programs that emerged in the late 1980s, but with a unique upside for merchants. In contrast to credit cards, BNPL companies help expand the available consumer base, but they adopt the risk themselves by funding the purchase to the merchant immediately and allowing…

October 21, 2021 by wcapra No comment(s) DIGITAL+, PAYMENTS+, RETAILSYSTEMS+ BNPL, payment solutions, Payment Technology, Payments, Retail Technology
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