Month: June 2018

Visa, Mastercard are close to swipe-fee agreement

Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. are getting close to settling a 13-year-old lawsuit over fees charged when merchants accept card payments, according to a person familiar with the agreement. The two card companies and banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citigroup Inc. and Bank of America Corp. would pay merchants about $6.5 billion under the…
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June 28, 2018 0

Back to Basics – Dual Interface

We get many questions from people about dual interface cards and what happens during a transaction, such as, “When you tap a dual interface card, what is actually happening?” I was asked to go back-to-basics and reveal what happens behind the scenes of a dual interface tap or wave. What if I were to tell…
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June 20, 2018 0

7 Trends for the Future of Payment Processing

Thanks to advancements in security technology and the changing habits of customers, the payment industry is evolving rapidly. With the growing Millennial and Gen X population, the popularity of mobile payments and wallets have increased along with regularity of biometric authentication. This infographic highlights seven trends for the future of payment processing that we’re preparing…
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June 1, 2018 0