There’s Never Been a Better Time to Upgrade to Integrated Payments
Integrated payments streamline processes, save time, improve cash flow, increase security, and help create better customer experiences.
What You Need to Know About Providing Your Clients With Cross-Border Payment Solutions
For over more than a decade, software developers and their VAR channels have helped retailers expand their reach through digital channels. The solutions you provide help them serve a wider audience of consumers who only have to visit a website to make a purchase, rather than drive to a store. Now, retailers are demanding solutions […]
The Genius of Using One Provider for Both Card-Present and Card-Not-Present Transactions
Many merchants are building substantial revenue streams on multiple channels. Brick-and-mortar retailers are doing business online, and e-commerce businesses are opening physical showrooms and selling merchandise in pop-up shops. Restaurants are accommodating the growing consumer trend of ordering food online for delivery or pickup. These businesses need the ability to accept both card-present and card-not-present […]
How Restaurants Can Benefit from Semi-Integrated Payments
Although about 70 percent of U.S. storefronts now accept EMV chip card payments, the restaurant industry generally lags behind other types of merchants in adoption. When the U.S. flipped the switch and began accepting EMV payments in October 2015, some restaurant owners were skeptical whether they needed the technology designed to stop card-present fraud, and […]
Payment Trends Outlook for 2020
Approaching a new year and a new decade, payment trends indicate that significant changes are ahead. Here are five forces that will shape the payment solutions you provide to your customers in 2020 and beyond. 1. A new generation To stay relevant, merchants spent the last decade replacing long-standing processes — and perceptions — […]
Why Merchants Wish They Had Unattended Payment Solutions This Holiday Season
Kids (and some grownups) make wish lists of the things they’re hoping to receive for the holidays. If you’re a point of sale (POS) ISV or VAR, it’s important for you to recognize that another activity occurs during the holiday shopping season: Merchants make wish lists, too. Retailers and restaurant managers want things that allow […]
Modern Grocery Trends Require Modern Technology
Businesses in all verticals and niches are adapting to technology disruption, new industry trends, and changing consumer preferences. Businesses in the grocery industry, however, are evolving into models that few anticipated a decade or two ago. Some have dine-in cafes. Others have added craft beer or wine shops. Some formats are growing larger, while others […]
Is it Time to Provide Solutions for a Cashless Society?
In 2018, for the first time, cash fell from its position as the most frequently used type of payment in the U.S. Cash use was down 4 percent from 2017, totaling 26 percent of transactions in 2018. Debit cards claimed the top spot, up 5 points to 28 percent. There are several factors that are […]
How Supporting All Processors Helps VARs and ISVs Compete Against Free POS
“Free POS” offers can be tempting to new business owners. Their budgets are usually tight, and they’re looking for the least expensive and easiest ways to get their new businesses off the ground. But as VARs and ISVs know all too well, “free POS” isn’t free. In fact, “free POS” is often defined by no […]
3 Reasons Value-Added Services Can Keep POS VARs and ISVs in Business
POS ISVs and their VAR channels need to answer the persistent question: How do we compete? By analyzing the industry, talking with our partners, and considering the changes end users are facing in their markets, we are convinced the answer is value-added services.
