ISO & Agent

As more payment and financial services companies use the app store, there's vulnerability to new cyber attacks that try to take advantage.

Contextual commerce is the next big thing in retail as the payments transaction slides to the background. But it relies on building sophisticated consumer relationships.

Most new payments and financial services innovation isn't tied to the actual payment, making hosted and cloud solutions a good fit for right sizing resources.

The mobile device and its embedded technology can make a strong combination to protect user ID, and comply with new European regulations for security.

The EMV migration has caused fraud to migrate to other channels. Issuers can make consumers aware of this threat and give them a handful of steps to spot trouble.

The EMV migration has caused fraud to migrate to other channels. Issuers can make consumers aware of this threat and give them a handful of steps to spot trouble.

The technology can help to speed processing, and the number of banks investing in the technology is expanding rapidly.

ISOs and agents have a firm hold on selling payment terminals, but that's not where the real action is. Today, merchant acquiring is about tying payments to things such as advertising, marketing and loyalty programs.

By using biometrics, merchants can tie user identity to the actual consumer, a better option than EMV chip cards.

The attack goes after the social network customer service channels for issuers and other financial services, and is hard for consumers to spot.

Hotels and other hospitality businesses need to adopt new security technology methods such as biometrics to stay ahead of the crooks.

Consumers want to use e-commerce, digital payments and other new card innovations, but are still wary of fraud. Here's how to help them get over that fear.

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Consumers still primarily use cards and shop at brick and mortar retailers. Merchants need to take that into consideration when forming a technology strategy.

Now that the holiday sales rush is over, merchants are starting to look more closely at game-changing sales models like Amazon Go as models to reinvent their own point of sale.

Payment service providers and independent software vendors may find themselves on the outside looking in if they can't diversify to accommodate m-commerce.

Host Card Emulation can bring contactless mobile payments to a wider variety of phones, but there's still some security concerns. That's where 'trusted execution environment' comes in.

EMV was a necessary advancement that wasn't guided by customer preference. For mobile payments and other m-commerce plays, instant consumer adoption isn't always a sign of success.

People are warming up to mobile payment apps like Apple Pay and Samsung Pay, but concerns over fraud and ID theft could still pose headwinds.

The EMV migration includes support for chip cards and NFC contactless payments, giving banks room to compete in the contactless payments market just in time for wearables to take off.