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Looking Beyond 3-D Secure’s Rocky Past
Looking Beyond 3-D Secure’s Rocky Past
July 23, 2014  |  CA Technologies

Let’s face it. 3-D Secure hasn’t exactly won the eCommerce popularity contest over the last several years. Customers got confused when they saw pop-up windows,...

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Why U.S. Consumers Are Itching for EMV Cards
Why U.S. Consumers Are Itching for EMV Cards
July 23, 2014  |  Company Spotlight

Fifty-seven percent of MasterCard cardholders in the U.S. said they want EMV chip cards pretty much right away. The question of “What is EMV?” is...

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The mPOS Retail Makeover
The mPOS Retail Makeover
July 22, 2014  |  Company Spotlight

So, whaddaya know? Big retailers and micro-merchants have the very same goals: serve their customers where their customers want to buy. And mPOS is the...

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Taking The Pain Out of Merchant Onboarding
Taking The Pain Out of Merchant Onboarding
July 22, 2014  |  Acquiring

“If PayPal can board me in 5 minutes, why can’t my acquirer?” Automating the boarding and underwriting process has completely reinvented what used to take...

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Is Yelp + Amazon The Mobile Commerce Game Changer?
Is Yelp + Amazon The Mobile Commerce Game Changer?
July 21, 2014  |  Commentary

Facebook and Twitter made news last week when each introduced payment options. But MPD CEO Karen Webster says that the real player to watch is...

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Judge Gives Green Light To Opt-Out Cases
Judge Gives Green Light To Opt-Out Cases
July 21, 2014  |  Company Spotlight

A federal judge last week denied requests from Visa and MasterCard to have lawsuits filed by merchants that opted out of an earlier Interchange-fee settlement...

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The Four Ways To Win At Cross Border Commerce
The Four Ways To Win At Cross Border Commerce
July 16, 2014  |  International

It’s baacck. About twenty years ago, the big corporate buzzword was “glocal” – the global-plus-local business strategy that defined how multinationals would compete successfully on...

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