The imbalance between payments issuance and acceptance is a major pain point in emerging markets. According to Islam Shawky, co-founder and CEO at Cairo-based digital payments service provider Paymob, that challenge is holding back businesses, particularly small mom-and-pop shops, from unlocking their full business potential....
Merchants who want to accept contactless payments, either by card or mobile wallet, have traditionally needed card readers to do so, but a new technology, known as software point-of-sale (SoftPOS) is changing that. Contactless payment uses a method of wireless data transfer called Near Field...
Starting with a major kick-off event in Washington D.C. — Visa’s Tap to Phone mobile point of sale offering is officially coming to merchants in the U.S. today (June 16). The debut comes after the service is already live in 30 markets worldwide. Visa’s head...
April 17, 2024
Earlier this year, Visa and PYMNTS Intelligence trained a spotlight on the Click-and-Mortar™ shopper. This fast-growing segment, who seek digital features with the instant gratification of in-store shopping, offers both challenge and opportunity for merchants as they offer up reimagined experiences in the aisles, at the register and online. Andre Machicao, senior vice president, Acceptance Solutions at Visa, told […]
February 16, 2023
The imbalance between payments issuance and acceptance is a major pain point in emerging markets. According to Islam Shawky, co-founder and CEO at Cairo-based digital payments service provider Paymob, that...
June 16, 2021
Starting with a major kick-off event in Washington D.C. — Visa’s Tap to Phone mobile point of sale offering is officially coming to merchants in the U.S. today (June 16)....
