Although the jury is still out as to whether the Summer Olympics in Brazil will serve as a vital lifeline or a costly folly, there is one aspect that inspires universal agreement: Olympic participants, hundreds of thousands of visiting fans, and even native Brazilians need to feel secure and comfortable when making purchases in a country well known for its credit card cloning activities. Here are several examples of how to win in the payment Olympics.
Marketers need to keep the shopping habits of the country they are looking to sell into. Take a look at how your global customers are paying, to make the shopping experience a seamless one.
Accepting payments on the go with a mobile device is a great option for businesses that need to make sales away from their brick and mortar location. First, here are three must-have security features you will need to implement.
More merchants will migrate to EMV bringing additional payment methods such as mobile and online form-factors in 2016. This infographic by Vantiv highlights three trends merchants will see this year.
The payments landscape is changing fast –and much of this fast-paced change is being driven by today’s digitally empowered consumers, whose expectations have been transformed by the smartphone and the services these supply. Which means that more than ever before, consumers expect payments to be fast, convenient and hassle-free.
Over the last several years, the introduction of new payment solutions has risen dramatically, yet consumers are ultimately reliant on retailers actually implementing these new solutions at the point of sale to enjoy the benefits these technologies provide.
It’s been a busy year for e-commerce. The convenience and choice available with online shopping continues to win more buyers, and this year for the first time the National Retail Federation reported that on Thanksgiving weekend, more people shopped online than in stores.
The EMV liability shift in the U.S. has finally taken place. Depending on how aware and prepared they were, businesses are experiencing varying levels of impact on their day-to-day operations.
There are several facts retailers will want to consider when it comes to ecommerce. Just some of those facts include: payment, customer experience and functionality, according to an infographic by ecomextension.
Overstock.com CEO Patrick M. Byrne took to Twitter to announce that within 24-hours of implementing Bitcoin as a possible payment option, his company received $130,000 in orders paid in the crypto-currency.