by Credit Card Processing | Oct 31, 2013 | AVP merchant solutions info, merchant services
Georgia-based Total Systems Services Inc., or TSYS, is out with their 2013 Consumer Payment Choice Study. And while the main purpose of the study was to find out how anxious, or ready, customers were to turn their mobile devices into wallets, though the secondary... by Credit Card Processing | Oct 24, 2013 | business merchant services, merchant services, merchant solutions
Being the faithful AVPS Blog reader that you are, you’ve seen where there will be a large surge of holiday shoppers online; you know that your customers will be “showrooming” with their mobile devices; you want to advertise more as the economy slowly regains ground;... 
by Credit Card Processing | Oct 17, 2013 | AVP Solutions News and Events, business merchant services, holidays
Like the Boy Scouts, we believe in being prepared. Especially now that the U.S. is once again funding its government and paying its debts, and people are free, relatively, to go about their business. Part of that preparation may include anticipating how much... by Credit Card Processing | Oct 10, 2013 | AVP merchant solutions info, AVP Solutions News and Events, merchant solutions
Some interesting stats and trend-lines are emerging from a recently discussed Forrester Research study on Smartphone-based sales in the coming years. The data notes that Smartphone-based retail numbers will hit $12 billion in 2013, all the way up to $31 billion in... by Credit Card Processing | Oct 3, 2013 | AVP merchant solutions info, AVP Solutions News and Events, merchant account services, merchant services
That may be the most germane quote — the “takeaway” if you will — from an interview that Nitin Sumangali did regarding MasterCard Global Insights’ recent white paper on consumer spending habits and whether they’re still in a “recession mindset.” The study...