As we hit the midpoint between the Black-and-Cyber shopping weekend, and the big event of Christmas itself, with Hanukkah now behind us and New Year’s (and the post-holiday sales!) still ahead…
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Is Your Business Ready for a Busy Holiday Season?—Why Mobile Processing Can Help You Serve Customers
The holiday shopping season is officially in full swing. Early bird shoppers have clamored to check gifts off their lists while others still bide their time…
If Even Buskers Take Cards — Shouldn’t You?
A sweet holiday-themed news item comes our way from overseas, and not only is it too good not to share, but it may be a harbinger of things to come: Cards, and contactless and e-payments will increasingly be taken in places where no one ever expected…
More pie, more metrics, a little EMV, and other tasty holiday insights
It’s not just “Thanksgiving” that comes at the end of November for most Americans now, but also “Black Friday.” The latter is almost as much an alternate organizing metaphor for the long weekend’s…
How “Black Friday” Almost Came Early — and other Thanksgiving/”Franksgiving” Tales
Happy short week! It’s become something of a tradition here on the AVPS end of things to get our blog post and newsletter out early during Thanksgiving…
Black and Cyber All Over: Holiday Shopping Is Here
Total U.S. holiday spending is expected to increase under 4% from 2014’s results, according to the National Retail Federation, but per Forrester (research group) online spending is expected to jump 11% over last year… (exceeding) $95 billion this year.”
This is Your Holiday Season — And This Is Your Holiday Season on EMV
Now that the Trick or Treat candy is all in the “half off” bins at the store, the home stretch of the year — and the holidays — begins in earnest.
Is Your Website Up to Par? AVPS Can Help Make It Better With Payment Processing Solutions
As you grow your business, a well-crafted, highly functional website will be necessary to take your operations to the next level. In our internet and data driven world…
The True Cost of Fraud — And the Future Beyond Cards
We are at a kind of “nexus” in the world of payments already — between the old and the new, the secure and the not-so-secure, the wired and the wireless. So it may well be fitting…
