There’s a “quickening” at year’s end, with all the preparations, travels, gatherings, and, of course, sales and transactions that mark the season, and much of the particular corner of it that we cover here.
Category: Card Processing
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.
This is the week — EMV is here!
And so, after weeks, months — years? — of writing about the coming “EMV standard” in this space — that switch to the chipped “Europay Mastercard Visa” card already…
Mobile Payment Solutions For Mobile Businesses
Whether you operate an up-and-coming food truck, or are a dedicated fixture at craft fairs, you know that operating a mobile…
Season of Reasons — To Offer Credit, and to Use It
We’ve now officially entered autumn — L.A. weather notwithstanding — and soon enough, it will be time to start makin’…
Consumers Using Credit More — But Don’t Have EMV Cards Yet
Some interesting studies and surveys have popped up in the “payments press” over the last week or so, highlighting the ongoing….
Time: “How Your Credit Card is About to Change Forever”
To be sure, it’s a dramatic headline. And it’s on a subject about which you — as a regular AVPS reader — are already well informed: The one-month-away switch over from the “mag stripe” standard for American credit cards to the “chip-and-pin” EMV variety.
Could The Way You Handle Credit Card Processing Cost You Customers?
At AVPS, we know that our clients have to incorporate the costs and fees associated with credit/debit card processing into their overall bottom lines. This means that, if they accept credit cards, they must include this as part of how they price their goods and services. While this has long been the norm, the rise of mobile credit card processing is creating some sticky customer service issues that we want to help our partners avoid. To demonstrate what we mean, here’s a story of a service provider, a customer, and the moment it all went wrong:
Simplify and Secure Your Payments With (Free!) Visa Checkout!
Visa has rolled out its free “Checkout” service for customers and merchants, to help make the act of paying even easier, and more secure. Essentially, Visa Checkout is a digital payment service that lets customers use a single, secure sign-on across channels and devices using a their preferred payment method.
