
A Global Overview on the Rise of Digital Wallets
The adoption of digital wallets, or eWallets, has brought about a revolutionary transformation in the global payments industry. These sophisticated payment methods offer consumers the ability to securely store and employ their credit and debit card information, along with various other modes of payment, electronically.

Why Real-Time Payments Should Be Top of Merchants’ Wish Lists for 2023
Merchants need all the help they can get to optimize their income, liquidity and reach. Rising inflation, the cost-of-living crisis, and supply and cashflow issues are slowing down retail growth and shrinking margins, and as competition intensifies, they have to work even harder and invest more to win each sale. They need new solutions that help them differentiate, maximize profit potential and act as a catalyst for economic growth.

Setting the Scenario, What Is Request to Pay?
Real-time payments are becoming the new normal, and digital transformation is the next step in revolutionizing banking. A key product in this arsenal is Request to Pay, an instant payment that enables a simple, instant and seamless payments experience for both the payer and receiver, unlocking promising benefits for merchants, banks, acquirers and billers.

The European Commission’s Instant Payments Regulation: what is going to change in Instant Payments?
On the 26th of October 2022, the European Commission published the proposal for a Regulation on Instant Payments (IPs).

Payments in Merchant Mobile Apps – Embed or Dead?
You cannot have mCommerce without payments What’s the point of having a mobile app if it doesn’t have payments? Redirecting consumers to make payments in a resized online form is challenging to do on a small mobile phone, especially if you are, like most people, multitasking in some way.

New Experiences Driven by QR Codes
The use of QR codes for payments has made a giant leap forward over the past couple of years.


Can Grocers Survive Uberization?
Rapid grocery delivery services are proving popular with “I want it now” digital consumers.

Making Your Mobile App More Engaging
The mobile app market is predicted to generate up to USD $950 billion by 2023. Merchants must have a mobile app to take full advantage of this growth, but so does everyone else.

Driving Consumers In-Store: Turning Fuel and C-Store Challenges to an Advantage
Getting consumers into a physical establishment is important for most merchants – but it is absolutely critical for fuel and convenience stores (C-stores) where there is virtually no eCommerce potential. Additionally, within the fuel sector, this is where higher margin items can be found.

Meet the True Enabler of Omni-Commerce
In a previous blog post, we talked about how you can share merchant tokens without worrying about PCI compliance. We closed that discussion with the promise to detail the many reasons you would share merchant tokens.

Can Sensitive Cardholder Data Be Shared Without Worrying About PCI Compliance?
In a previous blog post, Can Cardholder Data be Stored Without Involving PCI Scope?, we discussed how the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) says it is possible to store a unique token that represents a cardholder’s Primary Account Number (PAN).

Can Cardholder Data be Stored Without Involving PCI Scope?
Is it possible to store cardholder data without PCI scope? The short answer is no, but that doesn’t mean you cannot store a reference to it. Let me explain.