Carrying cash could become a casualty of COVID-19. While its imminent death has been a long forecast, cash just keeps on living to pay another day. Cash may not be king in the U.S. market anymore, but reports of its demise have often proved to be a bit premature. U.S. consumers’ cash use has declined...
These days consumers are a bit shy when it comes to shopping in physical stores particularly when it comes to checking out at the point of sale and having to share a touchpad with every other shopper that’s been in use all day is well known a little over a half-year into the pandemic. Recent...
As a merchant, you might already be aware of your risk exposure when you accept credit card payments, and hopefully, you’re taking the necessary precautions to alleviate that risk. It can be helpful to understand the different kinds of risks that each entity in a given credit card transaction is exposed to. The credit card...
NFC and EMV both refer to relatively new terms in payments technology. These two have changed the landscape of accepting credit and debit cards for merchants and consumers. But what are they and what is the difference between the two? They have fundamentally changed how a cardholder is able to use their cards to pay...
Any germaphobe will tell you that the surfaces of bills and coins have always been gross. And handing your credit card to a cashier who has the sniffles and a hacking cough? Even in pre-pandemic times, also gross. Even in pre-pandemic times, also gross. If you’re looking for a self-improvement task in this pandemic era,...
