Mercator Overviews / by - August 10, 2018 12:59 pm
Everyone loves credit cards, but the industry gets polarized when the word “interchange” comes up. Interchange, the fee charged to merchants for the use of the branded network payment rails,…
Mercator Overviews / by - August 2, 2018 1:52 pm
The word “interchange” evokes emotions with merchants and card issuers. For merchants, the complaint is that card companies charge too much for credit card acceptance. For issuers, the response is…
Press Releases / by - August 1, 2018 3:10 pm
London, UK – August 1 2018 Kevin Jenkins, the former Managing Director of Visa has joined the board of blockchain payments and identity brand Nuggets. In a major coup for the…
Mercator Overviews / by - July 27, 2018 1:46 pm
This article in Smartbrief.com discusses Visa’s demonstration of NFC contactless in its Washington D.C. Innovation Studio along with other new payment methods, such as a biometric enabled payment. NFC Contactless…
Mercator Overviews / by - July 25, 2018 10:37 am
This article in globalcoinreport.com argues that payment card networks have been unable to keep up with demand for cross border payments, justifies the argument using recent network failures by Mastercard…
Mercator Overviews / by - June 28, 2018 11:32 am
Headlines from Bloomberg to the Wall Street Journal announced that longstanding litigation between merchants and the credit card industry is near conclusion with a whopping $6.5 billion on the table. …
Mercator Overviews / by - June 27, 2018 12:44 pm
Amazon added another top tier card partner with their small business card, as Ad Age reports. In addition to Amazon’s Private Label Credit Card, offered by Synchrony, and Chase’s Amazon…
Mercator Overviews / by - June 11, 2018 12:09 pm
Starbucks has done it again, with another financial tool to earn Starbucks “Stars”, which puts them in a unique positon as one of the top loyalty brands in the nation….
Mercator Overviews / by - May 25, 2018 12:14 pm
This article in the Wall Street Journal indicates that plans by Mastercard and Visa to combine their online payment buttons have made merchants so angry they are contacting federal regulators:…
Recent News / by - May 22, 2018 9:42 am