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March 20, 2009

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March 3, 2009

Payments as Business Strategy - MRC March 10-12, 2009

The Merchant Risk Council is holding its 7th Annual e-Commerce Payments and Risk Conference on March 10-12, 2009 in Las Vegas Nevada. I will be leading a panel discussion at the conference on “Payments as Business Strategy”. In this discussion, we will highlight how payments management is an important part of any eCommerce Merchant’s overall […]

June 7, 2008

Payment Systems Fraud Is Not the Same as Data Security!

A Report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s 2008 Payments Conference by Linda Elliott I’ve just returned from the Chicago Federal Reserve Banks’ 2008 Payments Conference where this year’s topic was Payments Fraud: Perception versus Reality. The conference had good presentations on fraud perspectives in payments ranging from check processing to PayPal, mobile commerce, […]

May 26, 2008

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April 16, 2008

Managing the Changing Mix of Payments (TAWPI Conference)

[I am in Las Vegas for the TAWPI Payments in Transition conference – these are my notes from one of the sessions. An index of all of the sessions and links to the rest of my notes is here. – EMc] Keynote Address: Managing the Changing Mix of PaymentsBrian Hurdis, President, Metavante Image Solutions [program […]

March 18, 2008

Who needs VISA?

(via PaymentsNews) In anticipation of VISA's IPO (scheduled for later this week, as if the market isn't crazy enough) Adam Levitin, a professor at Georgetown Law, has a thoughtful post outlining a payments future no longer dominated by the card networks, one in which the needs of merchants, consumers, and banks are more balanced. The […]

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Remote Commerce Domain Takes Center Stage

Remote Commerce Domain Takes Center Stage

Expansion Under COVID-19 The Remote Commerce domain is home to e-commerce, many mobile payments, and the venerable mail-order, telephone-order method (MOTO). The growth in transaction volume in this domain has been nothing short of phenomenal accounting for a: 56...

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Point of Sale Domain – The Pain at the POS

Point of Sale Domain – The Pain at the POS

The POS Domain is Synonymous with the Retail Industry The POS Commerce domain is the land of brick and mortar retail, representing the majority of retail activity. Despite the steady double digit annual growth of the Remote Commerce domain, the POS Commerce domain was...

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The Payments Industry Impact of COVID-19

The Payments Industry Impact of COVID-19

Series Introduction COVID-19’s impact on the U.S. payments industry and domestic economy is profound. Multiple reports from the U.S. Department of Commerce, merchant acquirers and PSPs indicate the extent of the pain even at this early stage of this pandemic-induced...

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Merchant Payments Operations: Organization

Merchant Payments Operations: Organization

In Kavita Jiandani’s post Assessing a Merchant’s Payments Operations, she introduced Glenbrook’s methodology for our in-depth assessment of a merchant’s payments operations. In her introductory piece, Kavita highlights the major Key Assessment Areas we evaluate during...

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Regulatory Analysis of KYC for Covid-19 in Emerging Markets

Regulatory Analysis of KYC for Covid-19 in Emerging Markets

Download a PDF version of this document here. Read our introductory discussion here. Regulatory Background The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) sets global standards for combating money laundering (ML) and the financing of terrorism (TF) and proliferation. While its...

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