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There are two sides to the payment stack, issuing and acquiring—in the middle of which sits the card networks. The acquiring side of the stack includes the merchant’s bank and the processor(s) it’s connected to. While many of the acquiring banks are well-known brands, the processing players fly completely under the radar for most people outside of the payments industry. This blog tells you who these processors and banks are, and how they fit into the payments process. https://bit.ly/3vEYFav

New report just published about the rise of Pay by Bank. Check it out!

At OurBanc Corporation, we're excited to share our belief that #crossborder meets #fasterpayments will be the BIGGEST event in the industry🚀🚀🚀 What event do you think will be the biggest shift in Payments? #FedNow #RTP #VisaDirect #MastercardSend #TokenizedDeposits #FinancialInclusion #futureofpayments

Open banking, the growth of debit card usage in the U.S., and the rising cost of payments are fueling an interest in pay by bank for many merchants. A recent study by Lipis Advisors - Global Payment Strategy, Adyen and Plaid examines the success behind pay by bank adoption in different countries, and why the time is right for the U.S. and U.K. https://lnkd.in/gx8zmXNg

Merchants are embracing embedded payments (a trend we're seeing right now in the payments industry) for a seamless consumer experience and faster sales! 🛒💳 Commercial payments are also evolving in today's high-interest-rate environment, pushing for fast, data-integrated solutions. 📈💸 However, despite advancements, paper checks linger. Will check fraud drive a shift away from checks in the future? 🤔📝 Learn more below ⬇️ https://hubs.ly/Q02BbxS20 #Payments #Fintech #CommercialPayments #FraudPrevention

💳 ✅ Making payments easier - differences between a payment aggregator and a payment gateway. 💡 A payment aggregator bundles multiple merchant accounts into one, which allows businesses to accept payments without a merchant account. A payment gateway is a service that processes credit card payments for merchants, and transmits data securely between the merchant and the acquiring bank. 🤓 If you’re looking for a more in-depth side by side comparison, you can find it here: https://bit.ly/43KVRFK. #OnlinePayments #PaymentGateway #PaymentAggregator #Payments

Visa, Mastercard, and U.S. merchants' new surcharge agreement is reshaping credit card transaction strategies in 2024. 🌟 Adapt and thrive with Spreedly: Our open payments platform provides the flexibility and insights needed to effectively navigate these changes, optimizing payment operations and ensuring compliance with new regulations. 🔗 Dive into our comprehensive analysis in the PYMNTS eBook, "The Implications of Uncertainty," featuring insights from Joseph Meuse, our VP of Product: https://bit.ly/49T3qvo #PaymentOrchestration #CreditCardSurcharges #Fintech #RegulatoryChanges #SpreedlyInsights #DigitalPayments

How Open Payments Boost Performance

A gateway usually refers to an entrance or a passage. In the payments world a Gateway has a slightly different meaning. In a payments transaction, there are several key players. One of those key players is a Gateway. A Gateway is responsible for facilitating the transfer of payment data to the merchant’s bank account. They act as the middle man between the merchant and the payment processor to securely authorise and process transactions 🔒 So, technically, a payments gateway is a digital passage that data has to pass through to get to the payment processor for processing. To find out more about the transaction flow, head to our blog https://hubs.la/Q02x3rdh0 🚀 #softpos #contactlesspayment #themoreyouknow

MPE 2024: What’s new for merchant payments and the role of digital wallets? At the annual Merchant Payments Ecosystem conference in Berlin, businesses and leaders in payments come together to exchange ideas, perspectives, and visions in the merchant payments industry.