What competitive products are there to Genius?
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November 12, 2012
Henry Helgeson, CEO Right now, there is really nothing like Genius in the marketplace. Genius is unique in that it encompasses all types of payments for today and tomorrow, and I think the only other products out there may only do NFC or EMV or QR codes. I think Genius is the...
Announcing General Availability of Genius TX
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November 5, 2012
Delivers seamless traditional and mobile payment acceptance with mobile commerce, featuring LevelUp. Boston, MA – November 5, 2012 – Merchant Warehouse, a leader and innovator in payment and program acceptance solutions and merchant account services, announces the general...
What is a payment acceptance solution?
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November 2, 2012
Dan Dufault, Executive Vice President, Sales and MarketingA payment acceptance solution is far different today than at any time in the past. It's now about a far broader context. It's integrating newer technologies, newer opportunities for merchants, and newer...
What led you to Genius?
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October 30, 2012
Henry Helgeson, CEOGenius was a concept that started in mid-2011. We started looking at mobile payments and how they were going to impact the industry. And really what drove this was in September of 2011, Visa was put out there. Their TIP program, the Visa TIP program that...
Explaining Mobile Acceptance, Mobile Wallets, and Mobile Processing
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October 25, 2012
Henry Helgeson, CEOThere is a lot of confusion around mobile right now and what exactly is mobile? We've got really two separate ways we can talk about mobile payments. One is mobile acceptance, and that is something where we take a traditional card and run it through a...
Is there a clear market leader in Mobile Wallets?
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October 24, 2012
Henry Helgeson, CEO Right now, I don't think there is a clear leader in the mobile wallet space. I think there are a lot of great contenders out there. Certainly, partners like LevelUp and ISIS, are out ahead. ISIS has the backing of three major carriers out there in the U.S...
Which emerging payment types will have the quickest adoption rates?
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October 24, 2012
Henry Helgeson, CEONFC has been with us for a while in the form of contactless payments. There are over a hundred thousand merchants that already accept those. There's just not a wide spread acceptance or usage on the consumer side yet. The QR-based wallets have a lot less...
What is ISIS and what does it mean for Merchants?
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October 15, 2012
Henry Helgeson, CEOISIS is a unique partnership for us in that we're using NFC technology to accept payments at the merchant's counter top. It's one of the things that the card brands are driving to right now, and it's something that works off the traditional payment rails...
Describing LevelUp, a Genius Payment Application Partner
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October 15, 2012
Henry Helgeson, CEOLevelUp is a real interesting partner. They're focused mostly in QSR now, expanding into other spaces, but their value prop to the merchant is really driving more consumers in through the merchant stores, and we're seeing some anecdotal evidence as well...
Genius™ - The Customer Engagement Platform™: Availability
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October 14, 2012
Dan Dufault, Executive Vice President, Sales and MarketingSo we're really excited about the availability of Genius. We're currently in the midst of a beta launch of the product with our partners, and with a number of merchant customers, as we've now come into limited...