Where Will Traditional ISOs fit in the Future Payments Ecosystem?
Merchant Warehouse | VIEW PROFILE
November 9, 2012
Henry Helgeson, CEOTraditional ISOs are going to have to evolve very quickly here. Payments are becoming more and more commoditized if we just look at the straight payment and not all the value that's built around the payment in mobile. It's a play that requires a lot of...
What is a payment acceptance solution?
Merchant Warehouse | VIEW PROFILE
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?
Merchant Warehouse | VIEW PROFILE
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...
The Emergence & Implications of EMV
Marc Castrechini | VIEW PROFILE
October 12, 2012
EMV is the global standard for credit and debit cards based on embedded chip card technology developed by Europay, MasterCard and Visa. Recent announcements made by MasterCard and Visa are aimed at accelerating the adoption of EMV technology in the United States. This leaves...
What is Genius TX?
Merchant Warehouse | VIEW PROFILE
October 4, 2012
Dan Dufault, Executive Vice President, Sales and MarketingGenius TX is a great entry point into mobile commerce for merchants. Those merchants who want to be able to provide advanced functionality at the point of purchase, who want to get involved in mobile commerce can do...
What is Genius ITX?
Merchant Warehouse | VIEW PROFILE
October 4, 2012
Dan Dufault, Executive Vice President, Sales and MarketingGenius ITX represents really what is the flagship of the Genius product family. Genius ITX is really designed for merchants who have integrated point of sale, and it's designed in a way to be ultimately flexible,...
Obstacles to Mobile Payment Implementation
Shannon Andrade | VIEW PROFILE
September 27, 2012
Mobile payments are set to revolutionize how consumers pay for goods and services at retail locations. These payment methods will also revolutionize how merchants can accept payments. In July of 2011, Juniper Research predicted that the dollar total of mobile payments would...
Small Business, Big Opportunity – Credit Card Acceptance
Michael Gavin | VIEW PROFILE
July 30, 2012
According to a recent report from Intuit Small Business, an astounding 55 percent, or 14.85 million, of small businesses in the U.S. do not accept credit cards. It’s estimated that these businesses miss out on a potential 100 billion dollars in annual sales. These are amazing...
What is EMV?
Marc Castrechini | VIEW PROFILE
July 18, 2012
EMV is the global card technology of choice and it’s coming to the U.S. There are an estimated 1.5 billion EMV cards worldwide and 21 million EMV terminals. Coupled with card adoption rates averaging 44.7 percent and terminal adoption rates at 76.4 percent, EMV’s global...
Mobile Payments: Stresses for POS Developers and VARs
Patrick Turiano | VIEW PROFILE
July 9, 2012
The payments ecosystem is changing and the impact of the convergence of new mobile payment types, mobile wallets and consumer programs are leading to new stresses for point-of-sale (POS) developers and value-added resellers (VARs). Historically, they have been focused on...