What Does Genius Accept?
Merchant Warehouse | VIEW PROFILE
December 10, 2012
Henry Helgeson, CEOThe beauty of Genius is it's designed for all the existing and new technology that is on the horizon as far as mobile payments go. We're working right now with a number of large providers and wallet companies to make sure our merchants can...
Mobile Payments: How Consumers Get the ISIS Wallet
Markiyan Malko | VIEW PROFILE
December 7, 2012
With every new technology comes a wave of early adopters. You know the people; these are the ones who are the first to buy a new gadget or those willing to wait in line overnight for the latest Apple® product release, regardless of whether or not they need it. And, there is a...
Mobile, Mobile, Mobile … and Point-of-Sale
Michael Gavin | VIEW PROFILE
December 4, 2012
Mobile is the hottest topic in payments and its one of the most popular technology topics as well. From statistics relative to consumer smartphone purchases, which are reportedly up 47 percent year-over-year, to predictions around mobile device purchases, which IDC forecasts...
Mobile Payments Security
Henry Helgeson | VIEW PROFILE
November 27, 2012
As the mobile payments’ media spotlight shines on who will ‘win’ the digital wallet race or when near-field communication (NFC) will evolve to a mainstream technology, another critical topic is security and how digital wallets work to protect consumer data. Interestingly enough...
What is Mobile Commerce?
Merchant Warehouse | VIEW PROFILE
November 15, 2012
Henry Helgeson, CEO The mobile wallet for the consumer is more than just payments at this point. It will be continuing to evolve outside of payments. If we were just taking our credit cards and putting them on our phones, that wouldn't be adding a lot of value. Mobile commerce...
Customer Engagement and the Point of Sale
Merchant Warehouse | VIEW PROFILE
November 15, 2012
Dan Dufault, Executive Vice President, Sales and MarketingA customer engagement device really changes the dynamic on the merchant counter top. The Genius customer engagement device is that open platform that promises to deliver all of the things, the advancements in...
Mobile Payments, Mobile Commerce, Mobile POS – What do they all mean?
Shannon Andrade | VIEW PROFILE
November 14, 2012
Mobile payments, mobile commerce, mobile POS – three of many new, yet commonly used terms, in the payments ecosystem today. With recent entries into the payments space from companies like Google, Intuit, Square and LevelUp, mobile transactions are quickly becoming a mainstream...
Describing the Payments Industry in 2012 and Beyond
Merchant Warehouse | VIEW PROFILE
November 14, 2012
Henry Helgeson, CEOThe payments industry today is definitely a changing environment, a very rapidly changing environment where we're not only looking at just the regular mag stripe transactions that we're familiar with, credit and debit transactions. But we're also going to be...
Attracting Customers this Holiday Season
Merchant Warehouse | VIEW PROFILE
November 14, 2012
Deloitte predicts a modest increase of 3.5 to 4 percent for retailers this coming holiday season. While below last year’s 3.7 percent and far short of the 5 percent surges witnessed during the economic boom, 2012 holiday preparations are well underway. ...
Attracting New Customers for the Holidays with Mobile Marketing
Merchant Warehouse | VIEW PROFILE
November 13, 2012
It’s no secret that holiday shopping delivers a surge in sales for many retailers. What’s less obvious is how to capitalize. Rather than simply hoping that holiday shoppers find you, the most successful retailers actively position themselves and their products to benefit as much...