The Mobile Payments Revolution
Merchant Warehouse | VIEW PROFILE
April 18, 2013
2012 saw some major leaps forward for the payments industry. Between Square, PayPal, Google Wallet, Isis, LevelUp and MCX, the mobile payment wars have just started to get exciting. This report from Merchant Warehouse will provide you with an up-to-date overview of the current...
Choosing the Right Mobile Payment Option
Merchant Warehouse | VIEW PROFILE
February 21, 2013
The phrase "mobile payments" continues to build recognition both with business owners and consumers. However, while many individuals might be using the same term, what they are actually talking about can vary greatly. For some mobile payments refers to Near Field Communications...
SquareUp
Merchant Warehouse | VIEW PROFILE
January 16, 2013
Compatible with most Android and iOS devices, Square allows merchants and small business owners to collect payments via credit card without traditional payment processing system. The Square device plugs directly into compatible smartphones. Once the device is plugged in, the...
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...
History of Mobile Payments
Shannon Andrade | VIEW PROFILE
August 30, 2012
Consumers are increasingly demanding new forms of payment that do not rely on the standard magnetic strip credit card. The emergence of such a demand is a direct result of online payment systems, such as PayPal. The next logical step after online payment systems was the...
Mobile Payments: Big Names Converging
Dan Dufault | VIEW PROFILE
August 8, 2012
Forecasts for mobile payments, including digital and physical goods, mobile money transfers, and NFC transactions are expected to nearly triple from 2012 to 2015, growing from $240 billion to $670 billion, according to Juniper Research. Companies like Starbucks have already...
What is Genius?
Dan Dufault | VIEW PROFILE
June 12, 2012
A sea of change is on the horizon in the payments industry. Daily introductions of new payment solutions and value-added offerings are creating a constant, building cadence of entries that are flooding the industry. The deluge of new providers coupled with increasing demands...
Co-CEO Henry Helgeson Featured in Digital Transactions Magazine
May 3, 2011
Merchant Warehouse Co-CEO Henry Helgeson was featured today in Digital Transactions discussing MerchantWARE Mobile and what kinds of merchants Merchant Warehouse is targeting with this mobile credit card processing solution. Helgeson also dives into the price war heating up...
Square payment solution vulnerabilities
Markiyan Malko | VIEW PROFILE
March 9, 2011
Some big news came out today from Verifone in regards to the Square Up payment solution. Verifone was able to successfully write a fake Square application that functions and looks like the real one but instead uses the Square audio card reader to steal card track data which of...