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Friday, July 26, 2024

Quick takes: Things that caught our eye this week

This week's news roundup highlights three developments of note: the launch of an AI-powered marketplace for payment processing, Samsung's introduction of a smart ring for health and fitness tracking, and changes to Pret A Manger's popular coffee subscription service.

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Merchant Sales Podcast
July 19th, 2024

Discover the Value of POS as a Service

It's a new twist on a winning model that works especially well for restaurants, explains Alejandro Swaby, Director of Sales at Cervion. Plus, Patti reports on the ongoing legal fracas involving the card brands and merchants.

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Online Edition – Issue 24:07:02

The litigious world of payments

By Patti Murphy

Payments has become a litigious business, and that doesn't bode well for the card brands or banks. Two recent judicial actions demonstrate this. First a federal district court judge rejected a proposal that would have settled the decades-long feud between the card brands and merchants regarding interchange and related issues.

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Resource Guide

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Community Voices

This week's featured contributor:

AU10TIX

Over 30 years ago, AU10TIX built the technology for ID intelligence at airports and border control worldwide, becoming the world's first enterprise solution for ID verification. That experience led the team to develop innovative, fast and accurate methods for automating the process in today's digital world.

AU10TIX Blog

As a foremost authority on ID intelligence, AU10TIX shares in-depth knowledge in this blog. Topics include understanding KYC, AML screening, spotting fake IDs, liveness detection in KYC, microprint, fugitive ink and fugitive pigments, malware-based phishing, and much more.

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Company profile from GS240602

Drive revenue, scale operations with B2B cellular connectivity

OptConnect began life in 2000 as a Grant Victor company, providing cellular routers for ATMs. After years of selling routers as ATM accessories, the company expanded into other markets and established OptConnect LLC in 2009, a global wireless connectivity provider that offers a range of cellular connectivity options, from self-managed to fully managed solutions. Chris Baird, president and CEO of OptConnect, said the company is focused on simplifying connectivity. "One size doesn't fit all, especially when it comes to cellular connectivity," he said, adding that OptConnect provides IoT project expertise, resources and support.

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