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IndustryUpdate
The latest from Merchant Sales Podcast
Here's the latest from Merchant Sales Podcast, a joint project of
The Green Sheet Inc. and CCSalesPro:
• Podcast 42 ‒ The Devil's in the Details: Merchants lose billions of
dollars a year to unnecessary charge backs. In this week's episode, Gary
Cardone describes how Chargebacks911 leverages data and analytics
to drive down chargebacks. Patti discusses how the Internet of Things
could change payments. James explains the pros and cons of subscrip-
tion rate pricing.
• Podcast 43 ‒ A Blueprint for Success: Marc Beauchamp talks with
James Shepherd about his book, How to Survive & Thrive in the Merchant
Services Industry. Shepherd continues his ongoing explanation of pricing
models, focusing on the concept of passing along merchant processing
costs to cardholders. Patti Murphy provides an update on consumer
payment preferences.
For all episodes, visit www.greensheet.com/podcasts, iTunes, Stitcher or Spotify.
ANNOUNCEMENTS cash at the POS. It requires all San Francisco brick-and-
mortar retailers to accept cash. The law includes few
exceptions. Internet businesses as well as temporary and
Blackhawk recognizes payments non-stationary retailers, such as food trucks and pop-
leaders, innovators up stores, can still go cashless. Purchases for more than
$5,000 can also require noncash payments and retailers
Blackhawk Network recognized industry leaders in sev- can refuse to accept bills above $20 in denomination.
eral categories at its 13th annual Hawk Awards. Among
the recipients were Google Play, honored for making it Siemplify featured at Gartner summit
easy for people to connect with branded payments glob-
ally; Chase, recognized for providing merchants with Siemplify CEO and co-founder Amos Stern, along with
extensive, targeted marketing support; Samsung Pay, Siemplify customers Ariel Litvin, CISO of First Quality
honored for offering innovative B2C connections and Enterprises, and Glen Combs, security consulting part-
promotions; and Starbucks, recognized for engaging ner at Crowe LLP,, will deliver a presentation on secu-
consumers by appealing to everyday gifting moments rity orchestration, automation and response (SOAR)
and occasions across multiple platforms. solutions at the Gartner Security and Risk Management
Summit June 8, 2019. The talk "will separate hype from
DiscoverOrg an Inc. Best Workplace 2019 reality by demonstrating how organizations leverage
SOAR in the real world as a force multiplier for their
Business-to-business marketing solutions provider security operations," Siemplify said.
DiscoverOrg was named one of Inc. magazine's Best
Workplaces for 2019. This is the company's second Best
Workplaces award. Honors are based on a wide-ranging, RESEARCH
comprehensive measurement of private American com-
panies that have created exceptional workplaces through 36.4 percent of people in U.K. prefer
vibrant cultures, deep employee engagement, and stellar contactless for mobile spend
benefits. Collecting data on nearly 2,000 submissions,
Inc. singled out 346 finalists, Inc. noted. Mobile phone insurance provider, loveit coverit, a trad-
ing name of Pier Insurance Managed Services, surveyed
NAC salutes preservation of cash at retail 1,004 people between 18 and 65 years of age across the
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors joined other state U.K. about their mobile spending habits, including pre-
and local jurisdictions across the United States in pass- ferred mobile payment options, frequency of use, emo-
ing an ordinance to preserve consumers' option to pay tional state and tracking online payments. Researchers
found that contactless card payment was the most
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