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Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Regulator, trade groups vie over Illinois interchange law

The battle lines are firming up over an Illinois law that would exempt sales tax and tips from interchange assessments. The latest entity to join in the fight is the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which filed an amicus brief backing financial institutions that want to block the new law.

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Merchant Sales Podcast
September 27th, 2024

Leveraging AI to Land More Sales and Streamline Customer Service

Discover how AI is streamlining sales, approvals and customer service in this week's interview with Dave Fiegle, president of the AI Agency. Then James describes how he uses AI in his businesses, and Patti reports on how regulators are honing their focus on BNPL.

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Online Edition – Issue 24:09:02

Instant payments: Are we there yet?

By Patti Murphy

Getting U.S. financial institutions to adopt new, faster, better ways to facilitate payments is a bit like turning around a giant ocean liner. It will get done, eventually. But it requires a lot behind the scenes work, and a lot of moving parts.

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Resource Guide

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Community Voices

This week's featured contributor:

Ken Musante,<br>Napa Payments and Consulting

Ken Musante,
Napa Payments and Consulting

As leader of Humboldt Merchant Services and Eureka Payments, and an executive for JPMorgan Chase division WePay, Ken gained unparalleled expertise in successful payments platforms.

Ken Musante, Blog and Published Articles

Currently founder and president of Napa Payments and Consulting, Ken also serves as commercial director for the Payments Consulting Network. He publishes regularly, and his articles are available at the link below.

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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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