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Featured now on Merchant Sales Podcast

We rounded out 2018 with three additional podcasts for a
total of 23 episodes brought to you in 2018 by the Merchant
Sales Podcast. Available on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify and
www.greensheet.com/podcasts, this stimulating exchange
of essential ideas and developments from all corners of
payments is a joint project of The Green Sheet Inc. and CC
Sales Pro.
We hope you enjoy the latest episodes listed below and look
forward to bringing you more informative, thought-provok-
ing discussions in 2019:
21. Capturing new verticals with sticky offerings,
B2B opportunities and prospecting

22. Three predictions for 2019 ‒ Merchant Sales
23. The road to success is paved with opportunities

ANNOUNCEMENTS able partner for processing, having been deemed high
risk in the industry, the company noted, adding that the
program enables merchants to avoid offshore services
Discounted enrollment for that cause high decline rates for merchants.
ETA's 2019 Transact available
Maverick BankCard unveils
The Electronic Transactions Association opened regis- redesigned dashboard interface
tration for Transact, which will take place April 30 to
May 2, 2019, in Las Vegas. And the first 500 to register Electronic payment processor Maverick BankCard
at etatransact.com with the code "LAUNCH" will save launched a new dashboard interface for its payments
$345 off the registration fee. The annual show provides platform designed to provide an enhanced system for
4,000 attendees with a robust exhibit hall with more merchants, partners and the Maverick team. The rede-
than 200 exhibitors, extensive networking events, and signed interface demonstrates a responsive, analytics-
forward-looking educational sessions on the ground- driven, user-friendly experience that allows merchants
breaking technologies, trends and policies shaping the and partners to benefit from industry-leading payments
payments industry, the ETA stated. technology, differentiate themselves in the market and
sell more on technology than rate, Maverick stated.
HashCash launches blockchain solution
for virtual gaming interoperability NBP offers Single Sign-On

According to a Worldwide Asset eXchange survey of National Benefit Programs added Single Sign-On to
1,000 gamers and 500 developers, close to three-fourths its offerings. The service provides users with access to
of gamers stated flexibility to transfer virtual items multiple sites via a single authenticated login. "Many
across multiple games would motivate them to purchase acquirers, processors and ISOs are challenged to pro-
those items more. In consultation with video game pro- vide SSO in a way that would connect their websites
duction studios, HashCash Consultants intends to fulfill to their online statement reporting system due to cost,
this demand through the implementation of blockchain. resource limitations and prioritization, as the cost alone
"The primary market for virtual items in games is tens of can easily fall in a range of up to $10,000 per site inte-
billions of dollars, as of 2017," HashCash said. gration," NBP said. "NBP will pay for the effort of tying
your website to our white-labeled discount buying pro-
Impact PaySystem offers domestic gram with a simple click."
CBD, hemp credit card processing
Payscape opens office in Columbus, Ohio
Driven by customer and reseller feedback, Impact
PaySystem now offers credit card processing for domes- Atlanta-based financial technology company Payscape
tic canabidiol (CBD) and hemp products. Traditionally, opened an office in Columbus, Ohio. The new office is
merchants in this sector are challenged in finding a reli- helmed by Chris Warren, sales development leader. The

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