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Who’s Who: the Players in the Card Payments Industry
Who’s Who: the Players in the Card Payments Industry
An overview of the payments industry participants, their roles, how they interact with each other, and what makes the landscape seem so…
Rita Cangueiro
Apr 28, 2021
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The Impacts of PSD2, SCA, and 3DS on E-commerce
The Impacts of PSD2, SCA, and 3DS on E-commerce
Interview with Galit Shani-Michel, VP Payments at Forter
Rita Cangueiro
Mar 17, 2021
Acceptance Rates: How to Recover Lost Revenue
Acceptance Rates: How to Recover Lost Revenue
Learn about what is affecting your acceptance rate and what you can proactively do to increase it.
Tiago Cabrita
Jan 12, 2021
Holiday Shopping in 2020: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year for Payments
Holiday Shopping in 2020: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year for Payments
This year’s Black Friday and holiday season have been the ultimate test for innovation in the payment industry. What have we learned from…
Ana Rita Costa
Dec 22, 2020
PCI DSS Compliance: A Guide to Securing Cardholder Data
PCI DSS Compliance: A Guide to Securing Cardholder Data
Data breaches are one of the biggest threats for merchants. PCI DSS requirements were created to prevent such incidents.
Cristiana Fernandes
Dec 4, 2020
Chargebacks Part II: How to prevent them from killing your business
Chargebacks Part II: How to prevent them from killing your business
Understand the reasons why chargebacks happen and how you can proactively stop them from harming your business.
Maria João Miranda
Nov 13, 2020
Chargebacks Part I: Understand How They Work
Chargebacks Part I: Understand How They Work
Although sometimes underestimated, disputes are an imminent threat for all types of businesses that accept card payments.
Maria João Miranda
Oct 30, 2020
Acquiring as a Service: Untangling the Payments Stack
Acquiring as a Service: Untangling the Payments Stack
Tune into the possibilities that a Payment Platform as a Service can offer your business.
Ana Rita Costa
Oct 22, 2020
Implementing Network Tokenization — Interview with Daniel Pelegero, RPGC
Implementing Network Tokenization — Interview with Daniel Pelegero, RPGC
All about network tokenization. The benefits and how merchants can start the implemention.
Vasco Vaz Rodrigues
Oct 13, 2020
The Spread of Alternative Payment Methods through Ecommerce
The Spread of Alternative Payment Methods through Ecommerce
Ever since Paypal, hundreds of other payment methods have emerged for a hassle-free checkout experience. What are the alternative out…
Martim Calmeiro
Oct 7, 2020
The Post-COVID-19 Rejection of Cash and the Rise of Contactless Payments
The Post-COVID-19 Rejection of Cash and the Rise of Contactless Payments
One of the most significant impacts COVID-19 has had on payments is the rejection of cash. Terminals are the in-between, a lesser evil…
Ana Rita Costa
Sep 22, 2020
Why your business may need a payment orchestration layer
Why your business may need a payment orchestration layer
The payments landscape is getting increasingly complex. In such a fragmented ecosystem, it is still possible to manage the entire payment…
Acacio Couto
Sep 14, 2020
The New Generation of Authentication Technology — Interview with Alberto Lopéz, Mastercard
The New Generation of Authentication Technology — Interview with Alberto Lopéz, Mastercard
As the deadline for SCA implementation in Europe approaches, we spoke with Alberto Lopéz, Director of Cybersecurity and Digital at…
Vasco Vaz Rodrigues
Aug 25, 2020
How to optimize payments using Dynamic Routing
How to optimize payments using Dynamic Routing
In the fragmented e-commerce payments industry, there’s a meaningful number of failed transactions, and prices vary significantly. But…
Rita Cangueiro
Jul 29, 2020
Securing Personal Data via Tokenization
Securing Personal Data via Tokenization
How does tokenization increase conversion? How does the concept work, and how does Switch take it one step further?
João Norim Bandeira
Jul 14, 2020
The 3DS V2.2.0. Transition and Why You Should Get On It Now
The 3DS V2.2.0. Transition and Why You Should Get On It Now
3D Secure V2.2.0 is set to become the new payment card authentication protocol standard by the end of the year. The transition comes with…
Ana Rita Costa
Jun 30, 2020
How Payment Schemes are responding to COVID-19 Pandemic: What changed?
How Payment Schemes are responding to COVID-19 Pandemic: What changed?
No matter where you are in the World, the novel Coronavirus pandemic is part of our reality. Everyone is adjusting faster, to a new way of…
Joana Brandão
May 6, 2020
Interoperability in the Payments Industry
Interoperability in the Payments Industry
I was recently invited to participate in the POSitivity magazine issue of December 2019. Here’s an excerpt…
Ruca Sousa Marques
Dec 18, 2019
You’re probably overpaying for credit card processing.
You’re probably overpaying for credit card processing.
Learn how you can benefit from the latest interchange caps.
Ruca Sousa Marques
May 5, 2016
Online Payments > Credit Cards
Online Payments > Credit Cards
There’s way more to payments than cards.
Ruca Sousa Marques
Jan 11, 2016
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