Posts Tagged ‘E-Commerce’
Shopify Introduces New Bridge Between Online and Offline Commerce
As the lines between online and offline commerce blur, merchants need to find every opportunity to reach their customer base wherever they are.
To that end, leading payment facilitator Shopify is again expanding how its merchant clients can sell to their customers.
Read MoreElavon Latest to Step in as Payments Industry Lines Up with Programs to Support PF Model
As companies recognize the importance of the PF model, more legacy payments providers will likely bring products to market serving businesses that choose that route. Recently, payments processor Elavon became the latest to offer a program geared specifically to payment facilitators.
The interest in the market isn’t surprising, given the potential.
Read MoreNew Partnership for Square, Online Shopping with Venmo: News Roundup
PayPal makes headlines with Venmo and Square partners with SAP, while PPRO Group comes to Atlanta and Apple looks to India. Here’s your weekly news roundup.
Read MoreLocalizing Transactions Key to Attracting International Shoppers
A study released by shipper UPS earlier this month concluded that today’s U.S. online shoppers are more likely than before to make purchases from international retailers, and more likely to buy from online marketplaces.
What does this trend mean for the merchants looking to attract those shoppers – and the payment facilitators enabling their payments?
Read MoreFirst Data Launches New E-Commerce Solutions for PFs
Payment processor First Data has launched a new e-commerce program for payment facilitators that it’s calling Global PFAC.
As part of First Data’s e-commerce suite of products, Global PFAC offers a single integration interface that allows merchants to settle and fund transactions in more than 40 countries and 17 currencies.
Read MorePodcast: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You
This week, we talk with Chris Bucolo, director of market strategy for managed security service provider ControlScan, about e-commerce security.
When they take on payments, companies jump into a complex system where all parties are responsible for maintaining data security.
In some cases, payment facilitators are companies that have created applications that work well for the vertical they serve. But they may not always be aware of all the risk elements associated with that application.
Read MoreEuropean PF Klarna Expands with BillPay Acquisition
Stockholm-based payment facilitator Klarna is again expanding in Europe, this time with the purchase of German e-commerce payment company BillPay.
BillPay enables customers to pay by invoice, direct debit, or in installments through its PayLater product.
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