WePay on Chase Acquisition: “The Same, Only Better”

As WePay Chief Strategy Officer Rich Aberman sees it, there are two primary types of acquisition plays in the payments industry.

First, there’s the kind where one payments company buys another payments company and rolls it into an existing business, for the boost in revenue or transaction volume.

Then, there’s what Chase is doing with its plans to buy WePay.

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Visa Puts Signature On Skirmish With Retailers

Visa filed a suit against Walmart June 30, the latest volley in a legal shootout with large retailers over EMV, chip-and-PIN and signature policies. “To me, it’s a clear escalation in the battle, said Rick Oglesby, president of AZ Payments Group and a partner at Double Diamond Group. “It’s never a good thing to be wrapped up in a public dispute with one of your largest and most influential customers, and the networks versus Walmart has been ongoing for many years.”

The suit claims Walmart surreptitiously tested a process in which shoppers were not given the choice to verify their Visa debit card purchases with a signature. It’s the most recent salvo in a battle among Visa and large retailers over the use of either signatures or PINs to verify transactions.

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