Tag: PFWORLD2018

PF WORLD Returns; Expanded Event is Just Around the Corner

Fresh off a successful event in New York last year, we’re locking in the details for our second PF WORLD event. And we’re inviting you to save the date so you can join us this spring – this time on the West Coast.

Off to an Acquisitive Start: MINDBODY, Paya, ClassPass

Despite significant M&A movement within the payments industry over the past couple of years, the activity doesn’t appear to be over. In fact, at the end of last year, Rick Oglesby, president of AZ Payments Group, predicted that acquisition would pick up in 2019 – and so far, the year is not disappointing.

3 Predictions for 2019: The PF Market Finds Its Footing

This past year has been an exciting one for the PF space. As the year nears its end, we asked experts to reflect on what they think the year 2019 will bring. Here’s what they told us.

Payment Facilitators and PCI: “Everybody Has to Start Somewhere”

An organization’s PCI scope – the components of its business that need to be included in an assessment – can have a dramatic impact on the costs for that company to comply with the security standard’s requirements. According to Chris Bucolo, that’s the fundamental reason payment facilitators need to “engage early.”

MINDBODY Exec: “We’re Going to See Who Wants to Run Along with Us”

During his keynote address at PF WORLD 2018, Chandre told the audience that the “true message” behind vertical software is also a critical factor determining whether the platform was successful.

“You’re Going to Have a Lot of Friends”: Infinicept CEO Ablowitz on the PF Market

As a relatively new entrant into the payments industry, the payment facilitator model raises a lot of fundamental questions, from both SaaS companies that could benefit from it and legacy payments providers looking to serve it.

Mastercard’s Zahir Khoja on the Trends “Working in Our Favor”

According to Mastercard’s Zahir Khoja, 85% of transactions globally are still made in cash, representing an enormous opportunity for payments providers to grow digital acceptance. Presenting at PF WORLD 2018, Khoja told the audience that, while the number of cash transactions looms large, market trends are helping providers move many of those merchants toward digital payments with a focus on the experience it provides for consumers.

The Great Debate: PF WORLD 2018 Speakers to Face off on Merits – and Pitfalls – of Becoming a PF

When software companies integrate payments into their platforms, many face the decision of whether to become a payment facilitator or outsource the payments function to someone else. Becoming a PF holds both risk and reward, so how can they decide?

PCI and Payment Facilitation: What are PFs Responsible For?

Companies that choose to integrate payments into their B2B software offerings must consider risk from a number of perspectives. This week, we report on some of the fundamental issues and decision points behind payment facilitators’ relationship with the industry data security standard.

MINDBODY’s Chandre: We Are a Payments Company

For many B2B software companies, the integration of payments is an evolution. The company begins by offering software to enable business operations for a particular vertical. The benefit of offering payments to support those operations may become clear later on. Not so with MINDBODY.