Payments Blog

Death of the Credit Card Number

I remember when I got my first credit card. It had raised numbers that were meant to be used with a little machine called a manual credit card imprinter. To use the machine, merchants would place the customer's card underneath a piece of carbon paper. A manual slider would then make a click-clack noise as it pressed the raised credit card number into the paper. I haven't seen one of those machines in a long time. They're mostly used as backups...

Payments Blog • 3 MIN READ

Are your Payments Systems a House of Cards?

Payments environments are complex; and while there's a fair amount of high level information available, we believe there's an opportunity to provide even more value through producing focused educational content. With that in mind, last week we launched an educational webinar series - House of Cards.

Payments Blog • 1 MIN READ

Apple Pay: where to from here?

Apple Pay went off to a roaring start almost 18-months ago. In the first 72 hours there were more than a million cards activated with Apple Pay in the US. That's a huge uptake from a card enablement scheme. At that point they became the largest initiative launched in the US so far. Apple Pay has been on quite a journey since then. Not only can you use it for physical in-store purchases, but you can also use it to make purchases online. You now...

Payments Blog • 4 MIN READ

Amazon Payments: The Now Big Thing

Amazon Payments is a great example of how dynamic the payments market can be. Amazon began its life as an online bookstore with one-click buying capabilities. They quickly expanded upon their selection of products and eventually decided to make their infrastructure available to others. One key offering they've created over the years is a fully featured payment platform. The platform is a convenient way for anyone with an online store to use...

Payments Blog • 3 MIN READ

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The Battle for your Virtual Wallet

PayPal, Apple Pay, and Google Wallet are three behemoths vying to be the service you choose as your virtual wallet. What are the differences between each service, and which one is the most promising? Let's take a look.

Payments Blog • 3 MIN READ

Simplifying Multi-Party Transactions

Purchasing a new car should be a great experience. You get that shiny new car feel and wonderful new car smell. Years of trouble-free motoring, with the latest safety features to protect you and, if you're at that stage of life, your family. It should be a fantastic day when you take that new car off the lot, so why is it such a headache to pull the transaction together to make it happen? And how can advancements in payments technology be...

Payments Blog • 4 MIN READ

Real-time Payments Analytics - Historical

Real-time analytics allow us to take historical data and apply it to things that are happening right now. It's a mixture of traditional data analytics and insight into what's happening inside your payment system. By combining data about how your system is working with ad hoc reports, we create a better picture of what's going on.

Payments Blog • 3 MIN READ

Payments Innovation and the Increasing Attack Surface..

It seems almost every other day there is a new innovation in payments, but do these innovations always lead to a great outcome? Sure, they may offer great flexibility to the end user, but in many instances it can open up a whole new 'attack surface' for the fraudsters. In this post to the IR-Podcast, John Dunne, Chief Solutions Officer at IR discusses the dark side of innovation and the potential threats to be aware of.

Payments Blog • 5 MIN READ

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