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For merchants, it is vital that their chosen payments acquirer has the ability to work with them as a partner as opposed to simply a provider of payment services to fulfil consumer purchases. Acquirers should be able to work with their merchants and payments intermediaries in order to complete [...]

The supermarket chain near your house with the best chocolate selection. The taxi company which takes you home safely after a night out. The online store which sells your favourite brand of sports equipment. Your business - whether it is online or a brick and mortar store or restaurant. What [...]

Truevo and POS Innovation Anda Kania, Senior Editor at The Paypers, sits down with Jon Barras, Truevo’s UK Managing Director.  In this interview, Anda and Jon discuss Truevo’s launch into point of sale solutions and about the impact they are having on the in-store payments [...]

An issuer is a bank or financial institution which provides debit, credit, and/or prepaid cards to consumers on behalf of payment card schemes. Typical payment card schemes include Visa and Mastercard, for example. In 2018, 668.87 million cards were in circulation in the EU alone. Every one of [...]

If you’re an entrepreneur looking to accept debit and credit cards for your business, you’ve come across the word “acquirer”. In the payments industry, acquirers go by a few different names. You may have heard them being called a merchant account bank, a merchant bank, or a settlement bank.

"Automation is important to stay competitive and ahead of the curve. However, to be competitive in the long run, it doesn’t mean one has to cut corners," says Rob Lemmen, Chief Commercial Officer at Truevo. "The biggest challenge is to be appropriately vigilant while ensuring you offer [...]

From the rolling back of mandates to the rise of contactless transactions, the payments industry has seen its fair share of changes since the world learned about COVID-19 earlier this year. Visa and Mastercard have postponed merchant requirements scheduled for the spring. Contactless payment [...]

In October 2019, Mastercard announced they would be revising standards for their Excessive Fraud Merchant (EFM) and Excessive Chargeback Merchant (ECM) programs. These programs set out the thresholds which define whether or not merchants have too many instances of chargebacks or [...]

By April 18th, 2020, merchants offering introductory trials or promotions which roll into subscriptions have some changes to make. Visa has released a directive to enable “greater transparency, choice, and control for customers.” Mostly, the company is helping merchants to make it crystal clear [...]

Full-service card acquirer and payment service provider, Truevo, has announced the launch of their point of sale solution into the United Kingdom, Ireland and Malta tody. Previously, Truevo specialised in online, mobile and push payment solutions, so this offering marks the broadening of their [...]