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        Cover Story                                            Views
          Self-serve economy opens new sales channel .....................1  Spotting counterfeits in wine and payments ....................38
           By Ann Train                                            By Brandes Elitch, CrossCheck Inc.
           Consumer expectations and digitization are driving self-service as   Like unscrupulous winemakers who counterfeit high-end wine,
           a sales channel for restaurants and for numerous other retail seg-  fraudsters counterfeit in the payments realm. This causes head-
           ments and professional services businesses.             aches for merchants, and payment pros can help.
        News Briefs                                            Education

          Early detection halts Avanti kiosk attack .......................10  Street Smarts SM
          Mastercard to acquire Brighterion, beef up             Identifying strong sales agents ................................................32
          AI capability .......................................................................................10  By Aaron Nasseh, Finical Inc.
          Prep sluggish for GDPR deadline, study finds ...................10  When expanding your sales tem, how do you identify which can-
          PayPal advances globally ............................................................10  didates have the best chance for success? This article provides five
                                                                   tips on how to do just that.
          Visa's war on cash encounters backlash .........................10
                                                                 Help restaurants sizzle this summer ......................................35
          Paysafe, MCPS consolidate assets, expand reach ............10
                                                                   By Steven Feldshuch, Merchants' Choice Payment Solutions East
          Can next-generation POS platforms                        If a restaurant is not in a resort area, it probably suffers from the
          help grocers succeed? ......................................................10
                                                                   summertime blues. If you serve this vertical, you can suggest
          NAC, congressional leaders discuss ATM issues ...............10  several ways to boost business at this time.
          Sophisticated cybercrime sets new bar                Company Profile
          for security teams.............................................................10
                                                                 Tranzlogic:
          Blockchain brings benefits but comes with hurdles ......10
                                                                 A bigger payday for ISOs and MLSs ........................................40
          EMVCo resets QR code payments ...................................10
                                                               New Product
          Industry Update ...............................................................................12  Geared for stable, integrated
        Views                                                    ecommerce and payfacs ..................................................42
          Insider's report on payments                           Inspiration
          Road to faster payments is still a work in progress. .......18  What was your name again? ......................................................43
           By Patti Murphy, ProScribes Inc.                    Departments
           In July 2017, a Federal Reserve-commissioned task force issued a   Letter From the Editors ....................................................................5
           call to action that, if heeded, would make faster payments avail-
           able to every consumer and business in America by 2020.  Readers Speak ......................................................................................8
                                                                 Spotlight Innovators ......................................................................22
                                                                 Resource Guide .................................................................................44
                                                                 Advertiser Index ...............................................................................54






















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