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Payments by the numbers: 2017 ................................................1 Street Smarts SM
By Ann Train What if you had $1 million to invest
In many respects, 2017 was a challenging year for the United in a payments business? ..............................................................33
States. For the payments industry, however, significant progress By Steven Feldshuh, Merchants' Choice Payment Solutions East
was made.
A call comes in from an angel investor who wants to enter the
News Briefs payments space. The investor has funds but needs your expertise
to bring something unique to the table. What do you do?
Amazon, Apple remove friction from digital cash ..........10
New year, new chargebacks .......................................................36
EMV sales top mobile on Black Friday 2017 .......................10 By Don Bush, Kount Inc.
TIO Networks still down, investigation For businesses seeking the best ways to protect themselves in
of breach continues .........................................................10 2018, there are many ways to stay a step ahead of fraudsters to
Ecommerce embraces brick-and-mortar curb chargebacks and remain fraud free throughout the entire
for customer engagement ..........................................................10 year.
Discover moves to enhance convenience, security .........10 Feature
Holiday shoppers favor multichannel retailers ................10
Driving the future of payments – 10 mega trends ..........40
Breaches affect nearly A reprint from First Annapolis Consulting's October/November
1 in 3 businesses, survey finds ..................................................10
2017 Navigator.
Industry Update ...............................................................................12 Company Profile
Views
Secure CryptoPayments:
The very point of sale: Add cryptocurrency to POS options with ease .................41
The race to a zero-click economy .............................................18 New Product
By Dale S. Laszig, DSL Direct LLC
Secure, brandable, global prepaid platform ......................42
Which payment players were first out of the gate in the race to
zero? Some claim it was MLSs, selling lower and lower rates. Oth- Inspiration
ers blame equipment manufacturers for competing on price. Disarm objections with a preemptive strategy ................43
Insights from the 2017 Departments
Jack Henry Annual Conference .................................................38
By Brandes Elitch, CrossCheck Inc. Letter From the Editors ....................................................................5
Spotlight Innovators ......................................................................22
The 2017 Jack Henry Annual Conference was a comprehensive, Resource Guide .................................................................................44
four-day presentation on current issues in commercial banking
and payments that offered good insights for the acquiring sphere. Advertiser Index ...............................................................................54

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