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Delivering more than payments amid disaster ...................1 Street Smarts SM
By Dale S. Laszig What surveys reveal .......................................................................33
The payments community goes above and beyond to help By Steven Feldshuh, Merchants' Choice Payment Solutions East
merchants and friends mitigate losses and get back on their feet What qualities, products and services are MLSs looking for in a
during and after disasters, which were all too plentiful in 2017.
processor? An informal survey of agents in the field found that
News Briefs honesty scored higher than any other factor.
Worldpay, Vantiv merger progressing ..................................10 Good talent is still hard to find .................................................36
By Jeff Brodsly, Chosen Payments
Data breach aggregation: yes, it's a thing ...........................10
While the payments industry has been forever changed by
Credit card unit of FBME scrutinized ......................................10 disruptors, the need for good talent remains. And companies that
NYDFS lawsuit against OCC dismissed ..................................10 nurture good talent will always trump those taking shortcuts.
Cayan acquisition to expand 2018 fraud-budget planning .....................................................39
TSYS capabilities, reach ................................................................10 By Suresh Dakshina, Chargeback Gurus
Data on 123 million U.S. households exposed ..................10 In 2017, the average business lost 1.9 percent of its revenue from
fraud, up from 1.47 percent in 2016. With 2018 here, it's time to
Industry Update ...............................................................................12 update your budget to account for this growing concern.
Views
Company Profile
Insider's report on payments: Unified Payments:
CFPB back-peddles on prepaid rule .......................................16 Global fintech for SMBs ................................................................41
By Patti Murphy, ProScribes Inc.
New Product
Prepaid debit card companies will get more time to comply with
new federal regulations, as well as a possible reprieve on some End-to-end support under one roof .......................................42
provisions of the pending CFPB rules.
Inspiration
Don't let acquisitions catch you off guard ...........................18 Gatekeepers, your new best friends.......................................43
By Jeff Fortney, Clearent LLC
Departments
It seemed the payments community couldn't go more than two
months without hearing about another big acquisition in 2017. Letter From the Editors ....................................................................5
Prepare now for more of the same in 2018. Spotlight Innovators ......................................................................22
Resource Guide .................................................................................44
Advertiser Index ...............................................................................54

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