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Empowering and connecting Enterprise selling in an
January 14, 2019 • Issue 19:01:01
today’s payments professionals SMB world – Part 1
SMBs face.
Help me innovate
level salespeople (MLSs) can use their industry knowledge
and personal experience to solve the most pressing issues
By Dale S. Laszig
During the past two years, Paysafe Group's Lost in
Transaction series has highlighted global payment trends.
In its latest installment, researchers surveyed 601 card-not-
May 13, 2019 • Issue 19:05:01
complex,
present (CNP) SMBs in the United States, Canada, United
and the customer experience.
Kingdom, Germany and Austria and 306 card-present
set of challenges.
uoyed by reports of record 2018 holiday spend-
attitudes about payment acceptance methods, innovation
ing, analysts predict more retail growth in 2019,
Conversational commerce:
particularly in the evolving small and midsize
B business (SMB) sector. Advanced technologies
O. B. Rawls IV, chief commercial officer, payment processing
at Paysafe, said the research revealed that brick-and-
have introduced SMBs to a big-brand experience and new
SMBs in the United States and Canada. Respondents shared interactive, evolving
mortar retailers aspire to truly innovate at the intersection
IVR systems
of payments and the in-store experience. In response,
Paysafe's sales discovery process has evolved from price
Independent research by global payments provider Paysafe
POS solutions.
Group found SMBs struggle with "competing priorities" in
and service discussions to needs assessment and solution
their efforts to balance frictionless checkouts with payment
selling, he noted. Direct and indirect sales representatives
security. Lost in Transaction: The future of payments for SMBs,
have been centering conversations with merchants about
Contributed articles inside by: transmit credit card numbers. Over time, service providers
published by Paysafe in October 2018, found 54 percent
security, data protection, business management tools and
of ecommerce merchants surveyed believe frictionless
aggressively targeted by fraudsters.
transactions, such as in-app payments, make them more
Payment technology's evolution began when interactive
vulnerable to fraud. Seventy-six percent reported feeling
"The end goal is to help our customers implement solutions
voice response (IRV) systems and dial modems began to
replace phoned-in payment card authorizations. Like Morse
that enable them to better their business," Rawls said. "By
code, early touchtone phones linked numeric values with
By Dale S. Laszig
dual-tone multifrequencies (DTMF) to enable machines to
This is the first article in a two-part series that takes a
deep dive into today's SMB market. It takes a deep dive
eavesdropping on sensitive payment card data.
into evolving SMB environments and includes research
began to mask DTMF sounds to prevent criminals from
findings and commentary by payments industry leaders
TOC on page 3 machines and humans on the phone, email or online chat. certification themselves," he added.
innovating in the space. Part 2 will examine how merchant
any device, digital assistants help
messages to broadly distributed
Semafone, a data security and compliance solution
n a world where anyone anywhere can transact on
Jeh Holsomback ...................................................................................20 deliver targeted
provider for call centers, uses advanced DTMF masking
I it may seem incongruous to use
Steve Norell ............................................................................................34audiences. While
in its flagship solution, Cardprotect. Gary E. Barnett, CEO
Nicholas Cucci ........................................................................................40
at Semafone, noted that Cardprotect 4.0 is Payment Card
Bill Pirtle ...................................................................................................42
Martina Jeronski ...................................................................................36 machines to per-
Industry Payment Application Data Security Standard
sonalize relationships, chat bots and digital assistants are
(PA-DSS) certified. "We are literally saving our payment
becoming adept at representing the people and companies
application partners valuable time and costs that would
they serve. It's not always easy to differentiate between
otherwise have gone towards achieving the [PA-DSS]
"Voice: payments' next integration," The Green Sheet's lead
article in issue 19:04:01, examined the expanding role of
Adam Hofman, product manager at CallRail, mentioned
Continued on page 31
that advanced speech recognition has enabled IVR systems
times while improving customer experience," he said.
voice technologies in payments. This article explores how
sentient machines are transforming transactions from
to recognize complex phrases. "These systems are smarter
simple clicks into complex, interactive and contextual
than they were ten years ago, which has helped reduce wait
expressions of our interests, personalities and lifestyles.
jobs? privacy and security and enhance productivity? Or will Contributed articles inside by:
The article also addresses concerns voiced by merchant
level salespeople and their customers about AI in smart
homes and connected workplaces. Will AIs respect our
TOC on page 3 Continued on page 31
they encroach on personal moments and take away our
Brandes Elitch ........................................................................................24
Dee and Emily Karawadra .................................................................33
Peter Spee ...............................................................................................36
Adam Atlas ..............................................................................................38
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Cover Story Insights and Expertise
CFPB sets up guardrails for open banking .............................1 The American digital payments revolution ........................24
By Patti Murphy By Andrew Russell, Sound Payments
Open banking is defined differently by different governments and American digital payments adoption began slowly in the mid-1990s.
organizations. In the United States, there has been a lack of coordi- Then the COVID pandemic accelerated the need for alternative pay-
nation and standardization. The CFPB aims to change that. ment platforms. Now, there's no going back.
News FDIC proposed recordkeeping for custodial accounts ..26
By Ken Musante, Napa Payments and Consulting
News Briefs:
After the Synapse bankruptcy, the FDIC is proposing requirements
Holiday spending predicted to remain brisk ........................8 that would substantially alter the oversight, recordkeeping and
Visa eyes improved commercial reconciliation required by banks partnering with fintechs.
analytics for merchants ...................................................................8 How cash advance can fuel business growth .....................28
Same-day ACH payments soar .....................................................8 By Elie Y. Katz, National Retail Solutions (NRS)
Real-time payments to boost global GDP ..............................8 If you're new to the payments business, this article will serve as a
short primer on merchant cash advance products. If you're a sea-
GS interviews Bluefin's Tim Barnett soned pro, it will provide a quick refresher.
on payment security .........................................................................8
Walmart, Fiserv join forces on Clover .......................................9 New Products
Custom API-supported SMB disclosure service ................30
Industry Update ...............................................................................12
EMV C-8 contactless kernel testing.........................................30
Insights and Expertise
Inspiration
Street Smarts
SM
Ready to cash in on self-attended solutions? Part 2 ......16 Helping merchants prepare for
By Allen Kopelman, Nationwide Payment Systems Inc. Thanksgiving weekend sales ....................................................32
People who believe self-attended solutions are still two years away Departments
need to wake up. They are already embedded in the fabric of our Letter From the Editor ......................................................................5
lives and so common consumers don't notice them. Spotlight Innovators ......................................................................18
DateBook .............................................................................................33
Resource Guide .................................................................................34
Advertiser Index ...............................................................................38
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