Driving positive change and innovation in the payments industry
COLLABORATION
- Engages with other prominent merchant trade associations in order to enhance and leverage the merchants’ voice in payments issues.
- Attends most of the largest payments industry and network-hosted events and often is the sole representative of the merchant voice.
- Participates in a variety of meetings sponsored by regional Federal Reserve Banks, and is a member of the Fed's Mobile Payments Industry Workgroup.
ADVOCACY
- Vigorously pursues merchant objectives regarding payments issues of importance, including improving the customer payment experience, lowering the high cost of payment acceptance, reducing payment fraud, ensuring a fair and competitive payments landscape for in-person and digital payments, educating stakeholders on the need for open standards and pressing for meaningful representation in decision-making payments forums.
- Seeks out opportunities to represent its members at payments industry events and in the trade press and actively collaborates with other merchant trade associations, acting as a resource for subject matter expertise on payments matters.
- Promotes a fair and equitable payments system that best serves the needs of U.S. consumers and to ensure merchant choice in payments services is not infringed upon by any stakeholder in the payments chain to Congress and federal agencies.
EDUCATION
- Provides educational sessions at our Annual and Mid-Year Conferences.
- Produces educational materials to help payments professionals at differing levels of expertise including Merchant Readiness Guides, Best Practices, and Quick Reference Guides.
- Supplies the MAG Learning Center (MLC) with webinar recordings, conference session presentations, session recordings, industry publications, member surveys, best practices, and additional tools to help you educate new employees and manage your department.
MAG Engagement
- Engages with other prominent merchant trade associations in order to enhance and leverage the merchants’ voice in payments issues.
- Attends most of the largest payments industry and network-hosted events and often is the sole representative of the merchant voice.
- Participates in a variety of meetings sponsored by regional Federal Reserve Banks, and is a member of the Fed's Mobile Payments Industry Workgroup.
Testimonials
MAG membership is made up of merchants only!
MAG Members represent all key merchant verticals, including big box retail, warehouse retail, petroleum, grocery, small ticket/kiosk, airlines, hotels, and eCommerce. Typical MAG Members are:
- Individuals who want to help drive positive change in the payments industry.
- Payments operations or payments technology subject matter experts willing to share knowledge.
- New payments professionals looking to gain a foundational knowledge of payments and the ecosystem.
MEMBERSHIP VALUE
The Merchant Advisory Group (MAG) is a global organization dedicated to driving positive change and innovation in the payments industry through merchant collaboration, education, and advocacy. Representing over 175 of the world’s leading merchants across many industries, including airlines, retail, restaurants, insurance, amusement parks, grocery, and software, the MAG facilitates strategic engagement across North America, Europe, and Asia.
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