Join a Community

Communities invite merchants and payments stakeholders to address targeted issues and opportunities within the payments ecosystem. These collaborative groups focus on advocating change and educating merchants on developments that may impact their organizations. Communities bring together cross-functional teams to solve specific industry problems through focused collaboration. Participation is open to merchant members.

Committees

Committees are ongoing merchant-only groups covering topics aligned to MAG's strategic pillars. Highly strategic in nature, they approach objectives from a macro level while fostering continuous collaboration and collective insight.

Knowledge Networks

Knowledge Networks create ongoing forums for professionals with shared interests to engage in continuous learning, exchange best practices, and advance their expertise through regular interaction while building community and enhancing collective understanding.

ADVOCACY AND COMMUNICATIONS

Develop strategy around elevating the MAG brand through support of Advocacy, Communications and Marketing efforts for key MAG initiatives. Ensure regulators and legislators understand merchant payments issues.

Meeting Frequency: First Thursday of every month, 11 am CT

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INNOVATION

Facilitates innovation discussions with FinTechs through active and strategic engagement through regular presentations creating an environment that allows merchants to be engaged in ongoing payments discussions.

Meeting Frequency: Second Tuesday of every month, 11 am CT

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COLLABORATION

Identify, prioritize, and execute strategies to improve payments operational challenges most relevant to MAG merchant members. Drive merchants' voice through industry participation and enhance payment partners accountability.

Meeting Frequency: Fourth Thursday of every month, 12 pm CT
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INTERNATIONAL

Make connections with international payments professionals and organizations to learn their needs and realities. The MAG promotes a fair and equitable payment system that best serves the needs of consumers and to ensure merchant choice in payment services is not infringed upon.

Meeting Frequency: First Thursday of every other month, 6 am CT

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The Merchant Advisory Group

Driving positive change and innovation in the payments industry serving merchants' interests globally through collaboration, education, and advocacy.