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International Perspective
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Paul Tunstall MAG Payments Summit, London 2024
Jul 22, 2024The Merchant Advisory Group's inaugural MAG Payments Summit-London 24, held on June 10-12, was an extraordinary event! Despite having no merchant or sponsor engagement until November 2023, the summit's success exceeded all expectations.
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Education
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Lisa Crockett The MAG’s Latest Microlearning Course, “Brand Release Essentials” Now Available
Jul 22, 2024The Merchant Advisory Group is excited to announce the launch of our latest microlearning course, "Brand Release Essentials," as part of our ongoing commitment to providing valuable learning opportunities in payments.
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Policy Perspective
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Josh Pynn Continued Discussion on the Debit Regulated Rate
Jul 10, 2024With the comment period coming to a close, there is a flurry of activity in Washington surrounding the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) proposal to reduce the regulated debit card fee cap. Introduced in November of 2023, this was the first proposed change to the regulated rate since it was introduced in 2011.
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CEO Update
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John Drechny What Makes the MAG Work
Jun 18, 2024You may have noticed over the last couple of years we have accelerated the way the MAG supports the merchant community. Most notably the addition of our tech community, online-learning education courses, and international expansion. Our mission of giving the merchants a voice in the payment system has improved many aspects within our industry. This is all possible because of the merchants who make the MAG a special place. As we look to the future, merchants’ participation will be the key to our continued growth and success. Let me give a couple of examples of how this has worked and led to our growth.
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Payments Technology
Jacques Soussana ISO 20022: A New Era of Card Processing
Jun 12, 2024nexo standards enables fast, interoperable, borderless, and global card processing by using ISO 20022 to standardize the exchange of data between merchants, acquirers, payment service providers and other payment stakeholders. nexo’s specifications and messaging protocols are advanced through its member community, free to download, and globally implemented.
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Advancing Payments
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Kelly Andrus EBT Chip Cards - Ready or Not, Here They Come and Retailers Should Beware!
Jun 12, 2024If you think EBT chip cards won’t be used in your store, you may want to keep reading! The first chipped EBT cards will come from the state of California, which also uses their cards to distribute cash benefits. The cash benefits can be used more broadly than the food benefits (SNAP) that come to mind when you hear EBT, so the issuance of chip cards may impact your systems, including ATMs, even if you are not a SNAP participating retailer.
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Innovate Now
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Bryan Penny A look at the Biometrics Market
Jun 5, 2024The latest buzzword in payments seems to be “biometrics”. It isn’t a new term or a new concept, but it is growing in popularity and acceptance and there are a few factors that exist in the market that merchants should consider.
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Membership Update
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Meg Thaxton Are You Taking Advantage of Your Member Benefits?
Apr 15, 2024The MAG offers a wide variety of benefits to its merchant members – from committees to conferences, advocacy, education, and more, and we want to ensure that you are maximizing your benefits to get the most out of your membership.
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Conference Update
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Andrea Rouse MAG’s First Payments MAGnified is in the Books!
Mar 21, 2024Thank you to the record-setting number of attendees who joined us at our first-ever Payments MAGnified at the Hyatt Regency Dallas!
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Board Member Corner
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Eric Vescera Turbocharging 2024: A Perspective from the New Kid on the Board
Mar 7, 2024I have had the honor of being engaged with the MAG through many different job titles… merchant member, SIG leader, Committee co-chair, MAG staff member, and now Board Member. Through all those titles and phases of my own professional life, what I have learned about payments can be directly tied back to the experiences, connections, people, formal and informal conversations, and education that I’ve received through engagement with the MAG organization.
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Sponsorship Update
Meg Thaxton Benefits of Being a Tech Forum Sponsor
Feb 26, 2024MAG conferences may have gone through a rebranding, but Tech Forum is here to stay. Tech Forum is a constant area of growth for our organization as the industry faces new and exciting challenges across the payments tech space. From tokenization, PCI compliance, fraud management, software implementation, and more, the MAG continues to seek new and innovative ways to bring together payments technology professionals in a meaningful way.
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