• Payments Technology

    Securing data in transit: A guide to PCI-validated P2PE
    Tim Barnett

    Securing data in transit: A guide to PCI-validated P2PE

    Oct 2, 2023

    As data breaches and cyberattacks grow more common, businesses need robust security measures to protect sensitive customer payment data. This is especially evident in the retail industry, where an increasing number of acceptance endpoints amplifies merchants’ vulnerability to data compromises and breaches.

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  • International Perspective

    MAG Continues its Global Expansion with the 2023 APAC Summit, 1-2 November
    Andrea Rouse

    MAG Continues its Global Expansion with the 2023 APAC Summit, 1-2 November

    Sep 28, 2023

    Following the success in 2022 of our first in-person event in Singapore, we are thrilled to share MAG is hosting its second annual APAC Summit, 1-2 November 2023 at the Westin Singapore.

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  • Membership Update

    Don’t miss the 2023 Annual Conference and Tech Forum!
    Kristi Simonett

    Don’t miss the 2023 Annual Conference and Tech Forum!

    Aug 25, 2023

    We are excited to welcome you to our upcoming MAG Annual Conference and Tech Forum in Atlanta, September 10-13, where we will be commemorating MAG's 15-year anniversary. The MAG works hard to create a conference that offers many networking events, advanced payments discussions, and a wide variety of education, making the Annual Conference an amazing event to attend.

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  • Education

    Coming Soon – Exploring Payments Technology
    Leah Collins

    Coming Soon – Exploring Payments Technology

    Aug 25, 2023

    The MAG is proud to announce the launch of our seventh eLearning course, Exploring Payments Technology. We began our digital learning journey in early 2021, with Merchant Payments 101 – which to date has over 500 graduates, with nearly 22,000 user visits and 1,200 individuals who have started the course.

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  • Innovate Now

    Tokenization in 2023:  Where is the Payments System Going
    Bryan Penny

    Tokenization in 2023: Where is the Payments System Going

    Jul 31, 2023

    A lot has been written about tokenization since the first big data breach in 2013. The focus today is to talk about the challenges with tokens and how merchants can affect change.

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  • CEO Update

    Expanding the Merchants’ Voice
    John Drechny

    Expanding the Merchants’ Voice

    Jul 25, 2023

    Have you ever wondered how decisions are made regarding payments? Or how you can have a voice in the implementation of payments? At the MAG, we are thinking about these things daily. After all, the MAG’s mission is ensuring merchants have a voice in the payments ecosystem.

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  • What's up in Washington

    Credit Card Competition Act Reintroduced
    Josh Pynn

    Credit Card Competition Act Reintroduced

    Jul 21, 2023

    The Credit Card Competition Act (CCCA) was reintroduced with bicameral and bipartisan support on June 7, 2023. Structured very similarly to last year’s duo of bills, the CCCA outlines a mandate that card issuers must enable two non-competing networks on their credit cards, with the intent of creating more competition in the card issuing and card network space.

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  • Conference Update

    You Are Invited! MAG’s 15th Annual Conference
    Andrea Rouse

    You Are Invited! MAG’s 15th Annual Conference

    Jun 29, 2023

    The MAG’s 2023 Annual Conference and Tech Forum is quickly approaching, taking place September 10–13 at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta. It will be here before you know it!

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  • Board Member Corner

    An Inside Look at the Last 15 Years With the MAG: A Conversation with Founding Board Member Chris Priebe
    Chris Priebe

    An Inside Look at the Last 15 Years With the MAG: A Conversation with Founding Board Member Chris Priebe

    Jun 6, 2023

    Fifteen years ago, Chris Priebe, Senior Director – Treasury Payments and Risk, Southwest Airlines and Vice Chair, MAG Board of Directors, felt fortunate enough to be in the room at Southwest Airlines Headquarters with a few really ambitious merchants who were gearing up for an exciting endeavor. The goal of this endeavor was to make a merchant-led educational and advocacy group, now known as the Merchant Advisory Group (MAG), that would bring merchants together for two semi-annual meetings.

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  • Evolution in Payments

    To surcharge or not to surcharge? Making sense of payment method incentive programs.
    Kelly Andrus

    To surcharge or not to surcharge? Making sense of payment method incentive programs.

    May 24, 2023

    Merchants who want to incentivize customers to use a lower-cost payment method can surcharge credit card transactions, perhaps charge a convenience fee, or even offer a cash discount. But merchants beware: a complex matrix of rules stands between you and the decision. As you begin to consider surcharging, it is important to consider the tangled web of requirements to be evaluated from multiple sources including case law, legislation, court actions, state/city laws, card brand rules, and even your own merchant agreements.

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  • Board Chair Update

    Payments…“Life in the Fast Lane”
    Kathy Hanna

    Payments…“Life in the Fast Lane”

    Dec 20, 2022

    As we approach the end of another year, the speed of change in the payments industry is not slowing down. Many areas of change are accelerating to address issues in the continuing growth of digital payments.

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MAG MEMBER HIGHLIGHT

From Student to Teacher in Payments

New to Payments? Immerse yourself in the MAG and you will be on the stage sharing your knowledge in no time!

MAG SPONSOR HIGHLIGHT

J.P. Morgan Chase —  Five x Fifteen

Maureen Elworthy reflects on 15 years of advocating and collaborating on behalf of merchants, consumers, and payment providers. First with AHOLD USA and now with JPMorgan Chase, Maureen has a uniquely valuable perspective into the ways the MAG has empowered merchants to create, grow, and protect enduring customer relationships over the past decade and a half. Covering interchange, alternative payments, the Durbin Amendment, transaction security, and more, here are five questions for a MAG supporter!
The Merchant Advisory Group

Driving positive change and innovation in the payments industry that serves the merchants interest through collaboration, education, and advocacy.