MAG Insights

Dec 11, 2020, 11:46 by Leah R Collins

MAG hosted its first virtual Tech Forum and Annual Conference in October 2020. The Tech Forum saw record attendance with nearly 500 registrants, a 57% increase from its inaugural event in 2019, and the Annual Conference, with over 800 registrants, had a 27% increase in attendance compared to 2019 Annual Conference.

Dec 10, 2020, 10:37 by Leah R Collins

As we come to the end of the calendar year, we should all look back and evaluate our contributions to our personal and professional development, including the investments we made in driving change personally and professionally with, of course, recognition to that which is within our control. What were your contributions in this challenging year of 2020, and where do you want to focus your efforts in 2021 in order to influence the future?

Dec 9, 2020, 12:30 by Leah R Collins

Web standards organization the World Wide Web consortium launches forum for online merchant requirements with discounted membership available for MAG members.

Dec 9, 2020, 12:13 by Leah R Collins

The date was February 11th, MAG was having the opening session of the Mid-Year Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, with hundreds of payment professionals gathered to network and learn about payment services, trends and initiatives that impact merchants’ customers and bottom line.

Dec 3, 2020, 15:09 by Leah R Collins

This year started with hope and promise no different from years prior, but it took a sudden and unexpected change, COVID-19, that has challenged us all in different ways. For some, the challenge has been centered around how to keep the country fed and employees safe. For others, it has been focused on how to keep businesses viable. In a matter of days, we were creating new business practices to serve our customers in ways we had not considered in the past while also accelerating pilots of new operational models to serve their expectations.

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Imagine this: On a sunny spring day, Jen, a 36 year-old wife and mother, puts her kids on the bus for school and leaves her suburban home for yet another busy day. Her first stop is the gas station to fill-up her SUV. She used to go wherever was convenient during her day, but now she makes a point to fill-up at stations in one specific chain because their new smartphone app gives her $.10 off per gallon when she uses the app to operate the pump and pay using her stored checking account information.

Oct 12, 2020, 17:12 by User Not Found

Multiple teams and vendors at Kroger spent three years of planning, development, and rollout to ensure its Fuel Dispenser EMV conversion was a success not just for the company, but for customers as well.

Oct 12, 2020, 17:00 by User Not Found

The magnetic stripe has been around since the sixties – the same decade I was born as well as the birth of the cassette tape. Is it time for this major underperformer to retire? Not me! I am talking about the retirement of the magnetic (mag) stripe. Although I won’t comment on my relevance in today’s environment, we all know how things turned out for the audio cassette.

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As consumers continue to leverage digital channels more often for transacting, there has been a sense of optimism that the paradigm in payments could shift to one that fosters increased competition and innovation coming from new technology players offering creative consumer experiences that enhance overall retail commerce. In recent weeks, it has become unclear if that paradigm shift will be challenged in light of a new remote commerce framework being introduced by the global payment networks.

Oct 9, 2020, 15:47 by User Not Found

By now most organizations have heard of the European Union’s (EU’s) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which came into force in May 2018. The new legislation establishes guidelines on how companies should handle customer privacy, store data securely, and respond to security breaches. Businesses across the EU (or who have dealings with EU companies) have been working hard to change their practices and get GDPR compliant. Merchants, who frequently come into contact with sensitive customer information like payment details, have to be especially prepared as GDPR has the potential to affect many areas of their businesses.