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One of the most important aspects of membership in the MAG is the opportunity for merchants to engage in interaction with their peers and subject matter experts in the industry to gain insights on practices and viewpoints on payment topics. MAG members engage in the discussion and make individual company decisions regarding their adoption of these practices or viewpoints on a completely voluntary basis. Neither the MAG nor its members represent or warrant that practices or viewpoints published by or discussed at the MAG constitute an optimal alternative for your individual company to adopt nor that they will achieve the same results attained by other members of the MAG. 

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Member Surveys & Best Practices

• 2018 - Credit Switch/Gateway Strategy
• 2017 - Small Ticket/Restaurant Fraud Survey Preview Document
• 2017 - MAG Network Best Practices
• 2017 - MAG Debit Routing Optimization White Paper
• 2017 - MAG Debit Routing Optimization Executive Summary
• 2016 - Transaction Security Best Practices
• 2016 - Transaction Security Best Practices Executive Summary and Survey Results
• 2016 - Interchange Optimization Best Practices
• 2015 - MAG Interchange Optimization Survey Executive Summary
• 2015 - MAG Interchange Optimization Survey Results

Official Documents

• Amended and Restated Bylaws
• MAG Vision and Mission Statement Business Card

General Resources

• Glossary of Payments Terms

2018

Conferences

Mid-Year Conference

• 2018 Mid-Year Conference Summary
  
• 2018 Mid-Year Conference Presentations & Polling Results
• 2018 Mid-Year Conference SIG Reports

Webinars

• The Supreme Court's American Express Decision: What it Means for Merchants - July 12, 2018
• Best Practices in Evaluating Modern Payment Systems - June 27, 2018
• Federal Reserve's U.S. Faster Payments Council - June 11, 2018
• VCR learnings & Network Brand Release Changes that could impact you - June 6, 2018 
• Mastercard Connect & Merchant On-boarding - May 23, 2018
• 5 Ways to Optimize your Interchange Costs Now - April 25, 2018
• New and Emerging Payment Trends – What’s Important to the Merchant Community?- March 28, 2018
• Fraud & Chargeback Trends and Best Practices to Mitigate Risk- January 31, 2018
• Visa Claims Resolution & Stored Credential Framework- January 17, 2018

MAGMail Membership Communications

• MAGMail: Supreme Court rules in favor of American Express in anti-steering case
• MAGMail: MAG Requests Delay of VCR - April 12, 2018
• Visa Response to MAG Regarding VCR - April 6, 2018
• MAGMail: Are you Taking Advantage of Valuable MAG Tools? - April 5, 2018
• MAGMail: New Member Benefit- Creation of Merchant Payments Job Profile - March 29, 2018
• MAGMail: MAG Requests Delay of VCR_Letter to VISA - March 15. 2018
• MAG Letter to VISA-VCR - March 12, 2018
• MAGMail: VISA Leadership to Rid of Signature - January 12, 2018
• MAGMail: MAG Implements Off-Site Event Policy for Conferences - January 9, 2018

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2017

Conferences

Annual Conference

• 2017 Annual Conference Presentations & Polling Results Summary
• 2017 Annual Conference SIG Reports

Mid-Year Conference

• 2017 Mid-Year Conference Presentations & Polling Results
• 2017 Mid-Year Conference SIG Reports

Webinars

• Status & Strategy- Fireside Chat with MAG Staff about the State of the Industry and 2018 Strategic Plans- December 13, 2017
• Innovations abound – global payment trends and the Fall Card Association changes that could impact you- October 19, 2017
• Tokenization - The Considerations- August 31, 2017
• Dynamic Currency Conversion – The Benefits and Best Practices for Program Success- July 27, 2017
• Evolving your Point of View on Digital Wallet Experiences- July 25, 2017
• EMV Terminal Configurations – What Options Should Merchants Expect?- June 28, 2017
• Trends in Chargebacks and Fraud- June 14, 2017
• EMV: Lessons Learned, Network Differences and the 2017 Spring Release- May 23, 2017
• Advocating Operations Best Practices – MAG’s Momentum- April 26, 2017
• Data Breach Claims & Managing Cyber Risk with the MAG CyberRisk Hub®- March 22, 2017
• The Deferred EMV Liability Shift- Secondary Implications for the Petroleum and Convenience Store Industry- February 28, 2017
• Merchant Routing - Strategy & Execution Insights- January 18, 2017

Industry Publications

• Amicus Brief- December 20, 2017
• Balance Innovations Releases eBook titled Bad Stores and How to Fix Them- September 7, 2017
• VISA Releases Paper on Threat Landscape: Skimming in a Changing Environment- February 22, 2017
• ​What do the recent changes at the FTC mean for you?- February 17, 2017
• MAG Debit Routing White Paper- January 18, 2017
• MAG Debit Routing Optimization Executive Summary- January 18, 2017

MAGMail Membership Communications

• MAGMail: Discover Leadership to Rid of Signature - December 8, 2017
• MAGMail: MasterCard's Updated Rules for No Signature- November 13, 2017
• MAGMail: Merchant Advisory Group Announces Staff Adition- November 1, 2017
• MAGMAil: MasterCard Leadership to Rid of Signature- October 19, 2017
• MAGMail: Stay in the know- subscribe to Payments News- June 29, 2017
• MAGMail: Enhancing Value to a Growing Membership: The MAG Announces Dues Increase- June 14, 2017
• MAGMail: Debit Routing Choice: A Critical Piece of Pro-Competitive Debit Reforms- February 28, 2017
• MAGMail: MAG Launches Digital Commerce Task Force- February 23, 2017
• MAGMail: MAG White Paper on Debit Routing Optimization to Increase Savings- January 19, 2017
• MAGMail: Federal Reserve 2016 Payments Study Brief Released- January 16, 2017
• MAGMail: Merchant Advisory Group Announces Staff Addition- January 9, 2017  
• MAGMail: Merchant Advisory Group Announces Staff Addition Press Release- January 9, 2017

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2016

MAG Communications

• MAG 2016 Annual Report