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MAG Position Papers
External Communications
- MAG CEO Shares Lessons Learned for Working Remotely
- Association Letters to Delay EMV Liability Transition for AFD
- MAG Statement for the Record to the House Financial Services Committee's Financial Technology Task Force re Cash & Mobile Payments (February 8, 2020)
- MAG Comments RE FedNow (November 7, 2019)
- MAG Letter to the U.S. House of Representatives re: Support the Federal Reserve’s Proposal to Develop a Real-Time Gross Settlement Service (July 27, 2019)
- MAG Letter to the U.S. Senate re: Support the Federal Reserve’s Proposal to Develop a Real-Time Gross Settlement Service (July 27, 2019)
- MAG Letter to the Federal Reserve re: Support the Federal Reserve's Proposal to Develop a Real-Time Gross Settlement Service - (July 24, 2019)
- MAG Letter to EMVCo regarding SRC Concerns (July 18, 2019)
- MAG Comments to the Federal Reserve regarding Potential modifications to operating hours for the Reserve Banks' National Settlement Service and Fedwire Funds Service (July 15, 2019)
- MAG Comments on Efforts on SRC and Launch of KnowYourPayments Tokenization (February 22, 2019)
- MAG Comments to the Federal Reserve regarding Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) Service (Dec. 14, 2018)
- MAG Letter to EMVCo and Global Networks regarding SRC Concerns (September 7, 2018)
Member Surveys & Best Practices
MAG Official Documents
General Resources
2020
Webinars
Conferences
Mid-Year Conference
2019
MAGMail Membership Communications
Conferences
Annual Conference
Mid-Year Conference
Webinars
- Preventing Chargebacks during Peak Periods - January 29, 2019
- Will Faster Payments by 2020 be Better Payments? - March 20, 2019
- Lessons in Cybersecurity: Securing our Digital Future - April 9, 2019
- Secure Remote Commerce, the Mastercard Implementation - April 30, 2019
- 2019 Global Payment Brand Release Changes that May Impact Your Business - June 5, 2019
- Digital Payments Expansion and Market Consolidation Impacts - June 26, 2019
- How to Prepare for Holiday 2019 and Maximize Online Revenue with EMV®3-D Secure - July 10, 2019
- Mastercard U.S. Assurance Framework - July 30, 2019
- Unpacking Secure Remote Commerce - Separating Facts from Fiction - August 21, 2019
- Improving Performance through Payment and Fraud Optimization - September 11, 2019
- Tech Forum: Building Better Insights with Data - October 2, 2019
- Network Brand Release Changes that Could Impact You - October 23, 2019
- Tech Forum: The Evolution of Fraud and the Customer Experience - November 13, 2019
- Tech Forum: The Need for Payments Orchestration - December 3, 2019
- MAG Town Hall - December 11, 2019
2018
Conferences
Annual Conference
Mid-Year Conference
Webinars
- MAG Town Hall Discussion - Strategic Plans for 2019 - December 6, 2018
- Upcoming Card Organization Changes - October 18, 2018
- Visa/Mastercard announced a $6.2B settlement: What was agreed to and what should merchants understand about the settlement? - October 4, 2018
- Tokenization Essentials - Understanding the Role of Tokens in Payment Processing - September 26, 2018
- The 2018 Visa, Mastercard Swipe Fee Settlement: What It Means For Merchants
- Upcoming Mastercard Chargeback Changes - August 28, 2018
- Opportunities & Challenges in the U.S. Debit Market - August 14, 2018
- The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - A Survival Guide to Europe's Global Privacy Rules - July 24, 2018
- 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