How convenient an in-person checkout process is can have a significant effect on customer satisfaction in a store or with a business. With a 246 percent increase in ecommerce sales from 2014 to 2021 and half of Americans saying they don't carry cash with them the majority of the time, having mobile card reader payment forms for your business can serve a customer need and differentiate you in and outside of your store. Plastic is king for most payments today, and the easier you can make the payment process, the better the shopping experience is.

Trusting any aspect of your business finances with another entity is a decision that deserves worthy consideration. Not all payment processing companies are considered equal. Some don't deliver the customer support you need. Other payment processing brands charge fees so high, it's difficult to justify accepting credit cards at your store at all. Other merchant payment processing businesses lack the security your business needs to protect customers and your own finances.

The EMV fraud liability shift that commenced in October 2015 has brought about interesting changes for merchant processing and customer data security.

On May 25, 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will go into effect. The data protection and privacy regulation was approved by the European Union (EU) Parliament back in 2016, after four years of debate.

From using smartphones to pay for things with an instant tap, to stores that are using mobile devices to accept credit cards anywhere in a store, the mobile payment revolution is here. Between 2015 to 2020, mobile payment volume is expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate of 80 percent, with the mobile payments volume expected to reach more than $500 billion by 2020.