In a Nutshell: Doing business doesn’t come cheap. The charges associated with accepting credit card payments and expenses involved in keeping up with the ever-changing hardware a business... read more »
In a Nutshell: Physicians spend years in classrooms and hospital rooms before they earn the right to see patients on their own. But the constant stream of red tape related to medical coding, as... read more »
In a Nutshell: Today’s merchants aren’t limited to brick-and-mortar storefronts to conduct retail transactions. Every second, businesses are making new sales indoors, outdoors, and online... read more »
In a Nutshell: In 2012, soon-to-be Harvard graduate Eliot Buchanan was facing the rapid approach of life after college. He needed a business idea that was both useful to users and practical... read more »
In a Nutshell: As many as 27 million US adults are carrying out-of-pocket medical expenses on their credit cards. That number continues to grow as credit cards become the go-to funding option for... read more »
The Electronic Transactions Association (ETA) influences, monitors, and shapes the payments industry through its leadership in education, advocacy, and the exchange of information. The... read more »
In a Nutshell: Higher learning institutions process trillions of dollars in payments each year for tuition, fees, campus activities, and other goods and services. The handling of payments in... read more »
In a Nutshell: Currencies used to pay for goods and services have evolved over the years. Modern Society’s contribution to financial history books is a cashless society that depends on... read more »
In a Nutshell: By combining social media and payments, Venmo has become a popular form of splitting bills among friends in recent years. This is particularly the case among millennials, who have... read more »
In a Nutshell: When five of the world’s largest credit card vendors combined their security programs into one in 2004, it created the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).... read more »