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The Ultimate Guide to Online Payment Processing

Stax

This article will show all you need to know about online credit card processing and how you can select the best payment services provider for your needs. Some payment gateways use tokenization to secure sensitive customer details.

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New Data: Why MSPs Are Staking Their Futures On Value-Added Services

PYMNTS

Businesses need help to access and deploy these powerful tools, however – and this means their merchant service providers (MSPs) must be prepared to step up. Many MSPs, including acquirers, independent sales organizations, payment gateways and payment facilitators, are starting to recognize this.

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barq Signs Agreement With Mastercard to Empower Businesses With Advanced Payment Acceptance Technology

Fintech Finance

The strategic agreement will see barq leverage Mastercard Gateway technology to further equip its merchants and consumers around the Kingdom with greater access to a wide range of value-added services — responsive, personalised solutions that cater to their unique needs and preferences.

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Deep Dive: Mastercard’s Shift - From Plastic to Platforms

Finextra

Over the past decade, the company has aggressively diversified – expanding into new payment rails, new markets, and new value-added services. It’s innovating in areas like open banking, real-time bank transfers, and even AI-driven payments. It expresses the views and opinions of the author.

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Payment Gateway, Processor & PSP: 3 Essential Payment Terms Every Business Should Know

Segpay

There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding about the differences between a Payment Gateway, a Payment Processor and a Payment Service Provider (PSP). In the fast-paced world of e-commerce, web merchants navigate a complex landscape of payment solutions. What is a Payment Gateway?

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An Overview of the Payments Ecosystem in 2024

Clearly Payments

Supporting Players in the Payment Ecosystem Payment Gateways: Payment gateways serve as the secure link between merchants’ systems and payment processors, they encrypt and transmit sensitive data. The global payment gateway market is projected to reach $49.7

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The battle for merchant deposits: How the fintech sector is challenging banks’ core business

The Payments Association

While this core structure remains, there is now a diverse range of “merchant intermediaries” that have become an integral part of the merchant services landscape. These intermediaries include payment gateways, independent sales organisations (ISOs), software companies, shopping cart platforms, and payment orchestration platforms.

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