5 Things You Should Definitely Do at Money20/20

Money20/20 is the industry’s primetime conference and the largest global trade show focused on payments and financial services innovation for connected commerce at the intersection of mobile, retail, marketing services, data and technology. This year, Money20/20 expects over 10,000 attendees, including more than 1,000 CEOs, from over 3,000 companies and 75 countries.

If you are planning to attend the show and wondering what all should you do, we’ve put together a cheat sheet of the top five things you should definitely do at the show this year: 

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NFC/Contactless Payment Gains Traction among U.S. Retailers

NFC and contactless payment options offer a faster and more convenient method to pay for goods and services. In the U.S., NFC/contactless payment such as Apple Pay has been gaining a lot of traction. Other than its popularity with consumers, the technology has also seen significant adoption from retailers both big and small. These retailers are looking to enhance their customer’s experience by providing them an option to pay using Apple Pay on their iPhones.

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5 Payment Technologies Hospitality Tech Executives Need to Know

Payments, being a dynamic industry, is constantly evolving and executives need to be aware of key technologies in the market. Here, I’ve summarized five key payment technologies that hospitality tech executives need to know about:

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Video Blog: Are Merchants Ready and Willing to Accept Apple Pay Transactions?

Ingenico Group Industry Insights from EMV expert, Allen Friedman

Are Merchants Ready and Willing to Accept Apple Pay Transactions?

Right now, in the Tier 1 space where the largest merchants with the capital and resources can chose to turn on NFC, there are some who have decided to turn off NFC, even if they’ve had it before. Often they are working on a private solution among those large retailers. I don’t know if that will end up being a conflict.

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Video Blog: How Will Apple Pay Impact EMV in the US?

Ingenico Group Industry Insights from EMV expert, Allen Friedman

How will Apple Pay impact EMV in the US?

Apple Pay is a participant in EMV in the US, but they may not have a huge impact. They will have an impact on the adoption of contactless at the point of sale, and we’re already seeing that. We’ll see merchants who have NFC capable terminals that are not turned on will want to get them turned on for NFC. It definitely has given a boost to the potential of NFC at the point of sale.

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