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The challenge for retailers these days is clear: optimizing sales channels while minimizing exposure to risk. Somewhere on that shifting scale, retailers find themselves always looking for the next point-of-sale (POS) upgrade. Each comes with increased costs and increased risks. The costs are in technology…
In the beginning, it was a mere idea, but one with ambition. Still, we needed a break: what the business world calls “a proof of concept” – a small exercise to test our one singular idea that would transform consumer payment technology forever. It was…
In an increasingly globalized world, consumers constantly find themselves having to deal with the complications of foreign transactions when visiting the United States. Whether the purchase is a retail shopping expense, or simply a minor travel expense, unpredictable markets and fluctuating currencies make navigating a…
As 2016 draws to a close, the next big national trend is a robust holiday shopping season, a sign that consumers are ready to spend again. The National Retail Federation predicts a massive Thanksgiving shopping weekend, kicked off by Black Friday specials. More than 137.4…
The payment terminal beeps at a customer after she inserts her chip card into the slot on the bottom of the reader. The cashier has to tell her to swipe the card instead, in the latest case of what seems like the zillionth person to…
On the heels of a national trend toward cashless transactions, higher education facilities, companies, and hospitals across the country have been looking for ways to automate cafeteria purchases. For customers, cashless transactions provide the transparency of knowing how their money is being spent. This only…
Tableside payment solutions are increasingly in demand in today’s competitive hospitality industry. The improved check-out times these systems provide benefit both consumers and proprietors. But these payment options come with challenges as well. What about security? Can restaurants assure consumers that their payment data is…
Among the countless data breaches occurring throughout businesses and institutions every day, assaults on a hospitality establishment can be the most devastating to customers. When staying at a resort, customers use their credit cards at different locations like spas and restaurants as they enjoy their…
This summer, FreedomPay joined merchants and payment solutions providers from around the world at RSPA RetailNOW 2016 in Grapevine, Texas, for high impact educational seminars, networking, and a few rounds of golf. Thousands of attendees gathered to learn and discuss the current state and future…
October of 2015 marked a big month for FreedomPay customers – it represented the deadline for merchants to transition more than one billion payment cards to the EMV standard, and upwards of 12 million credit card terminals at merchant locations. FreedomPay’s advanced commerce platform made…