by Chris Cadalzo | Jun 19, 2025 | 2025 Q2
This is the first edition of Payments Roundup, the first and only newsletter focused on payments and designed expressly for merchants. Payments Roundup is brought to you by MDDT Innovations, LLC. MDDT Innovations is responsible for the creation and content of the...
by Chris Cadalzo | Jun 19, 2025 | 2025 Q2
The Payments Roundup team recently sat down with Alexandre (Alex) Gonthier, Founder and CEO of Trustly, Inc., to explore the evolution, current status, and future of Pay by Bank, also known as Open Banking-enabled payments. This payment method, initially developed...
by Chris Cadalzo | Jun 19, 2025 | 2025 Q2
If you don’t look closely at your credit card processing statement, you should. When a merchant accepts credit card payments, several types of fees contribute to the total cost. While some of these fees are mandated by the card networks (Visa / Mastercard) and...
by Chris Cadalzo | Jun 19, 2025 | 2025 Q2
As increasing credit card processing fees continue to erode thin retail margins, more merchants are reluctantly considering surcharging—adding a percentage fee when a consumer uses a credit card—to offset these massive and uncontrollable costs. While surcharging is...
by Chris Cadalzo | Jun 19, 2025 | 2025 Q2
Merchants have long used “discounting” as a tool to boost sales and build customer loyalty. In today’s evolving payment landscape, discounts based on the type of payment tender, also known as cash discounting, have emerged as a more recent and increasingly popular...
