by David True | Jun 3, 2026 | 2026 Q2, Operations
Agentic Commerce Planning for SMBs If you are involved in any way in digital commerce, you will have heard talk about agentic commerce – essentially using AI to help customers make purchases. The purpose of this article is to give you a way to think about...
by David True | May 16, 2026 | 2026 Q2, Cost Optimization, Legal
Interchange and Value Redistribution: Clarity in the Noise A recent Harvard Business School working paper has drawn pushback in the payments industry. Drawing on Fiserv settlement data covering roughly one-fifth of U.S. card volume, it estimates that card rewards...
by David True | Apr 5, 2026 | 2026 Q2
Cost Reduction through Transparency: Why I love IC++ As we noted last year, (https://payments-roundup.com/example-q1-2025-article-6/ ) small and midsize merchants can reduce card acceptance costs most effectively by moving from opaque flat-rate or tiered processing...
by David True | Mar 25, 2026 | 2026 Q1, Cost Optimization, Operations
Faster Payments: What SMBs Need to Know Faster payments are no longer a future concept—they are here, and they’re quickly becoming an expectation. For small and midsize businesses (SMBs), tools like FedNow, same‑day ACH, the RTP network (and eventually stablecoins)...
by David True | Mar 18, 2026 | 2026 Q1, Operations
Why Frictionless Payments Matter More Than Ever for SMBs For small and mid-sized businesses, payments are no longer a back-office detail—they’re a frontline growth lever. When checkout is slow, confusing, or limited, customers abandon purchases and rarely say why....
