by PR Staff | Jun 19, 2025 | 2025 Q2, Cost Optimization, Operations
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 PR Staff | Jun 19, 2025 | 2025 Q2, Merchant Stories, Operations
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 PR Staff | Jun 19, 2025 | 2025 Q2, Cost Optimization, Legal, Operations
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 PR Staff | Jun 19, 2025 | 2025 Q2, Cost Optimization, Legal, Merchant Stories, Operations
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...
