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How Adopting Mobile Payments Can Help Your Business Grow in 2024

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Request Quote Upgrade Your Legacy Equipment for Mobile Payments The world’s foremost mobile phone manufacturers, Apple and Samsung started to foster the use of mobile payments as early as 2014 and 2015, respectively. Google was a little late to the party, but it also followed with its method called Google Pay in 2016.

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Tap to Pay: What It Is and How It Works

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Apple Pay caught up in 2014; in 2015, the wearables market made everyone aware of the tap’s potential. In 2015, many merchants switched to NFC-enabled terminals; by 2019, most banks were issuing contactless cards. NFC even enables smart packaging to provide customers with product and usage information at the point of sale.

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EMV Chip Cards: What You Need to Know About PIN or Signature Cards and How They Work

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EMV (Europay, Mastercard, and Visa) chip card use has continued to expand in use since its tumultuous rollout in 2015. Final words At Stax, we’re all about helping merchants implement robust payment security that go above and beyond security standards. How Does EMV Affect Card-Not-Present Transactions?

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No Fee Payment Processing: Everything You Need to Know

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This figure used to be 24% in 2015 which makes it evidently clear that card usage is on the rise. Card brands fix flat-rate assessment fees based on the monthly sales volume via credit and debit cards. CardX, which was acquired by Stax in 2021, has an automated surcharging platform.

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What Is a Credit Card Surcharge?

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Purchase volumes through credit cards jumped 51% between 2015 and 2021. It is added at the point of sale and depends on the total amount of a transaction and the cap set by credit card companies. It is added at the point of sale and depends on the total amount of a transaction and the cap set by credit card companies.

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What Is a Credit Card Surcharge?

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Purchase volumes through credit cards jumped 51% between 2015 and 2021. It is added at the point of sale and depends on the total amount of a transaction and the cap set by credit card companies. It is added at the point of sale and depends on the total amount of a transaction and the cap set by credit card companies.