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By Chris Seip In Canada, and across the globe, we’re seeing the emergence of a gig economy that is fuelled by on-demand workers. According to EY, the U.S. contingent workforce has grown by 66 per cent in the past 10 years1. Ride-hailing services are one of the largest users of …

By Anurag Kar So much of our daily lives is online, digital and on-the-go, whether it’s how we communicate with each other, how we learn about current events or consume entertainment and increasingly how we conduct business and make purchases. Naturally enough, businesses from large retailers to financial services providers …

By Mikko Rieger Banks and credit unions are struggling with complexity and how to manage competing priorities. Mobile payments are growing by more than nine per cent a year, with more than 70 per cent of Canadians using their mobile devices for sending and receiving money1. Now too, consumers are …

By Ryan Ahern Payments are driven heavily by consumer behaviour and preferences, making it only natural that mobile wallets would catch on as smartphones have essentially become extensions of consumers. However, despite the move to contactless payments, mobile wallets have not been as readily adopted by merchants and consumers. But …

By Daniel Kornitzer Increased mobile penetration and a growing level of consumer comfort with making payments through a smartphone or tablet continues to impact consumer spending habits across the globe, including Canada. To measure the impact of this trend, Paysafe surveyed consumers from Canada, the U.S., U.K., Germany and Austria …

By Nicolas Beique Credit unions build their customer base and strengthen customer retention around their unique (non-profit, member owned, operated and focused) business structures and offerings. When their business customers ask them about which suppliers they should get payment processing services from, it’s important that the credit unions have the …

By Patrick Léonard Technology exerts an oversized impact on our world, and in the last 20 years every sector has been disrupted. Processes that have been altered to embrace change now face a cycle of constant upheaval in an effort to keep pace with the latest tech trends, which are …

By Alex Barrotti Historically, the restaurant industry has been slow to adopt technology. The paper pad and pencil have been the standard for hundreds of years in restaurants and are still used by many smaller food establishments. However, with the advent of tablet-based point of sale (POS) solutions that offer …

By Blair Jeffery The growing acceptance of virtual cards, sometimes referred to as v-cards, by small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) is increasing exponentially as billers embrace the improved security and convenience of this digital payment method over paper cheques. But for most SMBs, including business to business (B2B) companies, the …

By Justin Schweisberger Canada’s ongoing transition to a new payments infrastructure that provides full remittance data for electronic transactions will be a huge boon for businesses, accelerating the migration from cheques, reducing manual reconciliation and streamlining the supply chain and collections. All of which is great news for CFOs and …