Articles For Tag "industry trends"

  • SHAZAM keeps payments humming despite COVID-19

    posted on Wednesday, April 15, 2020

    SHAZAM is consistently one of the fastest and most reliable authorization networks in the industry, as ranked by Mastercard and Visa. COVID-19 has not changed any of that, although card activity has shifted significantly from point-of-sale transactions to online transactions from home computers and smartphones. SHAZAM offers some insight into card usage trends in an interview with the Des Moines Business Record.

  • SHAZAM's Christensen named to U.S. Faster Payments Council leadership

    posted on Friday, January 18, 2019

    Kevin Christensen to serve as acting executive director and interim board chair of Faster Payments Council.

  • Moving toward faster payments

    posted by Kevin Christensen on Tuesday, November 27, 2018

    The U.S. Faster Payments Council will work with stakeholders to meet the evolving end-user needs by advancing the faster payments ecosystem.

  • Broad support for the Faster Payments Council

    posted by Kevin Christensen on Tuesday, September 11, 2018

    Overall results from a nationwide survey indicate support for the proposed operating vision of the U.S. Faster Payments Council and how the council can serve the payments industry.

  • Input needed on faster payments infrastructure

    posted by Kevin Christensen on Thursday, June 14, 2018

    Your comments that support a system built on independent and universally agreed-upon standards, interoperability and security for all participants are important to the process. Please respond by June 22.

  • Welcome to SHAZAM Blog

    posted by Paul Waltz on Wednesday, June 6, 2018

    The SHAZAM Blog will provide insights and offer advice to maximize the profitability of your card program, protect sensitive information, leverage your core platform more productively and share innovative ways to market your products and services to your community.