One of the major decisions an e-commerce merchant must make is which online payment solution to use. Many online merchants offer payments in various countries and on a variety of devices from laptops to smartphones. What kind of solution should you be seeking when you need to accept online payments...
Are Your Payments Out of Control?
When scaling to global markets many online businesses in a wide range of industries encounter new payments challenges including spiralling costs, increased decline rates, greater fraud risks and low conversion rates. What is causing these changes in your payment ecosystem? How can you improve results? Our new eBook A Merchant’s Guide...
New EU Regulation to Revolutionize Cross-border Payments
One of the greatest challenges global merchants face is high fees for cross-border payments. A new European Union resolution addressing this issue may change the situation dramatically. According to the EU plan, by the end of 2019, charges for cross border payments in Euros will have to correspond to fees...
It’s Almost Spring – E-commerce Opportunities
While the huge sales of the winter holiday season are long gone, spring promotions have considerable potential. Think of your customers as emerging from a long period of hibernation and piles of snow. Flowers are just starting to bloom, the weather is finally improving and people are actually leaving their...
ICE 2019 – Looking to the Future of Payments
ICE Totally Gaming is the leading international event in the global gaming sector with over 33,000 attendees and 8,500 operators representing 150 countries. Ofer Carmel, CEO of Bm2Pay, who attended the conference in London last week (February 5-7) with two other company representatives, spoke of new trends developing within the...
Valentine’s Day 2019 – New Kinds of Love
Ways to celebrate Valentine’s Day, the classic holiday of love and romance, are evolving. Jewelry, chocolate and flowers are still among the favorite gifts among the 55% of Americans who usually celebrate the holiday. Nevertheless, “the times, they are a changin’,” and retailers have the chance to cash in on...
What Should You Look for in an eCommerce Marketplace?
Most online enterprises seek to expand their activities across borders into new markets. The costs of opening and translating global websites, managing local operations and logistics, developing regional advertising, stocking inventory and organizing payment processing can be prohibitive. Some ecommerce businesses prefer to test the waters in new cross-border markets...
5 Payment Predictions for 2019
5 Payment Predictions for 2019 The payments industry is highly dynamic and continuously disruptive. There is a common consensus on that. Looking back over the last couple of years, we have witnessed some dramatic developments: Veteran financial institutions are being forced to open their systems and alter their services to...
Omnichannel Challenges for Merchants
Omnichannel Challenges for Merchants Not so long ago, when retailers tracked how their customers preferred to shop, they would assess the shopper’s favorite channel - whether it was via their desktop, tablet, Apple Watch or phone - and address them on it in order to engage them personally. With the...