Tap, Spend, Repeat: How Contactless Payments Are Changing the Checkout Game

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It’s a digital world; your customers know it, and they hope you know it too! One new solution that people love is the convenience and speed of contactless payment methods. From Apple Pay to tap-to-pay credit cards, contactless payments are becoming the preferred choice for many shoppers. For merchants, this shift presents an opportunity to […]

BNPL Boom: How Young Shoppers Are Driving the Future of Retail Payments

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As the digital landscape continues to reshape consumer behavior, one payment option has been gaining significant traction among younger shoppers in North America: Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL). This payment method allows customers to make purchases and pay in installments, often without interest. It’s not just a passing trend—it’s a revolution in the way people, […]

The Rise of Social Media in Commerce

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When social media first hit the scene, few would have expected the central role it would play in any company’s marketing strategy. What started as a hangout for angsty college kids, then angsty teens, then everyone else, has become a ubiquitous tool for connecting and sharing information. That tool is especially powerful for companies looking […]

From Paper to Pixels: The Battle Over QR Menus  

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During COVID, QR codes felt like a godsend. Rather than a menu that you didn’t really know had been wiped down, a QR code gave you a truly contactless experience. In the years since, QR codes have stuck around, while our fears of contagion have not. A Morning Scan over Coffee: Convenient or Clunky? Scanning […]

How AI is Changing the Payments Game

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Picture this: your business just received an urgent message from a customer about a payment issue. Before your support team even gets a chance to respond, an AI-powered chatbot on your website steps in and resolves the problem instantly. A few days later, you wake up to learn a fraudulent transaction from a stolen card […]

Card Payments Legislation: More On the Way  

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If you want to lead in any industry, you better follow the news. This is doubly true for the payments space, whose regulations, technology, and trends are always changing. Let’s get you caught up on how the regulatory environment could change in 2023, and what it could mean for you and your clients. In an […]

2022: COCARD Year In Review

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One thing we can safely say about last year: no one was bored! Across industries, businesses grappled with a number of challenges. Customers and boardrooms dealt with rising inflation, hurting both wallets and bottom lines. From the stock market to a changing job environment, the economy looked a lot gloomier by the end of the […]

Cards and the Cannabis Industry

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The cannabis industry is one of the nation’s fastest-growing, with more and more states moving to fully legalize it for medical and recreational use. The roughly $10 billion market is expected to maintain an average growth rate of roughly 15% through the 2020’s, an exciting prospect for investors and entrepreneurs looking to enter the industry. […]