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NMI’s perspective on payments industry trends, innovative tech solutions, merchant management and operational best practices. 

Contactless, Embedded, Effortless: Tap to Pay for SaaS Platforms Embedded Payments Contactless, Embedded, Effortless: Tap to Pay for SaaS Platforms By Kanan Keeney If your software users take in-person payments, they’ll expect contactless payment acceptance. The question is: how do you offer it to them? The short answer is tap to pay technology. Tap to pay uses a secure app and the near-field communication (NFC) technology built into smartphones to turn the devices merchants already own and love into secure, powerful tap payment terminals. According to Mastercard, global consumers tap contactless cards or digital wallets to make two out of every thre... Read More
3 Common Questions About Tokenization and Payments Data Payment Trends 3 Common Questions About Tokenization and Payments Data Storage By Matt Birchler What’s the difference between standard tokens and network tokens? Who owns the data stored through tokenization? And what are the implications of storing card data directly instead of using tokenization? Customer data protection is a critical part of offering payments, and we’re often asked four common questions from partners and their merchants looking to understand their responsibilities. In this article, we answer those key questions about different token types, data ownership and the tru... Read More
Leadership transition positions NMI for next phase of growth as Steven Pinado succeeds Vijay Sondhi as Chief Executive Officer A Chapter Closes, A New Era Begins At NMI: Seven Years of Growth, Innovation and Gratitude By Vijay Sondhi After seven unforgettable years, I’ve made the decision to step down as CEO of NMI. When I joined NMI in 2018, we were processing 550 million transactions a year through 1,000 partners. Today, it’s 5.8 billion transactions through 4,000 partners for over 1 million merchants. Payments volume has grown nearly tenfold — from $45 billion to over $440 billion — and our reach, our team and our ambition have scaled with it. These numbers are humbling, but they only tell part of the story. What ex... Read More
Smarter Mobile Payments: Where Tap to Pay Meets Dedicated Hardware Payment Trends Smarter Mobile Payments: Where Tap to Pay Meets Dedicated Hardware By Kanan Keeney The payments space is moving toward elevated convenience, and that includes payments hardware. At the forefront of that shift are mobile solutions that untether payments from the front counter, enabling merchants to sell on the go. Until recently, merchants looking to go mobile had two binary choices: a wireless version of a traditional payments terminal or a system that turned their smart devices into payments hardware. While both have a lot of great uses, new tap to pay options are bridgin... Read More
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