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Two business professionals review underwriting data on a large screen in a modern office Application and Underwriting Speed Is the New Risk Strategy: How Faster Underwriting Wins Better Merchants Introduction: Why the Speed of Underwriting Now Defines the Merchant Experience We all know instinctively that first impressions matter. In a self-serve world where small businesses sign up for payments without going through a traditional sales channel, your merchant onboarding process is often your first real touchpoint. How quickly and smoothly you get a merchant from signup to accepting payments sets the tone for everything that comes after. So, what differentiates a great signup experie... Read More
A person using a food-ordering app on a tablet while holding a phone, showing embedded payments inside everyday software. Embedded Payments Embedded Payments Are Entering Their Maturity Phase, and Tomorrow’s Winners Will Look Very Different By Peter Galvin Embedded payments used to give software companies a clear competitive edge. Today, they are quickly becoming a baseline expectation. More than half of software companies in North America already offer embedded payments, according to Boston Consulting Group (BCG), and adoption continues to accelerate. But as payment processing inside software platforms becomes more common, simply adding payments is no longer enough to stand out. The real difference now lies in what sits underneath the payment... Read More
Warehouse workers loading cardboard boxes into a white delivery van at a fulfillment center loading dock, representing the surge in ecommerce order volume during Amazon Prime Day 2026. Contactless Payments Prime Time for Everyone: How Merchants Can Ride the Prime Week Wave By Peter Galvin Amazon Prime Day 2026 is here, and it's bigger, earlier and more commercially significant than ever. Running June 23–26, this year's four-day event arrives in June for the first time since 2021, a deliberate move by Amazon to capture consumer spending before summer competition heats up. With an estimated 201 million US Prime members and Amazon's online stores business posting 15% unit growth in Q1 2026, its strongest rate since the COVID stay-home period, the momentum heading into this event ... Read More
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