April 9, 2013
There are already more mobile money accounts in Kenya, Madagascar, Tanzania and Uganda than bank accounts. Continue reading
Mobilising European Payments [Infographic]
March 8, 2013
While the US may offer more in terms of mobile payments potential from a pure amount standpoint, let's not forget that Europe's total population is nearly three times the US'. Europe's smartphone penetration is almost double that of the US and Europe has played a key role in bringing payments innovations, like EMV, to the world. Continue reading
MasterCard’s Interesting Solution to Fighting Online Fraud
November 9, 2012
While EMV domestically has stirred a great deal of excitement, one primary fault that continues to be discussed is that once EMV is implemented, fraud simply migrates to online transactions. Continue reading
Changes to Holiday Shopping Trends
September 25, 2012
Holidays? Already? Can’t we just worry about picking out our Halloween costumes now and not start thinking about the rest until Black Friday and now Cyber Monday? Continue reading
EMV – A Practical Discussion
September 19, 2012
I will admit to you that I am a bit tired today. Maybe it was the 4am wake up call to make my 6:15am flight or quite possibly I am just tired of the same old message being presented on EMV. Continue reading
Deploy and Forget? Not with EMV & NFC
September 12, 2012
Next month I am participating as a panelist at the MAG Annual Conference. The session is titled – POS Paranoia – catchy eh?
In any event, all panelists were asked to submit questions / topics that we thought the audience might find interesting. Continue reading
This Week’s Payment & Digital Media News
July 24, 2012
EMV
What’s Holding Back Retailers From Adopting Chip And PIN In The U.S.? – www.retailtouchpoints.com – 7/17/12 – “green_capI heard recently that the adoption of chip and PIN technologies for credit and debit cards can cut fraud losses by 60%. Continue reading
I came across a pretty interesting article today about EMV
July 18, 2012
I came across a pretty interesting article today. It is called - What’s Holding Back Retailers from Adopting Chip and PIN in the US? While it largely follows the advice / direction that I provide to merchants on a weekly basis, I do take exception to one point. Continue reading
Wireless POS: The Untold Success Story of Mobile Payments
July 12, 2012
Mobile payments is a HOT topic today. Even with the first of several EMV deadlines on the horizon (October 2012), cloud wallets are stealing headlines left and right, and making a lot of noise everywhere from conferences and tradeshows, to the editorial pages of industry vertical web sites. Continue reading


Chris Souther
Chris Souther
APG Cash Drawer