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Payment Institutions & E-Money

What are the advantages of working with a payment institution?

Online shopping keeps growing, and e-commerce sites must choose between working with a bank or a payment institution. This article explains why a single application and integration with a payment institution can be the better route.

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Merchant & POS

What is VPOS (Virtual POS)?

VPOS (Virtual POS) is the software-based, security-enhanced equivalent of the physical POS devices used for card payments at merchants, used for purchases made over the internet. It is also known as Virtual POS. VPOS is not issued to individual customers.

Virtual POS payment system diagram for online card transactions

Merchant & POS

What Is Virtual POS?

Virtual POS is the software-based, security-enhanced equivalent of the physical POS devices used for card payments at merchants, designed for online shopping. It is not issued to individual customers, only to sole proprietorships, companies, or foundations and associations.

Illustration of ways merchants can reduce chargebacks on card transactions

Chargeback

How to Reduce Chargebacks (For Merchants)

Chargeback is inherent to card transactions, so it may be impossible to prevent entirely, but taking precautions keeps the risk to a minimum. Here are the key points merchants should pay attention to in order to reduce chargebacks.

B2C business-to-consumer e-commerce illustration

E-commerce

What Is B2C (Business to Consumer)?

B2C stands for Business to Consumer and refers to producers selling their products to consumers online. It is the most widely used and best-known business model in e-commerce.

One-click payment button in an online checkout

Merchant & POS

What is One-Click Payment?

In online shopping, the payment method that lets card details be entered once and then reused automatically in later purchases is called 'one-click payment'. Patented by Amazon in 1999, it has been described as a revolution in e-commerce.

Diagram of the affiliate marketing relationship between merchant, affiliate, and customer

Payment Systems

What is Affiliate Marketing?

Affiliate marketing, in short, is a performance-based promotion and sales approach that distributes an online retailer's product marketing to different people and organizations, letting it achieve the most sales with the least risk.

Account Information Service Provider concept icon

Payment Systems

What are Account Information Service Providers?

Digital Account Checking underpins many innovative banking and FinTech services. In most cases, it is performed by Account Information Service Providers, which supply data from customers' online bank accounts to other banks and third-party providers.

Illustration of online shopping with a credit card and a shopping cart on a laptop screen

E-commerce

What is Online Shopping?

Online shopping is a form of e-commerce in which consumers complete purchases over the internet using a credit card/debit card, bank transfer, or cash on delivery.

Check-out button on an online payment screen

Security

What is Check Out?

In online shopping, converting product browsing into a completed sale after a customer visits your site is just as critical. The amount of purchases abandoned due to friction in the online buying process often exceeds successful sales.