Inspiration

25 Apr Will we ever become a completely cashless society?

Posted at 15:20h in Banks & Fees, Contactless Payments, Credit Cards, Ecommerce, EMV, Inspiration, Mobile Payments, New Technology by Eric

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated many industries especially ecommerce and mobile payments. For example, the US ecommerce market grew 44% in 2020 – nearly triple in spending from 2019. In the UK, the numbers are nearly parallel with the US at 46% growth according to...

28 May How Coding Bootcamps Are Transforming Education

Posted at 23:31h in Inspiration, New Technology, Tips and Tricks by Eric

Technology is quickly transforming every sector and education is no exception. From online curricula at every stage of learning that accelerates the pace that students can complete their education or virtual classrooms and learning software, technology is aiming to dramatically change how people learn. Perhaps...

09 Dec ISACA Vancouver: PCI Compliance vs. Risk

Posted at 20:23h in Credit Cards, Ecommerce, Inspiration, New Technology, Payments Security, PCI Compliance, Recommended Events, Tips and Tricks by Eric

This coming Tuesday, on December 15th, 2015 at ISACA Vancouver's December Education Session, Ryan Wilson will be teaching us and exploring the difference between PCI compliance and PCI risk Management. At this event, expect to learn about PCI Compliance, practical methods for risk qualification based on...

29 Apr Why would Apple Pay benefit my business?

Posted at 22:29h in Banks & Fees, Contactless Payments, Credit Cards, Ecommerce, Inspiration, Mobile Payments, New Technology, News, Our Merchants, PCI Compliance, Point of Sale by kubera_access

Since its launch in late September of last year, Apple has sold over 130 million iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus, boosting the company's revenue to over $130 billion (Q1 & Q2) by the end of Q2 2015. The extremely high Apple device count in use combined with...

05 Jan Canadian Small Business in Review

Posted at 22:10h in Business to Business, Inspiration, New Technology, News by kubera_access

With the new ever-growing tech atmosphere, small business does not look the same anymore. For example a small business is not necessarily defined as “a company with fewer than 100 employees” anymore. The infographic below provided by Salesforce.com explains this concept and digs further into...

30 Apr Is Mobile Payments Ready to take off?

Posted at 22:15h in Contactless Payments, Credit Cards, Ecommerce, Gateway Spotlight, Inspiration, Mobile Payments, New Technology, Our Merchants, Payments Security, Point of Sale, The Cloud, Tools for Developers by kubera_access

Over the past few years we’ve seen several mobile payments ventures gain plenty of momentum but never take off or become mainstream. Another mobile payments system has launched today – Paym. Paym links your cellphone number to your bank, which enables you to pay with your...

16 Sep BitPay Passes 10,000 Bitcoin-Accepting Merchants

Posted at 22:36h in Banks & Fees, Contactless Payments, Credit Cards, Ecommerce, Inspiration, Mobile Payments, New Technology, News, The Cloud by Eric

About a year ago, Bitpay, a payment processor that deals exclusively with Bitcoin accepted it's 1,000th merchant. Today it has over 10,000 Bitcoin accepting merchants. This is testament to the gaining popularity of the decentralized digital crypto-currency. Bitpay differentiates itself from other payment processors by dealing...

23 Feb Beyond Borders 9th Annual Media Awards

Posted at 15:09h in Inspiration, Our Merchants, Recommended Events by Eric

Winnipeg, MB - Nov 21, 2011 - Kubera and VersaPay's mutual client Beyond Borders held its 9th annual Media Awards where Canadian journalists who cover issues related to the sexual exploitation of children are recognized for their admirable work. The Media Awards reflect how Canada...

26 Jan Contactless Payments: Drink Espresso Bar

Posted at 20:04h in Contactless Payments, Credit Cards, Inspiration, New Technology, News, Our Merchants, Point of Sale by Eric

Drink Espresso Bar calls itself "UBC's coolest and newest coffee shop". Not only is it "cool and new" it has the latest payment processing technology: Contactless. At Drink any customer with a Visa PayWave or MasterCard PayPass card can simply tap their card on the RFID...

06 Oct Prof. Steve Jobs: Lessons from His Legacy for the Payments Sector

Posted at 17:55h in Inspiration by Eric

By Karen Webster The resignation of Steve Jobs as Apple’s CEO has prompted a zillion articles on its impact on everything from Apple’s ability to continue to innovate to the future of the mobile industry. I don’t have much to add to that score. News of...