Debit is the workforce of payments: simple for consumers, relatively inexpensive for merchants, and ubiquitous in everyday transactions. Beneath that no-frills experience lies a surprisingly complex ecosystem of issuers, acquirers, merchants, processors, and card networks.
Debit is the workforce of payments: simple for consumers, relatively inexpensive for merchants, and ubiquitous in everyday transactions.
Beneath that no-frills experience lies a surprisingly complex ecosystem of issuers, acquirers, merchants, processors, and card networks.
For years, that complexity was largely invisible to consumers—and often secondary for financial institutions.
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Debit is the workforce of payments: simple for consumers, relatively inexpensive for merchants, and ubiquitous in everyday transactions. Beneath that no-frills experience lies a surprisingly complex ecosystem of issuers, acquirers, merchants, processors, and card networks. For years, that complexity was largely invisible to consumers—and often secondary for financial institutions.
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