Ralf Gladis, CEO of Computop, walks us through the ins and outs of biometric authentication within the confines of Delegated Strong Customer Authentication requirements.

by Jed Danbury - Contactless payments have been experiencing a steep rise outside of the U.S., particularly as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak. (...) In the U.S. merchants are also removing the prompt for requiring signature during the pandemic, which is in-line with changes released by Visa in…

by Ralf Gladis, CEO, Computop - For all the talk about omnichannel and multichannel, these terms mean virtually nothing to consumers. They simply want to shop where it suits them, and the better the experience the more likely they are to come back for more...

by Ralf Gladis - (...) Computop are working with retailers who can successfully sell over the phone and have extended the range of payment options to enable this. One of these is for retailers to accept credit or debit card payments over the phone through a payment back-office and enter the…

by Jed Danbury - (...) To be most effective, retailers should easily accept credit or debit card payments over the phone with a seamless connection to their back-office systems. Alternatively, they can send customers a link to the payment option by e-mail after the call...

By Jed Danbury, Computop -

In the course of digitalization, retail payments are undergoing rapid evolution. With omnichannel and alternative payment methods, smart retailers are using retail space more efficiently, transforming the Point-of-Sale (POS) into a unique, value-added experience that is…

(...) Europe’s Second Payment Services Directive (PSD2), the directive behind SCA, was a reaction to a growth in fraud according to Henning Brandt, head of communication at Computop, a PSP. According to Brandt, SCA needs to be prioritised now more than ever.

“We, like other PSPs, are already…

By Ralf Gladis, CEO, Computop -

In the middle of the Covid-19 crisis, when retailers are counting the immense, and in many cases disastrous, impact on sales, it’s likely that the last thing they will want to consider is regulations. It seems a lifetime ago that the issue of Strong Customer…

With states beginning to institute "shelter-in-place" or "stay-at-home" directives, physical retailers that no longer fit into the category of selling essential goods potentially face many weeks, if not months, of store closures. For some retailers, however, there is an alternative way to continue…