Abstract
Payment technologies come and go with more than a few perishing from the lack
of value or the ability of the payment industry' s immune system to reject
ideas that threaten the status quo. But a number of technologies are
technically in place or may be in the not too distant future that merit real
consideration. While merchant pain and opportunity may vary, the range of
tools that exists gives the merchant - or the FI and processor - new options
to manage either. This document briefly reviews important emerging payments
technologies from an implementation priority standpoint and suggests their
relative order of priority.