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CSG Forte Insights is a collection of industry news and perspectives to help navigate the payments landscape.

How Integrating Payments Enhances User Engagement and Drives Revenue: Insights from CSG Forte and Rentec Direct

Seamless payment integration is no longer a luxury; it’s a necessity for software companies. By embedding payment capabilities directly into their platforms, businesses can offer a more streamlined and efficient user experience, ultimately driving engagement and revenue. In a recent podcast featured in Payments Journal, Jessica Tate from CSG Forte chatted with Nathan Miller, president and founder […]

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Understanding 3 Types of Payment Processing Partners

“Partners” can mean a lot of things in commerce and software. That’s certainly true of payment processing partners, and for businesses, it can get confusing exactly what a payment partnership is. What’s the difference between an ISO vs. ISV, for example? Let’s say you want to offer ACH or credit/debit card processing to your customers, […]

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Think Outside the Square: How QR Codes reshape payments

From telemedicine to bread baking, there’s a list of things that enjoyed a surge in adoption during the pandemic. For businesses, that includes the use of contactless payments and QR codes—which turned out to be no passing trend. More than half of U.S. consumers now use some form of contactless payment, according to a Mastercard […]

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Empowering SMBs With Embedded Financing

Small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) play a crucial role in driving our economy through innovation, job creation and the contributions they make to their local communities. But SMBs can face obstacles when trying to access working capital through traditional financing sources, including high rejection rates, varying annual percentage rates (APRs) and lengthy application processes. Enter: embedded […]

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4 Reasons You Need a Scalable Payment Platform

The best payment platforms are rigorously designed to include or address several specific factors, including security, speed, reliability and more. But although those features are important, one of the most integral factors for any payment platform isn’t any of those. And it’s probably not what you think it should be—it’s scalability.   What Is a […]

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