September / October 2018
COVER STORY
STRATEGIC MANEUVERS
Payment companies ramp up M&A activities, seeking to offer integrated and updated services.
FEATURES
TRANSACTION TRENDS EXCLUSIVE CE SERIES: RISKY BUSINESS
Gambling and legal cannabis – two of the fastest growing but most controversial business sectors in the United States – are evolving to confront ongoing challenges in processing payments. Federal court decisions and new state-level legislative initiatives have brightened the electronic payment horizon for online gambling and sports betting, but cannabis remains a mostly cash-only business deprived of legitimacy and legality by the federal government.
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Digital currencies are making waves, but will Bitcoin (BTC) and its crypto-brethren ever replace the payments system as we know it? For Ari Juels and Ittay Eyal, co-director and associate director, respectively, of the Initiative for CryptoCurrencies and Contracts (IC3), cryptocurrencies and the distributed ledger technology that underpins them face several substantial limitations before they can reach mainstream adoption.
DEPARTMENTS
@ETA
Announcements and ideas from ETA’s CEO Jason Oxman
INTELLIGENCE
Vital facts and stats from the electronic payments world and ETA
POLITICS & POLICY
Political, economic, and advocacy updates affecting your business
INDUSTRY AFFAIRS
A look at how payments industry evolution can shape your business
PAYMENTS INSIDER
Understanding appraisals and M&A activity in the payments industry
