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Clearent Connects
Official Podcast of Clearent. Including quick hits on the industry today, and interviews with industry experts.
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Clearent Connects: Gift Cards and Loyalty with Factor4 CEO Dan Battista
We sit down with Dan Battista, CEO of Factor4, to explore the ways that gift cards can help small businesses increase loyalty with their best patrons, attract new customers, and increase cash flow.
Clearent Connects: The Software Connection
This week on Connects, we look at the actionable ways small businesses can develop a trusted online customer experience and thrive in 2020 with comprehensive business management software and integrated payments.
Clearent Connects: Digitizing Your Entire Wallet
This week on Clearent Connects, we explore why Apple is getting into the ID business…
Clearent Connects: Apple vs. Epic… Does This Sound Familiar?
Epic, the publisher of Fortnite (the most popular game in the app store), is starting to fight against what they claim as unfair pricing policies in Apple’s app store. Apple just called their bluff by removing their apps.
Clearent Connects: Buy Now, Pay Later: What’s the Difference?
On this episode of Connects, Clearent’s own Phil Ricci and Mandy Dunfee discuss the recent overwhelming popularity of the ‘Buy Now Pay Later’ service and if small businesses should look to adopt this strategy now or wait until later to get on board.
Clearent Connects: Updates on the USPS and Stimulus
Update episode this week! We’ll touch on some of our past episodes, and bring new info on how the cost-cutting measures with the U.S. Postal services could affect small businesses going forward.
Clearent Connects: Why the US has to Pay Attention to PSD2 Now
COVID has delayed the second Payment Services Directive, or PSD2, in Europe, allowing card and payment providers to meet new authentication required standards by December 31, 2020. While this effects Euro cardholders by ensuring payments are performed with multi-factor authentication, this also has a reaching effect in the US as we have now become an easier target for fraud and illegal activities.
Clearent Connects – A Whole Lotta Hacking Is Going On! Is Your Business Protected?
In this week’s episode of Clearent Connects, we discuss the recent major data breach events and how small businesses are affected more now than at any other time.
Clearent Connects – A Lifeline with Rapid Finance
This week we speak with Jim Fink, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Rapid Finance, about the various lifelines for small businesses in the time of COVID.
Clearent Connects: The Postal Service Impact on Small Business
In this week’s Clearent Connects, Phil and Lauren discuss potential budget cuts to the United States Postal Service and the impact they could have on struggling small businesses. Dive into new proposed legislation that will eliminate the ability for a business to go cashless, continued glaring gaps in the adoption of contactless tools and more.