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Andre Malinowski

Head of International Business

Computop GmbH

Member since

09 Jun 2011

Location

Bamberg

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Measures to reduce fraud in the internet gaming industry

The more sophisticated the technology used in the internet gaming industry gets, the more advanced the levels of fraud become. From card fraud to identity theft and misrepresentation, providers have had to adapt the way they manage their businesses, their customer identification procedures and their fraud prevention tools. Let’s examine the main c...

07 December 2011 /security /payments

How to choose and use your payment services 4

This short blog is the last one out of a series of four, addressing steps a merchant organization should take to choose & use their payment service provider. Conversion rates don’t lie Define some metrics for measuring the performance of your new payment strategy upfront. Remember, in the first step we gathered information about your industry ...

07 October 2011 /payments /retail

How to choose and use your payment services 3

(3/4) This short blog is number three out of a series of four, addressing steps a merchant organization should take to choose & use their payment service provider. Future environment Now it’s time for your organization to define what your future should look like without any of the restrictions you might currently have. Look at your short-, mid...

06 October 2011 /payments /retail

How to choose and use your payment services 2

(2/4) This short blog is number two out of a series of four, addressing steps a merchant organization should take to choose & use their payment service provider. Preparation is paramount Choosing and using the right PSP is a collaborative exercise within a merchant organization involving E-commerce, F&A and IT. Include the whole group an...

05 October 2011 /payments /retail

How to choose and use your payment services 1

(1/4) In the ever-growing complexity of today’s E-commerce world, organizations are facing more and more the challenge of understanding their own needs and identifying and selecting the appropriate business partners for offering E-commerce capabilities. This short blog is number one out of a series of four, addressing steps a merchant organizati...

03 October 2011 /payments /retail

Brand loyalty is limited

Improvement should part of regular maintenance A couple of weeks ago it was time for the bi-annual checkup of my car again. Not that anything was wrong with it, but it is part of the service agreement I have. As usual, I went to my car dealers garage and being there I took the chance to ask them to replace my stereo with a multi-media system as my...

04 August 2011 /payments /retail

PSP is not a zero sum game just yet

The curse of in-differentiation During a product briefing a couple of days ago a merchant mentioned to me that payment services providers and acquirers became an easy exchangeable commodity in the supply chain. He explained that the PSP’s more and more converged to an indifferent mass without any value added services to distinguish themselves fr...

23 June 2011 /payments

The jack of all trades

We serve all, always and everywhere…now, do you? Looking at the online payment processing propositions of PSP's, one could get the impression that every PSP can serve all, always and everywhere, regardless of the merchants industry, currency, merchant locale or payment method needed. This fabulous development is something we Germans call ‘die eier...

22 June 2011 /payments