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Segpay Intoduces New 'Segments' Payment Option

Segpay has introduced its newest payment option, Segpay Segments, which allows merchants the freedom to "customize and use their own compliant checkout page" while still processing through Segpay.

Segpay Launches Colorful New Web Presence

Segpay has announced the launch of a new "colorful, content-rich website" that is mobile-friendly and SEO-enhanced with "the specific goal of becoming a sales agent on its own," noted a rep.

opinion

Let Freedom Still Ring With Compliant Content

The word freedom is defined as having the power or right to act, speak or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.

Cathy Beardsley ·
opinion

The Post-Pandemic Playbook for Merchants

This month, we welcome summer and we also welcome all of our employees back to the Segpay offices. With 80 percent of our staff vaccinated, we’re ready to say goodbye to distanced working, unless someone is not feeling well, of course.

Cathy Beardsley ·
trends

Women in Adult: The Chief Execs Driving Adult Entertainment

Leadership is genderless, as is the skillset required to be an effective leader, yet there is a prevailing narrative in the mainstream media that the adult industry is lorded over by misogynistic men.

Alejandro Freixes ·
opinion

Stemming the Rise of Affiliate Fraud

Affiliate fraud refers to any false or suspicious activity to generate commissions from an affiliate marketing program. It’s an issue no one wants to ever have to deal with, but when it happens, it must be addressed quickly.

Cathy Beardsley ·

Segpay Adds Cosmo Payment for E.U., U.K. Merchants

Segpay announced today the addition of pay-out solution Cosmo Payment, which allows both EU and UK merchants to settle payments in USD, Euros and GBP.

opinion

Proactively Fortify the Company Nest Egg With Credit Card Compliance

Over the past few months, I’ve received inquiries from merchants with concerns about what new card brand regulations are being developed for user-generated content and tube sites. Even though there is no answer to that yet, you can start preparing for what is likely ahead.

Cathy Beardsley ·

Here's What the New Mastercard Rules Mean for Adult Sites, Producers

After yesterday’s XBIZ report that Mastercard Inc. had decided to change the requirements it sets for banks that process payments for “sellers of adult content,” industry payment processors, attorneys and advocates shared their thoughts on what this might mean for content production and distribution.

opinion

PSD2 Progression and Performance Testing

The latest deadline came and went, and the world still wasn’t ready for the new PSD2 Secure Customer Authentication requirement. It’s not like we didn’t have ample time to get ready; we’ve been talking about it for several years.

Cathy Beardsley ·
opinion

Ensuring User Uploads Remain Compliant With Credit Cards

In December, Pornhub captured headlines after it was featured in a New York Times article. The attention made many of us working in and with the adult industry a little nervous.

Cathy Beardsley ·

Storm Blazers: How Industry Leaders Rose to the Challenge of a Tumultuous Year

Mere months after the COVID-19 lockdowns sent shockwaves throughout the world last year, we reached out to industry leaders to discover how they were “Countering Crisis” in our June 2020 cover story.

opinion

Ring in the New Year With a Healthy Chargeback Rate

Setting resolutions is how many of us start our New Year. Typically, it’s a change to our diets, habits or finances, but this year, let’s make it business-related, to shed excess chargebacks.

Cathy Beardsley ·

Segpay Reports Record Growth in 2020 Despite 'Global Challenge'

Segpay closed out 2020 "significantly up in overall revenue" despite the global challenge of the novel coronavirus, and attributes the record growth largely to camming, the company has announced.

opinion

What’s Ahead for Payments as 2020 Comes to an End

If there ever was a year filled with change, it was 2020. I recently read a statistic in an Inc. news article that said due to COVID-19 we saw 15 years of behavior change in just 30 days. Everyone has been resilient and adaptive as they found new ways to survive.

Cathy Beardsley ·
opinion

Giving Thanks for the Silver Linings in a Challenging 2020

We thought the biggest hurdles we faced were changes in card brand regulations. No one imagined just how much COVID-19 would change the course of the year.

Cathy Beardsley ·

Segpay Announces 'Full Compliance' Ahead of Brexit, PSD2 Changes

Segpay announced today that it is fully compliant and ready to process merchant transactions in both the United Kingdom and the European Union ahead of two major changes set to impact European payments: PSD2 and Brexit.

Segpay Expands Multi-Currency Options for Merchants

Segpay is expanding its multi-currency options for U.S. merchants with the addition of four local currencies: Czech Koruna, Indian Rupees, Russian Rubles and Israeli Shekels, bringing to 16 the total number of supported local currencies.

opinion

How to Thrive in the ‘Cancel Culture’

From forest fires to flash floods and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, what hasn’t crushed your business has made you stronger. This year has tested everyone’s skills and made many take a hard look at their overall risk analysis.

Cathy Beardsley ·

Segpay Expands Team, Announces Exec Promotions

Segpay has announced an expansion of its employee base in South Florida, just weeks after opening an office in Dublin, Ireland.