i-Tech Support, one of our first Acumatica partners was recently listed as a Bob Scott’s Top 100 VAR. To celebrate their accomplishment, I reached out to Mike Augello, CEO and Founder, i-Tech Support, to get his perspective on the Acumatica community, partnering with APS Payments, and how COVID-19 has impacted their clients. Mike has been a key partner for us in the Acumatica community and he had some great insights to share. Watch the video or check out an excerpt of the interview below to learn more about our Partner Driven organization!

APS Payments is excited to announce a new integration with Sage X3, enabling users to manage the entire business, at a lower cost.  Businesses using the Sage X3 ERP are now able to take advantage of the full suite of benefits with the seamlessly integrated, omni-channel, and all-in-one payment solutions from APS Payments.  This adds to APS Payments existing integrations in the Sage ecosystem for Sage 100, Sage 300, and Sage 500.

The Sage X3 solution is the backbone for many businesses. Today, more and more customers want businesses to accept payment via multiple payment methods. Sage X3 strives to simplify business management for its users, and payment processing with Sage X3 should be just as easy. APS Payments provides you with a simple and effective Sage X3 credit card processing integration that allows you to reduce risk, decrease fees, and increase your company’s revenue.

We are so thrilled to announce the first acu-connect conference ever, and it will be available to everyone virtually from the comfort of your own home! Get ready for 2 days of insightful sessions packed with valuable content presented by Acumatica subject matter experts. The virtual Expo Hall will be staffed with solution providers where you can learn more about expanding the capabilities of Acumatica Cloud ERP.

acuCONNECT 2020 is THE virtual conference for Acumatica Cloud ERP customers and partners! We are excited to announce that Jon Roskill, CEO at Acumatica, will be the keynote speaker. Attendees and sponsors can look forward to amazing sessions, fun happy hours and virtual networking! Sponsorship opportunities are also available.

Integrated Level 3 payment processing is crucial for B2B companies using Sage in order to streamline workflows, save money, and efficiently leverage the Sage integration.

Is your Sage payments provider meeting your needs as a B2B business, or causing you to miss out on major Level 3 savings? Not all Sage solutions provide the features and functionality that merchants need.  COVID-19 has placed many new constraints and challenges on businesses of all kinds this year. Adapting to the new normal of remote work and digital payments requires payment solutions that do much more than simply process credit cards and debit cards.  This blog introduces you to the benefits of Level 3 B2B processing for Sage users, and lists 5 features that your business needs to demand from your payments provider - or what to look for in a new payments solution if your current provider fails to deliver.

Join us as we attend the Acumatica 2020 R2 launch on September 16^th, featuring the newest full-featured version of the award-winning cloud ERP product!

You may be thinking to yourself, why should I attend this event? Well allow us to highlight why you and your team should. 

The payment industry is constantly changing, evolving, and upgrading. In the past few years, the financial industry has seen the rise of FinTech, eCommerce, cashless payments, and much more.  Business owners accepting credit cards rely on experts in the field to provide the best in payment processing services, such as all-in-one payment providers, as well as omni-channel and integrated payment solutions. In this blog, we will detail exactly what are third party payment processors (also known as merchant brokers) and how to ensure that you select the right payments provider for your business needs to reduce your risk. 

APS Payments is excited to announce a new integration with Sage 500, enabling many more manufacturers and distributors to benefit from the full suite of benefits with the seamlessly integrated, omni-channel, and all-in-one payment solutions from APS Payments.

Your Sage 500 ERP solution is the backbone to your business. Today, more and more of your customers want you to accept payment via all sorts of credit cards. In this case, look no further than APS Payments to provide you with a simple and effective Sage 500 credit card processing integration that allows you to reduce risk, decrease fees and increase your company’s revenue.

With all the in-person conferences being canceled due to COVID-19 it can be hard to make meaningful connections right now and to learn and connect in the eCommerce community. Miva has transitioned its annual MivaCon eCommerce conference (postponed to 2021) to the MivaCon Digital Day 2020 on Tuesday, August 18, 2020.

Join us online for MivaCon Digital Day 2020!

Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Time: 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM PST

Complimentary Webinar
Date: Thursday, July 16, 2020
Time:  11 AM PT / 2 PM ET

Join us to learn how a plug-n-play phone system makes it easy to automate sales and customer service processes.  In addition, manufacturing, distribution and retail companies will learn how to automate shipping and payment processes to invoice and get paid faster.

Per the official Magento End of Life announcement, all versions of Magento 1 will no longer be supported after June 30, 2020.  Given this news, Magento 1 eCommerce sites and webstores will no longer be fully PCI Compliant with VISA guidelines starting July 1st. 

Visa recently released the “Acquirer Advisory” from Visa - and then shortly thereafter, a follow up statement by PayPal, put many merchants into a state of uncertainty and anxiety for their businesses. After all, when a megalith such as PayPal demands “urgent actions” from any remaining Magento 1 merchants before its planned “End of Life” (EOL) this month, merchants on all versions of Magento take note.

Fortunately for these merchants, payments expert, Jeff Kohl, SVP, Sales at APS Payments and eCommerce expert ,TJ Gamble, CEO at Jamersan, spoke at length on the eCommerceAholic livestream about what this means for Magento 1 (M1) merchants and for the Magento community as a whole.  We have provided video clip highlights from the livestream below.