The Rest of the World Doesn’t Use Plastic. Here’s How Global Companies Are Taking Local Payments with Steve Villegas

Published: Oct. 9, 2018, 9 a.m.

As US merchants expand their operations across the world into emerging markets, they quickly discover an interesting fact: Many cash-centric nations, have leap-frogged over the usage of plastic.

Now, many of these traditionally cash-heavy nations, have found tech integrations that allow merchants to sell online and collect cash with receipts, QR codes, and other methods.

There’s around 300 different major payment methods available across the globe. If your company is going global, it can be intimidating navigating the cultural, regulatory and technical aspects of such a wide variety of payment options.

That’s what Steve Villegas does. He’s a pro at payment integration. He’s the Partner Management & Head of US Office for PPRO, where he and his team are educating companies on how to accept payments in the preferred method of countries from Eastern Europe to Africa to Asia.

You don’t want to miss this.