Imagine running a modern city’s transportation network on a century-old single-track railway. That’s the reality many acquirers face today. Their legacy systems are unable to keep up with real-time digital commerce. While everyone sees the tap, click, or swipe, few realise that the true enabler of speed, personalisation, and profitability in merchant acquiring is the software platform behind it. Just as e-commerce relies on logistics networks, digital payments depend on invisible infrastructure. Think of this ecosystem as a train network. Card products and transactions are the trains, acceptance channels and hosts are the stations, and payment platforms like Way4 from…
Author: Dmitry Yatskaer, Chief Technology Officer, OpenWay
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Dmitry Yatskaer, Chief Technology Officer, OpenWay
Dmitry Yatskaer is the Chief Technology Officer at OpenWay, with over 25 years of experience in the payment industry. He oversees the Way4 product development strategy and actively participates in OpenWay’s most sophisticated projects. He advises clients on the optimal payment solution architecture, new business line development, and large-volume card and merchant portfolio migrations. Dmitry has contributed to the successful launch of CMS platforms for ACB, Borgun, Comdata, Equity Bank of Kenya, equensWorldline, Halyk Bank, Network International, Nets, SIX Payment Services, and others.