Latest News The Future of Payment Technologies Is a New Learning Event Set for NYC on March 15 By Staff Wednesday, March 7, 2018 12:15 AM NEW YORK—Technologies that help to create a “frictionless retail experience” can provide optical retailers with a competitive advantage. This is the subject which will be explored in detail at “Smart Money Strategies: The Future of Payment Technologies to Help Optimize Optical Retail Sales.” This new learning event, to be held at the headquarters of NASDAQ in Times Square, is slated for Thursday, March 15, from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. The event is sponsored by CareCredit and Synchrony Financial and presented by Review of Optometric Business. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be served from 4:00pm. Presentations begin at 4:30 pm. Speakers include Sih Lee of Synchrony Bank, who will preview the technology landscape in engineering the consumer commerce journey; Marge Axelrad, editorial director of Vision Monday, who will outline optical retail and new customer experience trends; and Mark Wright, OD FCOVD, professional editor of Review of Optometric Business, who will provide an action plan for ECPs to embrace and integrate new payment technologies into a practice. Learn more and register at www.reviewob.com/smart.