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CardConnect and Ingenico to Bring EMV Payment and P2PE Solutions to 50,000 Merchants

PHILADELPHIA (March 24, 2014) — CardConnect, one of the nation’s fastest‐growing providers of payment processing services, selected Ingenico (Euronext: FR0000125346 – ING), the leading…

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CardConnect Appoints Jeffrey Shanahan to CEO

President of Fast-Growing Payments Technology Firm Adds CEO to Title PHILADELPHIA (February 18, 2014) —CardConnect, the rapidly growing payments technology company, today announced that Jeffrey Shanahan, who has served as president of the company since 2008, has been appointed Chief Executive

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Compliance Week: New Standards for Payment Card Security Take Effect

Compliance Week | January 14th, 2014 By Jaclyn Jaeger A brand new set of IT security standards governing how companies should protect consumers’ credit card data took effect this month, creating new compliance headaches for any company that stores, processes,

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CSO Rush Taggart on CNBC’s “Closing Bell”

Could ‘pin & chip technology’ have saved Target? January 10, 2014 | CNBC’s “Closing Bell”   Rush Taggart, Chief Security Officer at CardConnect, on CNBC’s “Closing Bell” Target says up to 110 million customers were impacted by the data breach.

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CardConnect selected by Health Recovery Partners as Payment Gateway and Security Provider

Partnership brings payment acceptance and security to medical providers through HRP’s healthcare self-pay platform PHILADELPHIA (January 7, 2014) – CardConnect, a rapidly growing payments technology company, today announced its partnership with Health Recovery Partners (HRP), a premier provider of HIPAA

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USA Today: PCI rules could help stymie Target data thieves

USA Today | December 23, 2013 By Byron Acohido Target’s massive databreach took place just a few weeks before a set of payment card industry standards – known as PCI DSS 3.0 – were scheduled to go into effect. CyberTruth

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Wall Street Journal: New Credit Card Standards Will Make Hacking Harder

The Wall Street Journal | December 23, 2013 By Ben DiPietro Good news for credit card users who had their data stolen in the Target Corp. breach, or who are worried about losing their data the next time they swipe

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Reuters: Target Payment Card Data Theft Highlights Lagging U.S. Security

Reuters | December 22, 2013 By Ross Kerber The massive data breach disclosed by retailer Target Corp last week is likely to teach its U.S. customers a painful lesson in payment card security and build support for an anti-fraud technology

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DonorPro and CardConnect Team Up to Offer Integrated Payment Processing for Nonprofits

Credit card acceptance allows nonprofits to collect more donations, keep higher percentage of each dollar raised PITTSBURGH (October 22, 2013) – DonorPro, a premier provider of fundraising solutions for nonprofit organizations, and CardConnect, one of the nation’s fastest-growing providers of

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CardConnect and OnDeck Join Forces to Provide 50,000 Businesses Access to Immediate Capital

PHILADELPHIA (October 17, 2013) — CardConnect, one of the nation’s fastest-growing providers of payment processing services, today announced an alliance with OnDeck, the Main Street lender that leverages its proprietary credit platform to efficiently deliver capital to a market underserved

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