Category Archive for "Payments Technology"

Consumer Credit Card Fraud Blog

Americans worry about credit card fraud more often than any other crime

With credit card breaches ever rising, consumers are taking notice—and they’re concerned. In a recent polls by Gallup, 69% of Americans worry about having their credit card info stolen. Next in line? Having their computers or cell phone hacked. And

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Money 20/20 2014 Tweet Roundup

  Wednesday marked the end of Money 20/20, and we had an absolute blast. From the countless incredible keynotes to the discussions and entertainment, it was truly a fantastic conference, and Twitter was blowing up for the whole duration. We’ve rounded up

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EMV is Not a Solution

Last month we wrote about the way that credit card fraud has evolved in Europe since the introduction of EMV, or chip and PIN cards. The consensus was that while chip and PIN cards helped to reduce fraud in some

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Transform Your Computer into the POS System of Your Dreams

Last week we proudly announced the release of our Merchant Center, a one-stop portal for merchants to manage their transactions, settlements, and more. This week we’d like to discuss an app inside the Merchant Center. What if you could have

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The Next Big Thing From CardConnect

In the last few years, CardConnect has gone through several exciting changes. We’ve rebranded, relocated, and patented our tokenization process. And now, we’re happy to announce yet another new development—the launch of the CardConnect Merchant Center! It’s been tough for us to keep
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Payment Security: Step-by-Step

  Eliminating PCI compliance scope is a multi-step process. Since credit card processing is so complex and there are so many different entities and systems involved, each piece of the payments puzzle needs to be secured one by one. We

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Examining eChecks

More and more each year, people are going paperless. From credit card statements to medical records, digital is gaining ground and paper is seeming more and more cumbersome, particularly when it comes to accepting paper checks. Manually depositing a check

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Clover + CardConnect

What do restaurants and specialty retail stores have in common? They’re both a perfect fit for a Clover POS system.   Fancy, huh? From designers that worked on Tesla and Dr. Dre Beats, Clover’s basically the cadillac of POS systems.

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How 3-D Secure Can Benefit Merchants Before the US Even Adopts It

EMV isn’t the only new technology in payments making its way to the United States. Visa and MasterCard are currently in the process of pushing an XML-based protocol called 3-D Secure to provide extra security. Visa developed the protocol and

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PCI Compliance for Oracle EBS

Recently, Michael Miller of Integrigy and I lead a webinar outlining the difficulties of maintaining PCI compliance within Oracle E-Business Suite. Here’s a brief recap: We covered three main topics. PCI DSS Compliance requirements PCI DSS Compliance in Oracle EBS

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