Day: February 17, 2021

Payment Security: Cutting Through the Terms

Security

Merchants are intensely concerned about payment security but they don’t understand PCI compliance. Merchant acquirers should explain factors such as tokenization, encryption, P2PE, E2EE and PCI DSS in clear and simple terms.

Introducing CDE Wireless

Now payment providers can leverage CDE’s new 4G Wireless Program to provide the 4G data plans your merchants need at competitive pricing.

8 Tips for Managing Your Merchants’ POS Hardware Needs

Payment service providers knows that new merchants are a priceless acquisition. Retaining these hard-won merchants is absolutely vital to your success in business. And yet, many PSPs find that managing merchant hardware, deployments and help desk support can be a major drain on their time, attention and money.

Real Time Payments: A Fresh Angle for Fraud

Real Time Payments brings convenience and speed to B2B and C2B banking transactions. However, while RTP is long overdue, it comes with its own set of risks. Here’s how FIs are working to combat fraud risk with RTP.

Merchant Suppport: Plan Now for the Future

Now that the holidays are over, it’s time to take a deep breath, regroup and review your merchant services game. What did you do well? What could you do better? Spend a little time now to identify your problem areas so that when the next busy season hits, you’ll be ready. These three steps should give you a good starting point.

Unattended Payments: 3 Fraud Risks for Your Retailers

Unattended retail is a great way for your retailers to cut labor costs and build efficiency. From grocery self checkout to payment kiosks, unattended retail is growing in popularity every year. But it’s important to realize that unattended retail comes with some unique fraud risks.

Mobile Payments: Is the Dongle Going Away?

You can’t overestimate the impact of the dongle in revolutionizing payments for small merchants. These simple, plug-in card readers have ushered in an entirely new merchant segment. But as our industry moves toward a software-based focus, is it time to phase out the dongle? by Amy Bussler

Micro Merchants: How They’re Changing the Payments Industry

Payment Processing

The payments industry has seen rapid evolution and disruption over the past two decades. Micro merchants are the newest influencer. This group of mostly single-person businesses was once too small to be served effectively by the payments industry. Today this segment of the market is too big to be ignored.