Retailers Turning the Corner and Pursuing Customers, Mobile, and P2PE
Fresh off the road from a busy Spring schedule of conferences and events such as the recent RIS Retail Technology Conference and MICROS Retail Conference, I reflected on some of the latest trends in...
View ArticleThe Barnes & Noble Breach: Are Franchises More Vulnerable?
The retail industry continues to be plagued by point-of-sale attacks, with Barnes & Noble’s announcement on Wednesday that malware was somehow installed on the PIN pad devices at 63 stores. In...
View ArticleTalking Cloud and Connections at Retail’s BIG Show
It seems Retail’s BIG show gets bigger every year. With more than 27,000 attendees, it’s the place to be to find out what’s next in retail solutions and strategy.When it comes to payments, retailers...
View Article2013 Restaurant Technology Study: Payment Security Practices and Points of View
I always look forward to Hospitality Technology’s annual restaurant study, and among their findings this year, a noteworthy trend and a lasting tradition when it comes to security strategies and...
View ArticleWill P2PE Be PCI’s Answer to Mobile Payments Security?
Yesterday on the blog we reported on recent information provided by the PCI Council regarding Version 3.0 of the standards. Many in the industry and writing about it, including the well-known blogger...
View ArticleMicrosoft XP: A PCI Compliance Nightmare for Restaurants?
It’s like a Happy Halloween turning into a Nightmare on Elm Street. The sunset notice for Windows XP has restaurants running scared and scrambling to upgrade to Windows 7.On April 8, 2014, support for...
View ArticleGrabbing for the Brass Ring
This week, Bob Russo, General Manager of the PCI Security Council testified before congress. During his testimony he made several interesting statements. The one I find of most interest was “Moving...
View Article5 Little-Known Factors That Could Drastically Affect Your Payment Processing...
If you follow the news, you know how many companies today are victims of security breaches. There’s one every week, it seems.Maybe you worry you’ll be next. But take a breath: while there’s no way to...
View ArticleHow Payment Middleware Makes EMV Easier and More Secure on Integrated POS
Many large merchants with complex POS systems choose to enable EMV using middleware that integrates their EMV card readers with their POS system. A well-designed middleware solution will isolate card...
View ArticleProtect Yourself from a Dangerous Spike in Card-Not-Present Fraud
By October 1, 2015, the United States will earnestly begin the shift to the chip card technology global payment system called EMV (Europay, MasterCard, and Visa).Until now a comparatively small number...
View ArticleEMV Does Not Equal Data Security
Marketing is not going to be happy with me sending my readers to another publication but I have to say that I love PYMNTS.com. I start everyday reading Karen Webster’s brilliant publication and a few...
View Article3 Things We’ve Taught Our Staff to Prepare for EMV
The global specification in the credit card industry known as EMV is now part of American commerce.Its momentum won’t be slowing, either. So we’ve had to prepare all of our employees to both understand...
View ArticleWhat are VAR’s looking for in 2016?
It’s simple, the U.S. EMV silver bullet solution. Who has it now and with which processor(s) and which payment device(s). How much does it cost? How does this affect our merchants?EMV has taken over...
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