What are Business Merchant Services? Business merchant services enable you to accept credit card payments and checks. If you have…
Year: 2019
How To Accept Credit Cards On Your Website
If you have a website, you will need to be able to accept credit cards through your website (unless you want to wait for checks to be mailed and cleared, and we’re sure you don’t!). But don’t fret, AVP Solutions makes it easy to start accepting credit cards online.
The OpenSSL / “Heartbleed” Bug: Biggest “Hack” Yet?
Well, readers, this is the kind of news we wish we didn’t have to report. On the heels of the weeks and months reporting the details of the too-large Target and Neiman-Marcus data hacks, comes news of what may be the internet’s biggest security glitch… ever.
What are the Benefits of Mobile Phone Credit Card Processing?
Mobile phone credit card processing puts the ease of credit card transactions in your back pocket (or your purse). Whether you are an established retail store or you’re a contractor on the go, mobile credit card processing delivers the convenience and flexibility of accepting credit cards right to your cell phone.
Details Emerge on Neiman-Marcus Hack, as Mag Stripes and EMVs Make News
Details Emerge on Neiman-Marcus Hack, as Mag Stripes and EMVs Make News A Closer Look at the Neiman-Marcus Data Breach…
Windows XP is Everywhere, and It’s Ending: Are Your Point-of-Sales Devices Safe?
As your roving correspondents, we have to, of course, rove. As in hit the road, roam far afield, attend a conference, track down a story. When we do travel, we go — as do you — with an array (too many?) of screens. A small one in our pocket. A mid-size one for reading. And then there’s the laptop. Our travel laptop, which has been with us awhile, is still running the comforts of Windows XP as its operating system.
Beyond the Stripe Swipe: “Contactless” Cards Are Booming
We write a lot about the coming changes to “charge cards” as we’ve known them, for a couple generations. Changes driven both by technology, and the vulnerabilities of that technology. For example, as a regular reader of these posts, you know that EMV cards are coming, with adaptation being pushed even faster by news of massive breaches at Target, Neiman-Marcus, and other retailers.
Business Merchant Services
Merchant account solutions cover a broad spectrum of services. When you’re considering merchant account companies, you need to examine several things.
Restaurant Owners Readying for EMV But Want More Card Protection
Plastic and digits are used in lieu of cash everywhere, but the food biz continues to find itself one of the most heavily “charged” industries, since everyone — whether it’s a fast food fish filet, sit-down bone-in ribeye, a morning tofu scramble, or anything else — has to eat.
