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Pay-at-the-Table EMV: You Need it Sooner Than Later When it comes to paying for goods or services, the majority of today’s consumers are choosing plastic over paper. Credit card industry statistics reveal that 70% of customers prefer to pay with a debit or credit card rather than cash; and just 10% use only cash for…
Now that we are in the full swing of 2018, what’s on your technology to-do list for the year ahead? Perhaps it’s time to upgrade your point of sale platform to meet customer expectations, remain competitive in a rapidly changing environment and build your profit margin. Keep these three things in mind as you compare…
Purchasing a point of sale (POS) system is an important investment that will have a direct impact on how efficiently your business operates. You likely spend a lot of time researching options that work best for your market or industry, looking for the features and functions your business needs, and matching prices to your budget.…
Credit cards all across the United States are now being issued with a small computer chip embedded in the card. This is called the EMV (Europay, MasterCard and Visa) chip, and it is the new standard for card payment. Business owners are unsure about adopting this technology as they weigh the advantages and disadvantages of…
Many factors are responsible for the major changes taking place in the U.S. payments landscape, but one of the biggest comes down to three little letters: EMV. If you’re at all responsible for EMV acceptance for your restaurant, you’ve no doubt been hearing and reading about the October 2015 liability shift that has already given…
According to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), the number of data breaches in the U.S. reached a high of 783 in 2014. The ITRC also found that since 2005, there have been 5,029 reported data breach incidents, which involved more than 675 million estimated records. There’s a lot of confusion about what exactly the…
In a world where cyber-attacks are becoming increasingly more sophisticated, it has never been more important to ensure that you are doing everything in your power to protect your customers’ information. Credit and debit card fraud amounted to over $11 billion in losses in 2012. In the beginning of 2014, one cyber attack exposed over…