How to fix Verifone’s 525 Incident for Elavon Installs
Verifone’s 525 incident causes some VX 805 PIN Pads encrypted for Elavon to continuously reboot. If you are unsure if your VX 805s are affected, you can check the status of your devices here. We created a free field loader to address this Verifone issue. Here’s what to do if your VX 805 is affected: […]
How COVID-19 Is Changing Consumer Behavior
Successful merchants have always known it’s important to align their operations with trending consumer behaviors. Consumer needs and expectations, however, change with the times. Global market research firm Ipsos explains that consumer behavior typically changes based on the channels that are available to them, social influences, new information, emotion, and routine. The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic […]
How to increase NETePay Contactless limits
In response to COVID-19, Visa, MasterCard and American Express have increased the limit (from $100 to $250) on contactless transactions in Canada in order to reduce the need to handle POS devices. The process to update contactless limits varies based on the processor. Follow the instructions below for the following NETePay versions: NETePay Paymentech Canadian […]
E-Commerce Solutions Keep Businesses Open During the Coronavirus Pandemic
When 2020 began, many merchants took stock of how well their e-commerce solutions stood up to demand during the 2019 holiday season — or maybe how much better their businesses could have performed if they had an e-commerce solution. But a few weeks later, they realized an e-commerce solution was no longer just a tool […]
Why a Modular Payment Solution is Ideal
Consumer-facing businesses, by necessity, have evolved into consumer-centric ones. Merchants are doing all they can to tailor experiences to meet their customers’ needs and demands to win their business and their loyalty. Payment solutions play a big role in optimizing those experiences, helping to make them as convenient and frictionless as possible. Advancements in payment […]
How to Pause Deployments in PSCS
Pause Deployments To pause a deployment which stops both billing and processing, click on “Deactivate unit” from the main menu. Search for the deployment(s) that you’d like to pause by using our multi-field search or select “view all”. Note: Ensure that any open batches are closed before de-activating Select a deployment and click “Ok”. Paused […]
Payment Processing Residuals Shouldn’t Be All of Your Recurring Revenue
There’s no doubt that you can build recurring revenue with payment processing residuals. Think about it: If an ISV or point of sale (POS) VAR sells payment processing to a merchant who pays an average $400 per month in fees, about 30 percent of that could go to the VAR. That’s $120, on average, in […]
How to install Datacap WooCommerce WordPress plugin
1 Download WooCommerce from the plugins section of your WordPress Dashboard and Activate it. Note: You can also download WooCommerce here. 2 Download Datacap’s plugin from the latest release. Choose the pre-bundled zip rather than the zip of the source files. Don’t unzip the file. Datacap WooCommerce Plugin Releases 3 Upload the plugin zip file […]
How Businesses Shut Down by Coronavirus Can Handle Online Order Management
For some businesses, online order management has suddenly become the biggest part of the day. With little warning, the COVID-19 coronavirus swept around the world, and, without treatments or vaccines, the only way to stop the contagious virus is to keep people apart. Every level of government urged — and in some cases required — […]
10 Ways Hotel Payment Solutions Improve Efficiency and Guest Experiences
By their very nature, hotel and hospitality businesses make customer-centric experiences their priority. They compete by crafting inviting surroundings, providing amenities, and training staff to do everything they can to make guests’ stays delightful. Legacy hotel payment solutions, however, often tied hoteliers’ hands when it came to providing the easiest, quickest, and most convenient payment […]