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 […]
Why You Should Be Selling Loyalty Solutions to Every Prospect
Earning customer loyalty is harder than it used to be. The digital age opened up a multitude of new choices on a variety of channels beyond just shopping at the corner store. Convenient, personalized service is tipping the scales in favor of brands and businesses that offer them vs. companies that are hoping long-term relationships […]
ERROR: INVLD DATA
Error: INVLD DATA 002 is a processor error, most notably First Data, when manually closing a batch. This error occurs because there is a corrupt transaction located in the batch or by upgrading a deployment without first closing the batch. Resolution: If caused due to a corrupt transaction in the batch: Contact the processor to […]
EMV Support fields in PSCS
In PSCS, you may have noticed that we have multiple EMV support options. See below to learn about each option and which one you should select when building a file. Credit Only – This option will run all cards with the card’s credit application. This option is best for sit-down restaurants and other businesses without […]
Why the Acquisition-Happy FinTech Space Requires Vendor-Agnostic Solutions
A vendor-agnostic payments integration solution is essential to keeping your flexibility in an uncertain industry.
Top Features to Look for in an Integrated Payments Partner
Payments integration has distinct advantages over non-integrated systems. With payments integration, merchants don’t have to wait for batch reports and then manually enter data into their accounting systems. Instead, data is automatically shared with accounting. Moreover, with the right system, that includes data from all channels, including online, mobile, unattended and in-store. Overall, payments integration […]
The Genius of Using One Provider for Both Card-Present and Card-Not-Present Transactions
Many merchants are building substantial revenue streams on multiple channels. Brick-and-mortar retailers are doing business online, and e-commerce businesses are opening physical showrooms and selling merchandise in pop-up shops. Restaurants are accommodating the growing consumer trend of ordering food online for delivery or pickup. These businesses need the ability to accept both card-present and card-not-present […]
How Restaurants Can Benefit from Semi-Integrated Payments
Although about 70 percent of U.S. storefronts now accept EMV chip card payments, the restaurant industry generally lags behind other types of merchants in adoption. When the U.S. flipped the switch and began accepting EMV payments in October 2015, some restaurant owners were skeptical whether they needed the technology designed to stop card-present fraud, and […]
Meet the Soaring Demand for Unattended POS in the Restaurant and Retail Verticals
If there’s one thing that all point of sale (POS) solutions providers can agree on, it’s that to be successful, you have to keep up with industry demands. One of the latest trends that have made it necessary for solutions providers businesses to adapt is the booming unattended POS trend. The global interactive kiosk market […]