PDQ Signature Systems and Datacap partner for US EMV transition
Signature Systems has thousands of active US EMV installations utilizing Datacap’s integrated payments solutions
More high hopes for mobile payments in 2016
As many retailers have likely already begun to see for themselves, the mobile payments trend has not been quite as fast-moving as most analysts expected thus far, with most consumers still using traditional transaction methods such as credit cards.
Protection moves to center of payment processing discussion
In the past year or so, health care providers have been by and large the most widely discussed entities when it comes to IT security and data breach prevention, as hackers hit this industry far more frequently in that time frame than in the past.
Modern transaction processing critical in retail
Retailers that do not embrace the modern era of integrated payments in a timely fashion will often struggle to maximize their revenues and brand stature.
POS security breaches still a problem in post-EMV world
The number of breaches and instances of fraud should begin to improve as the EMV protocol takes over and fewer cards use the old, magnetic strip technology. But retailers should still be ready and vigilant about their systems and the ways they are protected.
The anatomy of a POS malware attack
How do these attacks actually work? What do cybercriminals do to scrape data out of these systems?
Extremely complex POS malware identified
Now that the holiday shopping season is in full force, some cybersecurity experts are warning of a new – and nearly undetectable – piece of malware that’s potentially infecting point-of-sale systems around the country.
Driving Revenue via Point-of-Sale
A good business owner is always looking at the bottom line, trying to find new ways to drive revenue and improve their margins. As such, they tend to focus directly on what makes them money – their products or services. However, few of these business owners ever consider their point of sale solution, through which all of their money flows – where consumers purchase said products or services.
64% of retailers don’t have a Point of Sale system
When our friends over at Software Advice sent us the infographic below, we were taken aback by some of their findings.
Obstacles to mobile wallet adoption
So far, mobile wallet technologies have not made inroads into the marketplace, despite the fact that nearly all smartphones support them.