New security solutions may divert criminals’ attention away from retailers
Hundreds of millions of credit and debit card numbers were stolen from big brand-name retailers in 2014.
Retail sales on the rise
Across the globe, people are spending increasingly more money at retail destinations.
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How is Apple Pay doing so far?
Much like many Apple innovations, Apple Pay did not reinvent the wheel of mobile payments, it just presented them in a new and unique way that captured the interest of many prospective users.
Understanding why people like cash and what that means for POS systems
There has been much talk over the last 12 months about the way people choose to pay for goods.
McAfee: POS-centered attacks to continue in 2015
Vincent Weafer, senior vice president of McAfee Labs, once dubbed 2014 “the year of shaken trust,” for obvious reasons.
Minimizing breach damage starts with the POS
Target decision may create precedent for go-forward breaches.
Action Required – Paymentech terminal Netconnect gateway change requires payments software/hardware upgrade
Paymentech Terminal accounts processing over IP must updated their payments product before February 3rd 2015.
Retailers cannot stop breaches, but tokenization may ensure thieves leave empty-handed
The past year has been chock full of high-profile data breaches, between those at major retailers such as Target and The Home Depot and top hospitality brands like P.F. Chang’s.
Visa CEO talks about the ramifications of tokenization
Over the past year, tokenization has garnered a lot of steam in the payments industry as being a key component to better security and data encryption.