03 May What is PCI Compliance?
PCI DSS is a set of standards created to ensure safe credit card handling practices. Learn how to become PCI compliant, and avoid unnecessary fines....
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30 Nov Cloud Storage Regulations for Credit Card Info Not Followed by Most Small Businesses
According to a recent survey, 62% of small businesses storing customer credit card and banking information on cloud storage say they do not follow industry regulations to secure their cloud storage. That is an alarming number. ...
04 Oct Too Much Security? There’s No Such Thing
Retailers are retailers, not security experts. Too often, their best efforts can create friction at the point of sale for consumers, which leads to shopping cart abandonment and lost revenue, all while feeding the illusion of “too much security.” ...
05 Jul Payments Compliance 101 for VARs, Gateways, and ISVs
The payments industry has been under increasing scrutiny from federal and state regulators in the past few years to implement appropriate risk monitoring and compliance policies and procedures. As VARs, gateways, and ISVs seek to expand into traditional payments areas, they must understand the risks...
21 Apr Mastercard Launches Biometric Cards
Mastercard is taking that notion of biometrics, plastic cards and payments to a different level with the announcement of a next generation biometric card that combines EMV chip technology with a fingerprint reader on the front of the card to authenticate the identity of a...
18 Apr Capital One Debuts Contactless Technology
Paying with a credit card today may mean dipping your card in the EMV reader, twiddling your thumbs, then yanking out the card when the machine beeps/dings/honks. Or maybe you still swipe your card through a magnetic-stripe reader. But soon you might be able to...
21 Mar 10 Ways to Stay SECURE when Accepting Credit Cards Online
Does your business process credit cards and/or debit cards through a website shopping cart? That type of transaction is referred to as “card not present," and contains the most risk for you as a business owner. To help minimize your risk for these...
21 Feb 6 Tips to Reduce Your Risk of Credit Card Chargebacks
No business owner wants a credit card Chargeback. But, they can happen. Let BASYS help you, as the owner or manager of a business, to understand Chargebacks, and provide 6 tips to reduce your risk of credit card Chargebacks....
31 Jan 5 Things to Look for When Choosing a Credit Card Processor for Your Business
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Choosing a credit card processor for your business is an extremely important decision. After all, they are handling YOUR money. What can you investigate in the due diligence process to ensure a credit card processor can deliver on those high expectations? Here...
27 Jan EMV – A Business Owner’s Guide
EMV has been all the rage in the credit card industry for some time now. Let’s step away from the overly-complex play-by-play of a standard EMV transaction and talk about what is important: where EMV came from, how it works, and how it...
20 Jan TOKENIZATION: What Is It? Why Does It Matter To Your Business?
In the payment processing industry, technology and security are always important topics. Tokenization falls under both, and is therefore incredibly important. What is tokenization, and why does it matter to your business?...
10 Jan What Business Owners Need to Know About QIRs (Qualified Integrators & Resellers)
The Visa Small Merchant Security Program issued new QIR requirements effective Jan 31, 2017. As a business owner, this is what YOU need know....
06 Jan 4 Tips to Protect Your Business from Credit Card Processing Scams
Don’t be duped by credit card processing scams. Here are 4 tips to protect your business from scammers claiming to sell merchant services and credit card processing....
17 Oct Status and Priorities of US EMV Chip Card Migration
PRINCETON JUNCTION, N.J., Oct. 17, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Payments Forum today released its fall 2016 market snapshot, providing statements on the status of the U.S. chip migration, its impacts on the U.S. market, and upcoming priorities and recently-released resources for moving the...
13 Oct Preventing Fraud Before the Sale
The introduction of EMV credit cards into the United States was heralded as a big step toward preventing credit card fraud. But while the cards may have changed the landscape, they have not freed convenience store owners from having to keep up their defenses against...