Yearly Archives: 2015

Follow-up: EMV Credit Cards and AmEx OptBlue – Practical Ecommerce

This is a follow-up to two topics I addressed previously on credit card processing: EMV chip cards and the American Express OptBlue program.I described earlier this … Source: http://www.practicalecommerce.com

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Square’s $Cashtags Goes B2B

Square is making its latest move on the Small Business marketplace with another card processing service aimed at making it easier for SMBs to ditch checks in favor of cards. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

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Kabbage To License Its Lending Platform

It is no secret or surprise at this point that small business lending has been broken since the Great Recession in a way that seems stubbornly resistant to improvement – if you’re a small business looking for capital. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

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B2B Wins Big at the 2015 PYMNTS Innovator Awards

The PYMNTS.com Innovation Project 2015 has officially concluded, but the show didn’t wrap up without first paying some much-deserved recognition to several of the most innovative, disruptive and pioneering payments companies out there. Source: http://www.pymnts.com

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Why Will My Business Need to Accept EMV Cards? – CardRates.com

Business owners take note: on Oct. 1, 2015, banks across the country are switching things up with your customer’s credit cards. Source: http://www.cardrates.com

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Card issuers reluctant to leapfrog merchants on EMV migration

Banks hesitate to put chip cards in customers’ hands if retailers haven’t upgraded their terminals to process them. Source: http://www.mobilepaymentstoday.com

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MasterCard, First Tech FCU to pilot biometric identification program | BiometricUpdate

MasterCard said the biometric identification process will use a combination of facial and voice recognition and fingerprint matching. Source: http://www.biometricupdate.com

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Clear And Present Standards: Taking The Mystery Out Of PCI DSS | PYMNTS.com

In 2014, fraud cost retailers a whopping $32 billion, a 38 percent increase from 2013, according to LexisNexis. And despite fraud’s shift to the online world, Source: http://www.pymnts.com

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Credit Card Fraud Liability Shifts 10-1-15

Credit Card Fraud Liability shifts to the merchant if the merchant can’t process EMV cards by the October 1st deadline. This is a big deal for merchants! Source: http://www.pos-advice.com

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Finland (U21) vs Kazakhstan (U21) – 25 Mar 2015, Friendly Games: Friendly International Livescore

Friendly Games: Finland (U21) vs Kazakhstan (U21) – 25 Mar 2015, Friendly Games: Friendly International Football Livescore Source: http://www.scorespro.com

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