February 21, 2017
You are going to get rid of a computer at some point. Whether it is because it just stops working or the hardware and software are outdated it is going to happen. There are numerous places that will take your […]
February 14, 2017
When the EMV chip cards were introduced they were heralded as a powerful tool in stopping fraud. Those that trumpeted this claim were right and they were wrong. Cloning the EMV cards and stealing information off of them has become […]
February 7, 2017
We are all aware of the threat posed by skimmers to steal personal information and to perpetuate fraud. The new EMV cards were a major advancement in combating them as the skimmers could only read the magnetic stripe and it […]
January 31, 2017
2016 was not a good year for Yahoo. First over the summer a data breach that compromised the records of 500 million users. As if that was not bad enough it was revealed in December that in 2013 there was […]
January 24, 2017
JLE Business Consultants is pleased to announce that we are now offering CardConnect (NASDAQ: CCN) services as a transaction management solution. CardConnect is at the forefront in simplifying payment processing and managing your merchant account. Their solution offers simplicity and […]
January 17, 2017
You probably stared at it the first time that you saw it. You probably even thought it was to coolest thing that you had ever seen. No we’re not talking about that new phone or computer. We’re talking about the […]
January 10, 2017
As a merchant that accepts credit cards one of the most important questions that you need to ask your customers is whether their card is debit or credit. The cards look and feel the same but they are quite different. […]
January 3, 2017
As the calendar turns to 2017 and the holiday shopping season comes to a close a new season begins: return season. Like many of your fellow merchants you probably don’t like to take a return back after you sold the […]
December 27, 2016
When a good idea comes around others tend to copy it. In 1966 that held true during the infancy of the credit card industry. Visa was not the first to try a credit card but it was the first to […]
December 20, 2016
Visa, MasterCard and Discover are children compared to one of the oldest companies here in the United States. True as a merchant you may not accept it but it is an important part of our history and it is a […]
December 13, 2016
While what we know today as the credit card is a recent modern invention, the idea behind it of extending a line of credit for a purchase to be paid later is nothing new. Like us today, our ancestors were […]
December 6, 2016
The experts are predicting an exciting holiday season for merchants, that is a lot of customers and a lot of sales. As a merchant you are on the front lines of the war against credit card fraud. Here are a […]