September 25, 2018
Customers all across the nation have walked into a merchant and when they went to pay with their credit card found that while an EMV chip reader was present the customer was forced to use the magnetic strip. The reader […]
August 14, 2018
There will be a day when the POS readers that we know today will be a thing of the past. You may one day walk through the Smithsonian or even the some-day-to-be-established Museum of Credit Cards and see that POS […]
July 17, 2018
As credit cards become more and more complex more and more things can go wrong with them. Sounds just like your car doesn’t it? The technology that goes into our EMV cards today are complex and sophisticated and everything needs […]
June 5, 2018
You may have noticed in more recent times that your POS terminal does not even need to ask your customer if they are using a debit or credit card. Newer terminals make the dipping process even faster and are becoming […]
April 3, 2018
It may be a rare situation for a merchant but on occasion you may have a foreign visitor and they may ask a very simple question: Will my credit card work? It may not seem like much but with the […]
October 10, 2017
Every business that accepts a credit card has a POS terminal. You can’t really accept a card without one nowadays anyway. Much of our modern technology that we know today has its roots in the 1970s and 1980s and the […]
September 26, 2017
Gas station POS terminals are some of the most lucrative sources of stolen credit card information for thieves. It is considered to be low hanging fruit by security experts. Not only are they plentiful and in most cases open 24 […]
September 12, 2017
The new EMV chip cards are helping to fight credit card fraud but not all is perfect. One of the top complaints users have is the alarm that the POS terminal makes when a transaction is complete. Why does it […]
August 1, 2017
In most businesses speed is the word. Getting tasks done quicker and more efficiently means better productivity and a healthier bottom line for both the company and its employees. With the new EMV chip cards the number one complaint from […]
July 25, 2017
The list of companies that have been hit with data breaches is seemingly endless. In January the payment heavyweight Verifone was hit by a breach. The San Jose, California based company is the largest maker of POS terminals in the […]
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 […]
May 3, 2016
Hopefully by now as a merchant you have upgraded to the chip-and-signature EMV POS terminals. If you haven’t give us a call, we can help. You were probably a little unhappy that you had to upgrade your system to what […]