Not all debit card transactions are equal. For anyone who has used a debit card there are times that a signature is required and there are times that a PIN is required. There is a reason for that. For anyone […]
Major news was announced last fall that could very well change the way credit cards are transactions are handled. For as long as the credit card or its early variants have been around a signature has been required to complete […]
As most of you are aware when the changeover was made to the new EMV cards in 2015 the United States did not go all the way. Rather than upgrading our nation’s credit cards to Chip-and-PIN we went half way […]
A criminal steals your wallet and gets a hold of your credit card. They may want to go on a spending spree or clone your card so they can use it later. There is supposed to be one security measure […]
The switchover to EMV chip cards has taken a bite out of in store credit card fraud. In some cases in store fraud has been reduced by nearly 75% in some European countries. While that is certainly encouraging and cause […]
As a merchant you are on the front line of the war against identity theft. When processing a transaction, there’s probably one thing that you or your employees are not doing. Are you checking the signature strip on the back? […]