If your business accepts credit card payments, you need to maintain proper payment security—no matter how small your transaction volume is. Despite the threat of fraud, small businesses often make the mistake of assuming they don’t need to worry about data security because they [...]
Is your business mobile-friendly? No one wants to lose customers because they can’t accept mobile credit card payments. Help your business grow with Sage mobile payments, a payment solution that lets you manage payments and get paid on the go. To get started, look [...]
As a business owner, it’s your duty to protect your company. Surviving 2019 requires businesses to stay up-to-date on security advances. As technology evolves, so do digital threats. It’s more important than ever before that you make payment security a priority. Outlined below are [...]
National IT Professionals Day (observed every third Tuesday in September) honors the professionals of the IT world who keep our businesses secure. From desktops to laptops, mobile devices to servers or networks, IT professionals help keep our data safe. Without proper information security, sensitive [...]
June 30, 2018, was the deadline for companies to upgrade to TLS 1.2 or TLS 1.1, as mandated by the PCI Security Standards Council. Companies that didn’t upgrade received warnings from their payment gateways, or in some cases were unable to process credit cards [...]
In 2015, the PCI Security Standards Council announced changes to its security standards that have reverberated across the payment landscape: merchants are no longer allowed to use SSL or TLS 1.0 to secure credit card information. Merchants have until June 30, 2018, to migrate [...]
Stuck on how to choose a payment gateway for your company? In this article, we’ll eliminate the confusion and help you find the payment gateway of your dreams. Let’s start by defining what a payment gateway is. A payment gateway is cloud-based credit card [...]
The rise of data breaches in the U.S. According to Bloomberg and the Identity Theft Resource center, U.S. companies reported a record 1,093 data breaches in 2016—a 40% increase over 2015. In light of such figures, merchants must learn how to secure credit card [...]
Data security is a key factor in credit card processing. Without proper information security, your credit card data could be put in serious jeopardy. According to ACI Wordlwide, 46% of Americans have been victim to credit card fraud in the past 5 years. In [...]
As a business, learning how to secure credit card transactions is of utmost importance. Keeping your customers’ payment information safe will benefit you and your customers. Here are some tips for securing your company’s credit card transactions: 1. Do not store credit [...]
