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Understanding POS Security: Protecting Your Business and Customer Data

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Given this recent wave of cyberattacks, all small businesses must do their part to secure their Point of Sale (POS) systems from unauthorized parties. Don’t Allow Swiped Transactions You may want to avoid processing older magnetic stripe cards in favor of Near Field Communication (NFC) and EMV chip cards.

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Square Launches Appointments App For Android

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” In addition, the company said that users can accept payments fast — in under three seconds for chip cards — and they can key in payments even if they don’t have a signal. Users can also receive deposits as soon as the next business day or instantly “for just an extra 1% per deposit.”

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Giving Community Banks The Contactless Card Boost

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million payment cards, Giorgio said. The contactless card opportunity for community banks stems from the expiration of first-generation EMV chip cards, she told Webster. She noted that, ever since EMV chip cards were introduced in the U.S., Contactless cards are, quite literally, touch and go,” she said.

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Understanding Credit Card Processing Fees for Merchants: How Much Does Processing Credit Cards Cost?

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The steps to process a credit card transaction Step 1: Authorization Request The process initiates when a customer presents their credit card for payment. The merchant’s point-of-sale (POS) system sends an authorization request to the acquiring bank (also known as the merchant bank) via a payment gateway.

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xPressTap: mPOS Without The Dongle

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Instead of a dongle, micromerchants download an app which turns their NFC-enabled phone into a point of sale (POS) system in minutes. The POS is capable of doing business with anyone who has a contactless card or NFC-enabled smartphone. First, users can have a customer tap their EMV chip card directly on the phone.

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Stripe Moves In-Store With Index Acquisition

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Stripe , the $9 billion payments processing startup, has acquired point-of-sale (POS) software developer Index. Index, which was backed by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s venture capital firm Innovation Endeavors, is well-known for its software for PIN pads that is able to read a chip card in under a second.

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How Adopting Mobile Payments Can Help Your Business Grow in 2024

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Thanks to these modern payment solutions, credit card, and debit card users can now complete their purchases without swiping or inserting their cards at the point of sale (POS) terminals. Google was a little late to the party, but it also followed with its method called Google Pay in 2016.