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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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How are Interchange Fees Calculated?

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Credit and debit cards have become the preferred payment methods for many, and it isn’t hard to see why. In 2023, 27% of all point-of-sale (POS) payments were made using credit cards while 23% were made with debit cards.

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What Is Tiered Pricing in Credit Card Processing?

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Over 80% of American adults owned at least one credit card in 2023. Also, credit cards contributed to 27% of the spending at point-of-sale (POS) systems worldwide. These transactions are usually made with physical credit or debit cards that are swiped or inserted into chip card readers.

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Worldpay Launches Worldpay Total In The US

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Connecting and simplifying payments across sales channels through a single integration point, Worldpay Total delivers end-to-end payment processing by combining point-of-sale (POS), integrated payments and acquiring for integrated software vendors (ISVs) and merchants. Worldpay announced Wednesday (Oct.

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At The POS Of The Future, Consumers Will Pay With Sound

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In 2013, Silicon Valley startup Clinkle raised $25 million in funding to build the point-of-sale (POS) system of the future using sound, but the company later changed trajectories, creating more of a Venmo-like product primarily aimed at college students. Innovators in South Korea, France, Israel and the U.K.,

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The Different Ways a Business Can Accept Credit Cards

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In-Store Credit Card Processing For brick-and-mortar businesses, in-store credit card processing is the most traditional and widely used method. This involves using a physical point-of-sale (POS) terminal to process card payments. The terminal communicates with the card issuer to approve the payment.

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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.