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Mobile Payment Processing: Empowering Atlanta Businesses on the Go

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Have you ever wished you could make your payment process as smooth as a glass of sweet tea on a hot Georgia day? It’s time to take a sip from the fountain of convenience with mobile payment processing ! Say goodbye to those clunky cash registers and hello to the future of payments. Well, guess what?

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A Primer on Simple Mobile Payments for Small Business: What Merchants Need to Know

Stax

Learn all about mobile payments and why you may want to consider joining the Stax family to streamline payments and boost your small business’ productivity. TL;DR Mobile payment processing means exchanging money through a mobile device such as a cell phone, smartwatch, or tablet.

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Everything You Need to Know About PCI Compliance for Credit Card Processing

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Protect Stored Cardholder Data Organizations must protect stored cardholder data and other credit card information using encryption, masking, hashing, or other methods to make the data unreadable to unauthorized individuals. Additionally, sensitive authentication data must never be stored after authorization, even if encrypted.

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Mobile Credit Card Processing Explained: What Business Owners Need to Know

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TLDR Mobile credit card processing first hit the market 15 years ago and in that time it has risen to become one of the most popular methods for processing in-person payments, both with businesses and consumers. Q: How does mobile payment processing work?

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What’s the Best Payment Processor for Small Business?

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Beyond compliance, look for processors that offer advanced security features like tokenization and encryption, which add layers of protection to payment information. Providing the highest level of security with complete encryption and various layers of fraud prevention tools provides an additional layer of comfort to your customers.

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Digital Payments: 12 Digital Payment Options to Consider Accepting in Your Business

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Digital payments incorporate robust security features to protect sensitive information and prevent fraud. Encryption techniques ensure that payment data is transmitted securely between parties, making it difficult for unauthorized individuals to intercept or access sensitive information.

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Everything You Need to Know About Credit Card Processing

Stax

Virtual terminals are simply web-based applications that can run on your laptop, desktop, tablet, or smartphone, transforming them into a POS system so you can process transactions anywhere as long as you have an internet connection. Chips uniquely encrypt the card information each time it is used.