Security experts often say that the chain is only as strong as its weakest link. All businesses that work collaboratively, no matter the type of relationship, should be supporting one another to ensure that security best practices are in place and compliance with the Payment … Read more
High-risk payment acceptance is everywhere. A recent payment experience at my local dry cleaners caused me some alarm, so much so that I described it in detail on LinkedIn: Without any real forethought I pulled out my debit card. Maybe it was the knowledge that … Read more
How many of your merchants are just checking the boxes? Checkbox compliance is nothing new in the payments industry. In fact, Google “checkbox compliance” and you quickly see that thousands of posts have been written about it. These posts describe the exercise of racing to … Read more
If you missed the QIR deadline, you need to act fast. At last month’s Northeast Acquirers Association (NEAA) Conference, I joined the Legislative Panel to speak on the subject of the Visa Qualified Integrators & Resellers (QIR) program. My talking points were timely, given the … Read more
New Small-Business Cybersecurity Tools for Acquirers Today the PCI Security Standards Council (SSC) announced a significant advancement in its efforts to foster small-business cybersecurity: A set of payment protection resources that acquirers can use to educate and empower the small merchants they serve to fight … Read more
Guest post by Ray Moorman, Director of Product Management, Vantiv Integrated Payments (formerly Mercury Payment Systems) PCI remains a blind spot for many merchants When the first version of the PCI DSS was released in 2004, the intent was to improve cardholder information security and prevent fraud. The … Read more