Early on in my career, I was assigned a PCI DSS assessment with a major sporting franchise. In one of the down moments that we had, I started to make conversation and try to get to know my client a little better. Sure, I was … Read more
As liaisons between merchants and acquiring banks, payment facilitators (PFs) are an important component of the payments chain. Many small and micro merchants gravitate to PFs for assistance with accepting their customers’ card payments in a cost-effective way. Of course, the payment facilitator’s role in … Read more
How are those New Year’s resolutions coming? We’re now a few weeks into the new year and already people are asking: “How are those New Year’s resolutions coming?” Ugh. It takes time to form a habit, but it’s often difficult to invest the kind of … Read more
How do you conduct your IT risk assessments? In a recent ControlScan customer survey, we asked IT leaders about risk assessments. Specifically, we wanted to know how often businesses are conducting them, as well as if they are doing so formally by using an external … Read more
Guest post by Beth Kotz, Credit.com If you own or manage a business, you understand the vital importance of a coherent business plan. Your business plan represents the essential blueprint from which your company is built and directed, and in order to be effective, it … 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