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Essential Guide to ISV Integrated Payments: Benefits and Best Practices

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EMV, NFC, etc). Any company that needs to accept credit and debit cards is definitely going to need hardware in the form of payment terminals (both countertop and mobile credit card readers) that support a range of different payment methods and technologies (e.g.,

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Understanding POS Security: Protecting Your Business and Customer Data

VISTA InfoSec

Let’s look at some best practices you’ll want to implement to keep payment data safe from cybercriminals: 1. 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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Best Practices in Fraud Management: Q&A with Bob Shiflet

FICO

In this blog, Bob shares insights into best practices he’s found for creating a culture of fraud prevention. This is primarily driven by the large rise in data breaches and the roll-out of EMV and chip cards in the United States. Best Practices in Establishing Your Fraud Risk Appetite.

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Visa’s Take On The EMV Chargeback Debate

PYMNTS

It’s a complication that’s persisted long before EMV, but one that EMV seems to have intensified. To help us get a better understanding of one card network’s point of view on this claim, as well as EMV’s evolution seven months in, Karen Webster recently spoke with Stephanie Ericksen, VP of Global Risk Products at Visa.

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Why Fraud Is Now ~$11 Of Every $100 Of Digital Sales

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Yet, with EMV, they have gone online, said the Forter executive, even as law enforcement has not kept pace. Best practices may not be working anymore for those merchants, contended Reitblat, and matching IP and shipping address distances may not work (with more international transactions). noted Reitblat.

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The NFC Taps The FTC To Seek Anti-Trust Investigation Against PCI Over EMV

PYMNTS

” This latest front is yet a new one in the ongoing war between retailers and card companies over the new EMV standard and whether or not PIN should be used as opposed to signature-based verification methods that are currently the norm. Its preferred solution involves working with what it terms “legitimate U.S.

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Payment Security: Everything You Need to Know About Secure Payments

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The significance of EMV cards EMV cards use a microchip that generates a code for each transaction, which is transmitted instead of the card number as the transaction processes. The role EMV cards play in preventing counterfeit cards and reducing fraud cannot be overstated. Q: What is the most secure online payment method?