Archives for October, 2014

It  is a given that damage to a retailer’s reputation is one of the biggest negative outcomes from a big

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A partial authorization request enables an issuer to approve an amount that is lower than the total transaction amount in

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The U.S. government will replace roughly 9 million government-issued payment cards with EMV chip-and-PIN versions early next year in a

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Whatever your hand finds to do, do with your might. (Ecclesiastes 9:10) Any type of work can be constructive and

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Another day, another corporate data breach. Business owners are now aware that cyber criminals are becoming increasingly smart and sophisticated

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Beloved, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have boldness before God; and we receive from him whatever we

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Non-cash payments volumes are expected to increase by nearly 10% percent to reach 366 billion transactions in 2013, fueled by

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This 300-year-old coin around my neck. It was off of a Spanish Shipwreck known as the Shipwreck of 1715. When

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When the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) launched PCI DSS v3.0 in January 2014, businesses were given one year

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Approximately $350 billion in housing rent is written out on checks or given in cash annually and until now more

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