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Payments—whether by consumers or businesses—are increasingly being made through digital channels. After all, online acceptance streamlines processes, eases demands on staff, and improves the customer experience. While the shift to digital offers a fast and convenient way for customers to pay, it unfortunately increases opportunities for hackers to break into systems and steal valuable card data. That’s why it’s more important than ever for software providers and their end users to employ security technologies that protect systems and networks from handling or storing sensitive payment details captured in online forms. Implementing these solutions also reduces the scope of vulnerable data, which simplifies PCI DSS compliance validation.
READ MOREEcommerce presents exciting opportunities for business owners: to better meet the needs of existing customers, to tap into new markets and to grow the value of individual transactions over brick-and-mortar purchases.
READ MOREMany large corporations and government agencies provide their employees with commercial credit cards to make purchases or pay invoices, which allows buyers to better track spending across their organization.
READ MOREVisa recently introduced new rules for e-commerce fraud prevention. This article explains how these rules impact your online business and steps you need to follow to avoid new fees.
READ MOREPet ownership boomed 4% in 2020 as people who shifted to remote work welcomed “pandemic puppies” and “covid kitties” into their homes. According to research from PetAge, the total number of pet-owning households in the U.S. has reached nearly 71 million, or 56 percent of households overall. The result is more pets that need to visit vets.
READ MOREA Surge in Chargebacks The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the shift to e-commerce as businesses enacted safe, remote interaction models including curbside servicing, order ahead, and buy online pickup in store. The inability for a business to see a customer in person and run a card-present transaction on an EMV device also means that there is a higher risk for fraud and resulting chargebacks. Some chargebacks—such as duplicate transactions and processing errors—are legitimate, while others are a result of fraud or a customer dispute.
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