Kristen Gramigna

PCI (payment card industry) compliance may not be a term you hear as often as a small business owner. However, it has noteworthy impact to the level of risk your business assumes in payment processing if you accept credit and debit cards from customers as a form of payment. Despite media headlines that tend to…

PCI (payment card industry) compliance may not be a term you hear as often as a small business owner. However, it has noteworthy impact to the level of risk your business assumes in payment processing if you accept credit and debit cards from customers as a form of payment. Despite that media headlines tend to…

The days of traditional credit card processing are dwindling. In a time of high-level data breaches and ID theft, shoppers and retailers all over the world have naturally started to demand greater security. EMV (Europay, MasterCard and Visa) is a chip-based payment technology that will be replacing swipe-and-sign processing technology. These cards now come armed with…

If you accept credit and debit cards, your business is responsible for ensuring that its data security efforts reflect current best practices. This is necessary for your own risk management as well as for the protection of your customers. Here are three methods to improve your data security: 1. Confirm your payment processors are secure.…

Mobile payments are more than just a roving point-of-sale (POS) system for retailers; they’re a low-cost way to optimize operational efficiency and improve the customer experience in a way that can provide a significant competitive advantage against retailers of all sizes. Here’s a look at just a few important benefits mobile payments offer: 1. The…