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Creating A Holistic Happy Workplace
A holistic workplace offers benefits to employers and employees and creates a thriving business environment. Businesses who recognize an employee’s mental well-being create a better work environment and tend to retain valuable employees. Research conducted at the O.C....
PCI Basics for Small Merchants
In 2015 the PCI SSC created the Small Merchant Taskforce, a cross-industry consortium of payment security experts, merchant groups and small merchant advocates, to create educational material and suggested next steps to assess risk within a small business environment....
Gift Cards Expected to Exceed $6 Trillion by 2022
The average consumer is spending $59 more than the original value of their Gift Card, up $21 from 2017, according to the 2018 Prepaid Consumer Insights Study released by First Data (NYSE: FDC) Despite the set value on a gift card, 72% of customers report spending...
Protect Your Business with this New POS App
Your business security depends on the information that you retain and how you monitor your everyday transactions. There are many ways to do this both with internal measures and technology with the new Point of Sale Systems available today. Too many times, you (the...
Point of Sale Clone Fraud Activity
Point-of-Sale Fraud Alert Recent incidents in the U.S. in which criminals are committing fraud through processing fraudulent return transactions. As part of the fraud scheme, criminals obtain Point-of-Sale (POS) devices—either from an acquirer or agent while posing as...
Memorial Day Credit Card Skimmer Warning
New Credit Card Skimmers found inside card readers at gas pumps at many 7-11 stores Look for the red tag on the pumps or go into the store to pay. Some 7-11 stores have installed temporary locks on pumps until permanent locks arrive. Fraud Facts Florida is...
Critical Credit Card Terminal Updates
Is your Credit Card Terminal causing you to lose valuable transactions? It may be time to update the programming in your terminal or even time to look for a new solution. Ingenico Credit Card Terminals The clock is ticking on the Ingenico ICT220 and ICT250 terminals....
How to Protect your Business from Employee Theft
Employee theft is increasing - the scope ranges from stealing inventory and padding time to taking money from the till. Many times, theft is a result of opportunity and incentive to steal. Employee theft can go unnoticed for years until your company hits a wall....
Don’t Fall Victim to Employee Embezzlement
Courtney Wells, a 49-year-old woman in Connecticut admitted to embezzling over a half a million dollars combined from her two positions as a trusted bookkeeper. Appearing as a trustworthy employee at her job as treasurer of the Southington Lacrosse Association, she...
The Power of Women in Business
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF A WOMAN You may be stunned to learn just how much women’s economic power has increased in recent years. Their impact on the consumer economy and influence in decision-making has elevated them to account for 85% of all consumer...
Cash Discounting & Your POS
We realize that your costs for accepting credit card payments increase regularly. As your source for Point of Sale, we can help by improving other aspects of your service that save you money and make you more profitable IN SPITE OF those rising costs. There’s been a...
Generate More Revenue and Traffic with an ATM
ATMs still Represent Easy Money for your Business, Restaurant or Store With the rise of online shopping, brick-and-mortar businesses today need to do everything they can to stay competitive. Sometimes that means using a traditional, tried-and-true method of boosting...