Card Systems News and Events
Surcharge or Cash Discounting
What are the differences and the best choice for your business? Are you considering Surcharging or Cash Discounting? Accepting credit cards is a necessity in today’s world. However, credit card processing fees are taking a larger chuck out of your profit margin these...
It’s Greek Fest Time!
Join us for Great Food, Vendors, and Fun The weather is perfect and with so much to do here in Southwest Florida, now is the time to get out and enjoy the fun events around town. The ArtFest, Bike Night, Taste of the Cape, and Food Truck Wars started the season with...
PCI QIR Certification and What it Means
Is Your Merchant and POS Provider QIR Certified? Visa requires all merchants including Level 4 merchants (small businesses) to have their payment processing devices and systems installed by Qualified Integrator and Reseller (QIR). That means ensuring your EMV or chip...
New Florida Vaccine Mandates
Employers' Vaccine Mandate Advisory More red tape and costs have just been added for the businesses in Florida. Make sure you read and discuss the following information with your HR Directors, managers, and any decision-makers within your company. This advisory is...
Stay connected with Backup Internet
What is your Backup Plan to Process Payments? Connectivity to the internet has never been more essential to business operations. Especially when it comes to authorizing your credit cards or accepting payments. Our weather has never been more volatile: heatwaves,...
Don’t lose your stored photos, backups or files!
Are your Business Photos in Jeopardy? Lots of Google users have taken advantage of the free online storage space for photos, backups, and easy sharing over the years. If you or your business has as well, be sure to log into your account regularly. Personal or Business...
Grant for restaurants and other food services who suffered pandemic losses
If your food service business (any business where the onsite sale of food or drink comprised 33% or more of gross receipts) suffered losses due to the pandemic, there is a grant you should be looking into. The Restaurant Revitalization Fund from the SBA is focusing on...
Florida Restaurants are open and giving patrons a choice
We are a state that is the envy of the nation. Homes are selling at record highs while only on the market for mere days. Why? Our businesses are open, and here, in Lee county, we still have the freedom of choice. We can choose the restaurants and businesses we want...
Help customers get creative for Valentine’s Day
Spread the love to your customers this Valentine’s Day by offering out of the box ideas for those who are not feeling quite ready to venture out yet. Offer a curbside candlelight Valentine’s dinner prepared or unprepared and maybe include a small gift card they can...
Restaurant Server Suggestive Selling
Boost your Restaurant Sales by Up-sell to Existing Customers Your servers should be suggesting appetizers, desserts, and gift cards. Are they? A lot of servers simply ask ”Can I start you out with an appetizer?" This puts the server in a bad position if the customer...
EdgeServ’s Pay at the Table
EdgeServ POS Releases Version 2020.5 with Pay at the Table Applications, Utilizing the PAX A920 SARASOTA, FL – EdgeServ POS today announced the release of version 2020.5 – with their exciting new, fully integrated, Pay at the Table solution. This release utilizes the...
Restaurants Pivoting with Technology
Chef Adrianne Calvo's Miami restaurant is thriving during a pandemic and she also opened a new restaurant last summer as well. See her interview and tips for restaurants of all sizes. Pivoting When many restaurants were feeling the pain, and giving up, Adrianne Calvo...
A REcycled Night in Black and White Tonight!
Join us for the REcycled event of the Season! Tune in this evening to watch a fashion show unlike any other from the safety and convenience of your own home https://www.facebook.com/dfsswflorida/. Emcees Alyssa LeMay, Nickole Hendra and Barbara Melvin, joined by...
Florida Restaurants Begin to Open up for Business
Governor Ron DeSantis announced phase 1, the first steps to open Florida The Governor held his press conference this afternoon and announced phase 1 of reopening May 4th. He is allowing certain industries to open with restrictions. “We need to focus on facts and not...
Government Funds Depleted, What Now? 3 Tips
$354 Billion of Funding Gone in Less than 20 Days As Congress fights amongst themselves to release another much needed 250 billion through the CARES Act to small business owners, what can you do to save your business? Now that the shock is over, and the reality has...
COVID-19 Government Funds for Small Business
Get the Funding You Need We are in a Health and Financial Crisis of unprecedented magnitude and a huge financial impact on you, and your business is still a big unknown. Many of you are experiencing a 50%-95% drop in sales, and some of you may have closed your doors...
Loyalty Programs Drive Business
Customer loyalty programs are smart, innovative ways to increase revenue and create repeat business. These easy to implement programs not only create loyal, happy customers they give you a method to reach out to those customers with specials and new products. Also,...
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...
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...
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...