Card Systems News and Events
Taste of Freedom – UNMASK and EMPOWER
SWFL Human Trafficking Presents The Second Annual Taste of Freedom Date: April 8th, 2017 Time: 6pm-Midnight Location: Scanlon Lexus of Fort Myers 4200 S. Tamiami Trail Fort Myers, Fl. Event details can be found at: www.swfl-humantrafficking.org/events A food lover's...
Card Systems Marketing Tips To Help Grow Your Business
In our new series from Card Systems, we will be offering up short ideas and marketing tips to help you grow your business and stay ahead of the competition. The first offering in this series will show you where to create some images that can be branded with your...
Smart Phone, Smart Point of Sale, Smart Merchant
Is Your Smartphone Becoming an All in One Solution? A colleague and I were having a discussion the other day about our love/hate relationship we have with our SMART Phones. I’m sure we have all experienced those feelings at some point or another in the SMART Phone...
Another Great Fundraiser for A Great Cause
Another Great Fundraiser for A Great Cause. Thanks to Dress For Success Southwest Florida for another successful event helping local women get back on their feet! The Haute Tea held on December 4th, 2016 at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort and Spa was a great...
Support A Great Cause
There's still time to pick up your tickets to support this great cause. To reserve a seat please call 239.689.4992 or visit Dress For Success Southwest Florida Click the image for details:
Another Great Event From Dress For Success SWFL
Another Great Event From Dress For Success SWFL Dress for Success of Southwest Florida to host The Inaugural “Haute Holiday Tea” FORT MYERS, Fla. (Nov. 17, 2016) – Dress for Success SW Florida will host its first ever “Haute Holiday Tea” at the Hyatt Regency Coconut...
The Increase of Online Fraud
Recently NBC Nightly News brought to light the growing trend of online transaction fraud, as consumers it is important to take steps that will protect your personal information. With the rise of pin and chip cards, it seems as if some consumers may be letting their...
Is Your Business, Missing Sales?
Is Your Business, Missing Sales? In a recent project we took on the argument for accepting payments online, some of the information and statistics were quite eye-opening. As millennials continue to migrate towards using technology to pay and communicate on a daily...
Upgrade Your Business With A Point of Sale Solution
Did you know that the National Retail Federation estimates that somewhere between 640,000 and 690,000 additional employees will be hired this Holiday Season? I saw a recent news release that FedEx alone will be hiring close to 55,000 workers to keep up with the supply...
Time’s Running Out… Shop For Success 11/2/16
Time is running out – Buy your VIP tickets now by visiting: http://www.dfsswflorida.org/events/ Don’t miss this incredible shopping extravaganza! Shop for Success Wednesday, November 2, 2016 3:00 – 9:00 p.m. Crowne Plaza 13051 Bell Tower Drive, Fort Myers Only $50...
The TRUTH About Gift Cards
The TRUTH About Gift Cards If you have ever thought about getting gift cards for your business, there has never been a better time now! The Holidays are just around the corner and will be here before you know it. The deadline for ordering those gift cards is NOW if...
One Year After Pin and Chip Card Launch
One Year After Pin and Chip Card Launch Merchants and consumers alike are becoming familiar with the new EMV, commonly known as pin and chip, credit card processing procedure. The deadline for merchants to have this implemented was October 2015. According to Visa,...
Great Event to Support Dress for Success SW Florida
They say beauty is only skin deep, but at Image Matters, we'd like to challenge that statement. Beauty is deeply felt. It's that feeling of confidence you have when you know you look your best. It’s a feeling of gratitude for all you have and all you can do for...
Allowing Overdraft Fees Undermines Benefit of Prepaid Cards
Paycards are a great tool and will not only benefit you by streamlining operations, it will help pay your unbankable employees and independent contractors. Creating a happier workforce with less turnover. Do not let the worries of overdraft fees discourage you. ...
Great News About Local Business
It’s great to see a local businesses transforming and receiving some great press. The Bridge Plaza in Fort Myers welcomes the opening of The Fish and Vine where the motto is Sip it. Get it. Enjoy it. Repeat! A high end restaurant and full liquor bar serving the some...
Visa Alert and Update on Oracle’s MICROS Breach
Visa’s security on Friday (08/12/2016) issued a security alert warning companies using Oracle’s MICROS point-of-sale units to double-check their systems for malicious software or unusual network activity. Visa highly recommends that companies should immediately...
Evolve or Die
Macy's is teaching us a valuable lesson....Evolve or die. How are you marketing, performing analytics, or mixing it up and catering to our new social marketplace? Are you even collecting your customers email or text numbers? Do you have a payment gateway to...
Oracle/MICROS Breach
Over 330,000 global terminals were breached through one of the top 3 most popular POS systems, Oracle/Micros. KrebsOnSecurity broke the story late yesterday. Keep your customer's security a priority by locking your front door. If you are using this system,...
SWFL DFS Career Center Opening Enriches our Community
Once again Barbara Dell has shown her leadership, strength and passion though the opening of the Dress for Success SW Florida Career Center. We are all so excited about the new addition and the impact it will have for the women in need in Southwest Florida. Thank you...
VISA Payment Ring at the Olympics
Tonight is the Opening Ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Thank you VISA for your contribution to the Olympians' experience. No matter their performance, we are all proud of the US Olympic Team!
Small Business Hacking Getting More Common
Ed Black says the worst thing a small business owner can believe is that his/her company is safe from hackers, simply because hackers don’t target small businesses.
Potential Chargeback Scam
We've heard from merchants of a potential fraud situation. A transaction has been processed, and then a refund has been requested, but to a different credit card than the original transaction. Our recommendation is to make a company policy to always refund...
Dress For Success Event
Come join us for a Grand Opening Celebration of the Dress For Success Career Center on July 20, 2016!!
Ban the Box
Another government regulation tying the hands of employers. Let's hope more cities do not go down this path. This is just another added layer of complete time wasting for businessess which are already hesitant on hiring. We do not want to know after going...