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The Cybersecurity Impact of PCI DSS 4.0

Retail TouchPoints

Today, it seems cash is a thing of the past, with most shoppers leaning on credit cards or even mobile payment to complete transactions for both physical and online shopping. With more than 20 years of experience in IT, his expertise includes IT/OT convergence, audit and compliance, data breaches and incident management.

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7 Brands Discuss the Benefits of the New Cashless Economy and Apple Pay’s Growing Ubiquity

BigCommerce

The Evolution of Mobile Payments: A brief history of mobile payments, according to TechCrunch : 1983: David Chaum, an American cryptographer, starts work on creating digital cash by inventing “the blinding formula, which is an extension of the RSA algorithm still used in the web’s encryption.” 2008: Bitcoin is invented.?.

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The Best Cheap POS System for 2022

Ecommerce Platforms

A Point of Sale system, or POS, is the solution you use to process payments, manage business functionality, and even track insights in a brick-and-mortar environment. Ecommerce functionality: Often, it’s helpful to find a POS solution which combines online store management with offline store functionality.

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What is Google Pay and How Does It Work? (Nov 2020)

Ecommerce Platforms

This gives modern merchants more flexibility when it comes to offering customers the payment options they want most. In 2018, Google revamped it’s solutions for online and mobile payments, placing everything under the same Google Pay umbrella. This involves using the Google Pay for Payments API solution.

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Stripe vs Square: Summarizing Your Options for 2020

Ecommerce Platforms

Both of these tools are market leaders in the payment industry, with features that have transformed the way that we pay for the things that we need. What's more, both Stripe and Square are on the cutting edge of payment technology, giving businesses access to more efficient and reliable ways of accepting and managing their transactions.

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FOUR TRENDS DISRUPTING THE FUTURE OF ONLINE PAYMENTS

PFS

Transactions are executed much faster now, giving retailers and processors less time to identify and manage risks. Losses to banks alone in 2018 due to fraud exceeded $31 billion. (1). Because of this rise in cyber attacks, there have been many policy changes that have impacted the payments ecosystem.

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Tips for Dropshipping Computers and Computer Accessories

ecomdash

The global PC (Personal Computer) market has been slowly declining in recent years but remains massive – with nearly 62 million computers being shipped to customers in the first quarter of 2018. Pro Tip: Monitor ecommerce web design trends to keep your website relevant and provide mobile payment options to improve customer experience.