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31 May Moving towards a tech future in Canada with mobile payments: iOS 9 and Android pay

Posted at 23:29h in Banks & Fees, Credit Cards, Mobile Payments, New Technology, News, Point of Sale by kubera_access

9to5Mac reports that there will be several improvements to Apple iOS 9 including features that will help close the gap between the banks and Apple Pay.The first improvement mentioned is Force Touch. A capability that is available on the new MacBook and Retina MacBook Pros,...

26 May Mobile, Credit & Debit and other payments outstrips the use of cash in the UK

Posted at 00:18h in Banks & Fees, Mobile Payments, New Technology, News, Point of Sale by kubera_access

For the first time in modern society, the use of cashless payments has surpassed the use of cash by consumers, businesses and financial institutions. The Payments Council, an organization of financial institutions in the UK that oversees all payment mechanisms, reported the use of cash fell...

29 Apr Why would Apple Pay benefit my business?

Posted at 22:29h in Banks & Fees, Contactless Payments, Credit Cards, Ecommerce, Inspiration, Mobile Payments, New Technology, News, Our Merchants, PCI Compliance, Point of Sale by kubera_access

Since its launch in late September of last year, Apple has sold over 130 million iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 plus, boosting the company's revenue to over $130 billion (Q1 & Q2) by the end of Q2 2015. The extremely high Apple device count in use combined with...

21 Apr Canada’s big six banks are negotiating for November Apple Pay launch

Posted at 00:04h in News by kubera_access

Canada’s big six banks are negotiating with Apple and according to the Wall Street Journal, Apple Pay is expected come to Canada in November. For those who aren’t familiar, Canada’s big six consist of the Royal Bank of Canada, Toronto Dominion Bank, Bank of Montreal, National...

31 Mar Why switching to EMV Chip & PIN is so important

Posted at 20:42h in News by kubera_access

From a merchant perspective, there is a myth that switching over to EMV Chip and PIN is more expensive than swipe and sign.In some cases, if you own terminals that facilitate EMV, software needs to be bought to manage the PIN, but it’s not really...

25 Mar Target will pay data breach victims $10 million

Posted at 20:54h in Banks & Fees, Business to Business, Credit Cards, Gateway Spotlight, Mobile Payments, News, Payments Security, PCI Compliance, Point of Sale by kubera_access

Thursday March 19th, a federal judge gave approval for a 10 million dollar settlement for the customers who were affected by Target’s data breach in 2013. "We are pleased to see the process moving forward and look forward to its resolution," said Molly Snyder, Target spokesperson...

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