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05 Feb Payments Trends to Watch in 2017

Posted at 00:00h in Banks & Fees, Business to Business, Contactless Payments, Credit Cards, Ecommerce, Mobile Payments, New Technology, News, Payments Security by Eric

Between lots of new technology, evolving regulations, and emerging threats to data security, 2017 is gearing up to be an exciting year in the payments space. Here are Kubera’s Payment's stories to watch for 2017. Tech Breakthroughs Some of the most exciting payments stories to watch in 2017...

03 Oct Bitcoin’s Blockchain Technology Breaks into the Mainstream

Posted at 12:33h in Banks & Fees, Business, New Technology, News by Eric

If you follow payments and financial technology news, you may have heard the word "Blockchain" popping up more and more over the past little while. Blockchain is the technology behind Bitcoin and is an unalterable public ledger of all transactions that have been ever been executed...

29 Jul The DNC Email Hack: How Charities Can Keep Their Information Secure

Posted at 14:50h in Credit Cards, Ecommerce, News, PCI Compliance by Eric

The American Democratic National Convention kicked off this week amidst the release of 20,000 of their emails by Wikileaks. In addition to adding fuel to allegations that the DNC had unfairly worked against runner-up candidate Bernie Sanders, thousands of social insurance, passport numbers, and credit card...

24 May When Will Mobile Payments Take Off?

Posted at 11:15h in Mobile Payments, New Technology, News by Eric

In an article for Forbes, Token CEO Zohar Steinberg writes that mobile payments developers have failed to ask what consumers will get out of mobile payments. In order to see higher adoption rates, he argues, those working in the space will have to figure out...

25 Dec Hotel Chain, Hyatt gets its payment system hacked

Posted at 12:49h in Business, Credit Cards, News, Payments Security, PCI Compliance, Point of Sale by kubera_access

Hyatt Hotels, the chain that owns over 600 properties around the world recently found malware on their payment processing systems. They are the latest hotel chain to be breached in the past few months. Last month both Starwood and rival hotel chain the Hilton announced...

18 Oct Cyber Security Month & Say Goodbye To Swiping Your Card

Posted at 21:06h in Contactless Payments, Credit Cards, Mobile Payments, News, Tips and Tricks by Eric

Obama has proclaimed October 2015 to be National Cyber Security Awareness Month. In conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security and the National Cyber Security Alliance, Obama promoted events focused on cyber security and training cyber professionals. In this post we will gloss over EMV and...

30 Jun Choosing the right receivables solution

Posted at 17:20h in Banks & Fees, Credit Cards, New Technology, News, Our Merchants, Point of Sale by kubera_access

Having the right process and efficiencies for executing your company’s invoicing and payments is integral to its financial wellbeing. Discrepancies, delays and all things associated with human error can leave your company with greater sales outstanding, unnecessary overhead costs, and potentially customer discontent. In the infographic (PDF)...

21 Jun Ready to develop your tech skills?

Posted at 22:43h in New Technology, News by Eric

Are you interested in leaning something new? Or maybe taking an evening course to brush up your skills? RED Academy – Vancouver’s first fully tech-focused school is launching their summer and evening courses in July. RED Academy, founded and operated by a team of local tech professionals...

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...