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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...

28 Feb Grow your sales with Gift Cards

Posted at 22:03h in News by kubera_access

No matter what business type of retail business you have, it’s a great idea to consider having a gift card program – both egift cards and plastic gift cards. With a wide range of solutions available, gift cards are a powerful way for businesses to grow their...

15 Feb Growing your business with loyalty programs

Posted at 22:43h in News by kubera_access

If you haven’t considered using a loyalty card platform already, there are plenty of good reasons to get started. Loyalty programs offer your customers a wide range of benefits while simultaneously allowing you to build a closer connection with your customers. Over time, your customers will appreciate the rewards...

28 Jan Target, saying goodbye to Canada

Posted at 03:48h in News by kubera_access

On January 15th Target announced its departure from Canada. This means closing all 133 Canadian stores, where Target will incur a $5.4 billion pre-tax loss in their fourth quarter. Target had several issues when trying to enter the Canadian market. In addition to the massive breach that...

05 Jan Canadian Small Business in Review

Posted at 22:10h in Business to Business, Inspiration, New Technology, News by kubera_access

With the new ever-growing tech atmosphere, small business does not look the same anymore. For example a small business is not necessarily defined as “a company with fewer than 100 employees” anymore. The infographic below provided by Salesforce.com explains this concept and digs further into...

19 Dec The 6 best Canadian Credit Cards 2014

Posted at 01:14h in News by kubera_access

What is the best credit card in Canada? With so many options to choose from it can be a difficult to decide which credit card to go with. Canadians with good credit history have the option to choose cash-back cards, low interest-rate cards, rewards cards,...

29 Nov What is MCX and how does it affect consumers?

Posted at 23:18h in News by kubera_access

A few days after the Apple Pay launch, 40-50 odd retailers shut off Near Field Communication on their terminals to prevent transactions made via Apple Pay. These retailers are part of an association known as the Merchant Customer Exchange, or MCX and include brands like...

29 Oct A brief history and the end of the famous “magstripe” credit card

Posted at 18:16h in News by kubera_access

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="620"] Forrest Parry - image source: idahostatesman.com[/caption] For a number of reasons, credit cards are becoming an increasingly more popular form of payment for consumers. With its popularity rising, so has the amount of credit card fraud in the United States. This is...

15 Oct The Oct 2015 payments “Liability Shift”. What it means for merchants

Posted at 00:06h in News by kubera_access

On October 2015, exactly one year from now, the deadline for implementing Chip & PIN will come. This deadline had been called the "Liability Shift" by popular media sources. Should you miss this deadline for the “Liability Shift” and continue to use payment systems without EMV technology,...

23 Sep The Home Depot Breach: What you can do and how to protect your credit card information

Posted at 23:09h in News by kubera_access

As you already may know, on September 8th, 2014, Home Depot confirmed that their data systems were breached which impacts customers who used a credit or debit card at one of their U.S. or Canadian retail stores. Home Depot also confirmed that the malware used to...