PCI Compliance

23 Nov US EMV Rollout: Where are we now?

Posted at 16:55h in Contactless Payments, Credit Cards, EMV, Mobile Payments, New Technology, PCI Compliance by Eric

As November draws to a close, 2016 is officially almost over. This also marks just over a year since the EMV liability shift for US merchants occurred in October 2015. So how are US merchants doing when it comes to chip-and-pin adoption? Wait, what is EMV...

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...

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...

09 Dec ISACA Vancouver: PCI Compliance vs. Risk

Posted at 20:23h in Credit Cards, Ecommerce, Inspiration, New Technology, Payments Security, PCI Compliance, Recommended Events, Tips and Tricks by Eric

This coming Tuesday, on December 15th, 2015 at ISACA Vancouver's December Education Session, Ryan Wilson will be teaching us and exploring the difference between PCI compliance and PCI risk Management. At this event, expect to learn about PCI Compliance, practical methods for risk qualification based on...

31 Oct Why merchants need a robust online fraud plan

Posted at 21:09h in Payments Security, PCI Compliance by Eric

With the EMV liability shift now in effect, merchants in the United States are now liable for card-present fraud if they are not EMV chip & PIN compliant. While fraudsters will take advantage of the lag for all merchants to get setup with increased EMV security,...

29 Sep Does accepting EMV Chip & PIN cards make my business PCI compliant?

Posted at 20:23h in PCI Compliance by Eric

One of the common misconceptions of implementing EMV enabled point of sale terminals is that by having EMV Chip & PIN, your business is Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliant. This is not true. EMV and PCI Data Security Standards compliance are two independent entities that...

16 Sep The Visa TIP Program & What It Means to You

Posted at 21:10h in Our Merchants, Payments Security, PCI Compliance, Tips and Tricks by Eric

While U.S. merchants will only now in 2015 experience the liability shift of potential financial losses for not upgrading their terminals from magstripe –to EMV contact and contactless card enabled terminals, Visa has been incentivizing the move since 2011 through the innovative Visa TIP program. Considering...

27 Jul Alternative EMV PCI integration certification solution for your business

Posted at 22:28h in Business, PCI Compliance, Tips and Tricks by Eric

Full EMV integration certification can be very time consuming and costly in the event that you are considering upgrading your payment processing system for the October 1st liability shift deadline. There is an alternative solution however and if you are looking for a quick solution that...

18 Jul UCLA Hospital determines cyber breach could affect sensitive data of 4.5 million

Posted at 20:24h in Payments Security, PCI Compliance by Eric

On May 5th, 2015, University of California’s (UCLA) hospital determined that it had suffered a cyber breach to its network. That breach has now been confirmed and it’s possible that this cyber attack will expose an estimated 4.5 million medical files from patients. The breach stems from...

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...