The Cloud

30 Jun What is Ransomware and What Should You Know?

Posted at 11:30h in Business, Cryptocurrency, Data Breach, New Technology, Payments Security, PCI Compliance, The Cloud, Tips and Tricks by Eric

Ransomware is a type of malware from cryptovirology – the study of using cryptography to design malicious software, that threatens to lock out a victim's access to or publish their personal data unless a ransom is paid. Essentially, ransomware uses encryption to hold a user or...

27 May What is Multi-Factor Authentication?

Posted at 12:03h in Business, Data Breach, New Technology, Payments Security, The Cloud, Tips and Tricks by Eric

Multi-factor Authentication (MFA) is an authentication method where a user is given access to an application or website after providing two or more verification factors. In addition to using a username and password to gain access to your apps, MFA requires the user successfully present...

30 Apr Is Mobile Payments Ready to take off?

Posted at 22:15h in Contactless Payments, Credit Cards, Ecommerce, Gateway Spotlight, Inspiration, Mobile Payments, New Technology, Our Merchants, Payments Security, Point of Sale, The Cloud, Tools for Developers by kubera_access

Over the past few years we’ve seen several mobile payments ventures gain plenty of momentum but never take off or become mainstream. Another mobile payments system has launched today – Paym. Paym links your cellphone number to your bank, which enables you to pay with your...

16 Sep BitPay Passes 10,000 Bitcoin-Accepting Merchants

Posted at 22:36h in Banks & Fees, Contactless Payments, Credit Cards, Ecommerce, Inspiration, Mobile Payments, New Technology, News, The Cloud by Eric

About a year ago, Bitpay, a payment processor that deals exclusively with Bitcoin accepted it's 1,000th merchant. Today it has over 10,000 Bitcoin accepting merchants. This is testament to the gaining popularity of the decentralized digital crypto-currency. Bitpay differentiates itself from other payment processors by dealing...

28 Jun Quick tips on choosing the right payment gateway

Posted at 13:58h in Credit Cards, Ecommerce, Gateway Spotlight, News, Our Merchants, Our Partners, Payments Security, PCI Compliance, The Cloud, Tips and Tricks by Eric

When reviewing the efficiency of your online business you may want to consider choosing a new payment gateway. (What’s a payment gateway? Click here.) As a controller, director of finance or an executive officer, choosing the right payment gateway is one of your most important choices...

23 Nov Mobile Payments: The Google Wallet Card

Posted at 14:40h in Banks & Fees, Business to Business, Contactless Payments, Ecommerce, Gateway Spotlight, Hidden Fees, Mobile Payments, New Technology, News, Point of Sale, Sustainability, The Cloud by Eric

Not only have mobile payments become one of the fastest-growing game-changers in the consumer market, we strongly believe that with enough time mobile will be the future in the payments industry. The two largest and most successful forms of mobile payments to date are...

09 Apr Payments System Review: How far is Canada behind in the payments industry?

Posted at 14:33h in Banks & Fees, Business to Business, Contactless Payments, Credit Cards, Ecommerce, Mobile Payments, New Technology, News, Our Merchants, Our Partners, Point of Sale, The Cloud by Eric

Canadians are early adopters of new technology. There's no question about this. Many of us find ourselves driving two hours across the border to purchase the latest Ipad. We are also one of the heaviest user's of the Internet, online banking and shopping. If we rely so much...

16 Dec Green business community considers cloud

Posted at 00:17h in Sustainability, The Cloud by Eric

Source: www.cloudinsights.itincanada.ca By: Mary Allen Toronto Greenhouse has been in the business of drawing together “eco-friendly business people” since 2009 with monthly, themed networking events. Green building design, green energy, transport, finance, jobs and dragons have all held centre stage at Greenhouse sessions over the past two...

13 Sep Cloud Computing – The IT Solution for the 21st Century

Posted at 21:08h in Sustainability, The Cloud by Eric

A study exploring the business case and carbon emissions reduction potential of using cloud computing as part of the business IT estate. Across business, executives are looking for ways in which they can operate more sustainably and thereby increase their competitive edge. Information Communications...

12 Jul Cloud-based invoicing and payment system speeds transactions

Posted at 15:54h in News, The Cloud by Eric

By SCOTT SIMPSON, Vancouver Sun July 12, 2011 6:31 AM From left: VersaPay’s Ryan Wilson, Jody Rebak, Greg Bell and Matt Vague offer streamlined bill-paying systems for business-to-business transactions. Photograph by: GLENN BAGLO, VANCOUVER SUN Payment systems are a $44-trillion market, and VersaPay wants just a slice of...