Is Fingerprinting Next For Credit Card Security?

Business Solutions Newsletter | June 01, 2016 | View web version here.   In This Issue: POS, Payment Processing, Data Collection, And Physical Security News The Facts About EMV The Digital Wallet: Opportunity Beyond The Hype POS Shipments Accelerated In EMEA Last Year How Does Speed At Checkout Influence Consumers? Removing Compromise From Cloud POS Multiple Technology Touchpoints Can Differentiate Your Offerings POS Solutions Provider Reduces Costs, Improves Efficiency For Restaurant Clients Is Fingerprinting Next For Credit Card Security? Sponsor   As pioneers of the "as-a-Service" business model, Harbortouch offers an unprecedented, free POS program that allows the company's sales partners to offer a full-featured POS system with no up-front costs while earning lucrative up-front commissions and recurring revenue. For more information about Harbortouch, visit www.htreseller.com or email resellers@harbortouch.com. Featured Articles POS, Payment Processing, Data Collection, And Physical Security News   Creditcall and Miura Systems recently announced that retail developers, ISVs, and VARs can now integrate the Miura M007 mPOS PINpad into Windows- and Linux-based retail POS infrastructure, in addition to iOS- and Android-based mPOS solutions, by using Creditcall ChipDNA SDKs. The Facts About EMV If you decided not to adopt EMV standards when accepting card payments, you are responsible for the fraudulent, non-EMV transactions as the liability is shifting from card issuers to the business that accepts card payments, specifically for card-present purchases and purchases made in person. The Digital Wallet: Opportunity Beyond The Hype What growing consumer comfort with m-commerce means for brick-and-mortar mobile payments, and what merchants must do to respond. POS Shipments Accelerated In EMEA Last Year Despite difficult economic conditions, the retail PC-POS market was able to expand across the Europe/Middle East/Africa region in 2015, rising 5.2 percent over 2014 according to new research from IHL Group. How Does Checkout Speed Influence Consumers? With all the talk of new payment options and omni-channel support, it's clear that businesses have an increased focus on satisfying customers at the point of sale. However, for all that technology and innovation, there's one rule that hasn't changed: a lack of speed kills. Removing Compromise From Cloud POS Over the past decade or so, the bulk of point of sale solutions have consisted of one of two flavors: PC-based and embedded (cash registers, vending, kiosks, etc.) applications. Not long ago, tablet-based POS providers started to enter the fray with simple, but intuitive applications running on aesthetically pleasing platforms aimed directly at small merchants. Multiple Technology Touchpoints Can Differentiate Your Offerings Every VAR faces the challenge of differentiating itself from the competition, and to do so inevitably requires more than just a strong product line and excellent customer service. But given the varied clientele that VARs serve, there's no single secret formula that works for everyone. POS Solutions Provider Reduces Costs, Improves Efficiency For Restaurant Clients Casey Lozano spent years honing his POS expertise as a senior installer of Micros Systems in Arizona working for a regional dealer. In 2014, Lozano embarked on his own, and was intent on starting a business focused on what he had been doing — installing POS systems. Is Fingerprinting Next For Credit Card Security? As the debate over the value of EMV cards in fighting credit card fraud rages on following the implementation of the liability shift last October, one company is urging the addition of a new level of biometric security to some cards. 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