3 Reasons EMV Is A Transitional Solution

Business Solutions Newsletter | November 02, 2016 | View web version here.   In This Issue: Why Your Competitors Are Using Mobile POS In Their Restaurants Behind The Scenes At The RSPA Membership Meeting 5 Tips To Enhance Your Mobile Retail Experience Customer Experience Dominates Discussion At Retail Tech Shows What Automation Means For Hiring In The Future Benefits & Challenges Software Companies Face Related To EMV Is Fingerprinting Next For Credit Card Security? 3 Reasons EMV Is A Transitional Solution 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 Why Your Competitors Are Using Mobile POS In Their Restaurants If you've been at any of your competitors' restaurants lately, you may have noticed mobile point of sale (POS) systems and solutions. More and more restaurants are deploying mobile POS after realizing the many benefits it offers. Behind The Scenes At The RSPA Membership Meeting As a membership association, RSPA relies heavily on input from its members in order to meet the needs of the organization as a whole. Each year, RSPA members gather for the annual Membership Meeting — this year on August 1, 2016 — when the association met after the General Session concluded to review the organization's work, hear updates, and elect members to fill newly vacant board seats. 5 Tips To Enhance Your Mobile Retail Experience Many retailers have yet to deliver a mobile experience up to customers' standards, oftentimes leaving them confused and unhappy. Here are five key mobile features businesses can incorporate to provide a seamless and connected experience that keeps customers coming back Customer Experience Dominates Discussion At Retail Tech Shows The goal of omni-channel strategies is to improve the shopping experience, but the challenge is how mobile and online solutions support the staff at a physical store, and vice versa. In other words, if shoppers increasingly rely on web-based purchases, do the physical sites become more of a fulfillment center? What Automation Means For Hiring In The Future One area receiving a great deal of attention in recent years is the hiring process: HR gathers prospective employees' applications, the most promising applicants are chosen to interview, interviews are conducted, and someone is selected to fill the open position. It's a tried and true method, but that hasn't stopped organizations from finding ways to incorporate automated processes into it. In many ways, use of automation is almost a necessity, and, with the way trends are progressing, it's reasonable to assume automation be a major factor in all hires well into the future. Benefits & Challenges Software Companies Face Related To EMV Since the EMV mandate, liability has shifted to the merchant in certain scenarios if the merchant could not accept EMV chip cards at the time of the transaction. Thus, it's imperative for software companies to upgrade in order to protect their merchant customers from fraud liability. 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. 3 Reasons EMV Is A Transitional Solution   Despite all the commotion around last year's Oct. 1 deadline for merchants to become EMV compliant, this payment technology could soon become obsolete, especially as it faces consumers' increasing adoption of newer payment technologies such as near-field communication (NFC) and other mobile payments. While focusing on EMV compliance is a short-term solution for merchants across the country, here are three reasons why this will likely be a transitional solution. Featured Products And Services   POS Elite Download Brochure • Request Information Harbortouch   Flip-Top Cash Drawer Download Brochure • Request Information APG Cash Drawer, LLC   SB1015 Quad-Core All-In-One Point Of Sale Terminal Download Datasheet • Request Information Bematech Connect With Business Solutions:          Ensure our newsletter reaches your inbox by following these whitelist instructions. If you need to update your Business Solutions user profile, please visit here. This newsletter is being sent to ignoble.experiment@arconati.us. To cancel your subscription to the Business Solutions newsletter, please opt out here. You may also send an e-mail to newsletter@vertmarkets.com.     © Copyright 2016 Vertmarkets, Inc, 5340 Fryling Rd Suite 300, Erie, PA 16510. All rights reserved. All product names contained herein are the trademarks of their respective holders.