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September 2007 - Posts

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  Conducting Security Reviews of Merchant Websites for Added Safety Online scams and credit card frauds are rampant! Though technology regularly spews out latest methods to curtail the menace, there’s little stopping the fraudulent elements. To ensure security of both the merchants as well as the clients, having a security company to do regular security reviews of merchant websites, is a great idea. Following are factors that must be checked while conducting these security checks: - The CVV or any other critical data must not be stored by the merchant on a disc or... Read More... Published: Tuesday, September 25, 2007, 06:32 AM

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  Important Things to Know About a Payment Gateway You surely must have heard of payment gateways by now! As complicated as the term may sound as a part of the financial jargon understood only by financial gurus, you no longer have to remain in the dark. In fact, it’s of paramount importance that you learn what a payment gateway is and what is its functionality or role in the process of accepting credit card payments for your products or services. Following are some important things about payment gateway: 1. A Payment gateway is a computer program... Read More... Published: Thursday, September 13, 2007, 07:00 AM Tags: Merchant Account Services

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  What is a Secure Credit Card Virtual Terminal? For manually processing credit card transactions from any computer with an Internet connection in the world, you need what is known as a Virtual Terminal. This is how a virtual terminal works. You simply login to a secure website with a login and password and you are able to charge cards, perform authorizations, and even process credits. In addition, you have complete online reporting of all your transactions and orders. Here’s all that you can do using a virtual terminal: - Manually enter credit... Read More... Published: Friday, September 07, 2007, 06:25 AM Tags: Credit Cards

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  Solutions for Online Payment Processing The term Ecommerce would earlier confuse quite a few people! It leaves no one stumped anymore. E-commerce is the order of the day! Simply put, E-commerce is the practice of shopping online. It involves making a sale, collecting funds, and depositing those funds into the bank account. All this is done securely. To carry out sale transactions over the internet, there are a few alternatives or solutions! The choice must be based on what is right for your business. The first solution caters to businesses... Read More... Published: Tuesday, September 04, 2007, 06:50 AM Tags: Merchant Account Services