Visa’s move to push EMV payments is aimed at capturing market share
Patrick Turiano | VIEW PROFILE
September 2, 2011
There have been numerous articles over the past several days covering Visa’s plans to push U.S. merchants to adopt EMV-enabled payments. Visa said merchants who have at least 75 percent of their Visa transactions originate from chip-enabled terminals will be able to forgo...
Thanks for selecting Merchantware as Best Channel Product 2011
Patrick Turiano | VIEW PROFILE
August 2, 2011
MerchantWARE®, by Merchant Warehouse was selected as a Best Channel Product by Business Solutions Magazine readers. Thank you for honoring us with this award.The executive product team at Merchant Warehouse has focused much of its efforts over the past year to create an easy to...
Small merchants becoming large targets for hackers; PCI education needed
Patrick Turiano | VIEW PROFILE
July 29, 2011
We weren’t surprised to read another article in a national paper highlighting the need for continued security vigilance even in small businesses. The tale it tells is of hackers now targeting smaller merchants rather than big corporations to gain access to...
Markiyan Malko Discusses Mobile Security in The Green Sheet
June 16, 2011
PCI Program Manager Markiyan Malko was featured in the Green Sheet this month discussing Merchant Warehouse's MerchantWARE Mobile application and the encryption behind it. To find out what happens to the card data when it is received by the application and how it stays secure,...
Co-CEO Henry Helgeson Featured in VSR
June 9, 2011
Merchant Warehouse co-CEO Henry Helgeson is featured in VSR this month discussing his thoughts on the PCI Council's decision to delist moblile payments. Find out what Henry thinks this decision will mean for the players in the space, and what Merchant Warehouse is doing in...
We're happy to teach competitors, like PayJunction, the difference between PCI and PA-DSS
Markiyan Malko | VIEW PROFILE
June 8, 2011
An interesting email came across my desk this morning from one of our good partners that is being targeted by a company called PayJunction. It is always interesting to read an email from a competitor of ours that is misinformed about PCI and PA-DSS or elects to mislead customers...
Lessons from Michael’s data breach
Patrick Turiano | VIEW PROFILE
May 28, 2011
The Michael’s data breach tells us that the hackers are alive and well and will continue to find creative ways to steal card data. But smaller merchants shouldn’t be lulled into a sense of safety just because the most recent breaches hit large and mega brands....
Merchant Warehouse Shines at the ETA Annual Conference in San Diego
Merchant Warehouse | VIEW PROFILE
May 24, 2011
The ETA Annual Meeting & Conference in San Diego, CA was a great success for both the Electronic Transactions Association and Merchant Warehouse. The buzz this year was – ‘all things mobile’ and Merchant Warehouse didn’t disappoint. From its collection of online business...
PlayStation Opens Users Up To More Than Online Gaming
Patrick Turiano | VIEW PROFILE
May 3, 2011
Decades ago video games were simpler. They cost a quarter to play, had basic graphics and were defined by yellow characters that ate blue dots and fruits, or something similar. And despite what leaders in a few select towns thought, the games were harmless.Those days...
What the Survey Says is not good
Patrick Turiano | VIEW PROFILE
April 26, 2011
In our reading we came across an interesting article that was published in InformationWeek. The article states that 67% of regulated companies are not in full compliance with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.Wait, what?Most commonly known as PCI, the...