What's next for payments?
Markiyan Malko | VIEW PROFILE
April 13, 2011
Recently I attended the Alternative Payment Systems Innovations Summit in hopes of finding what the next big thing in payments was and came away with more questions than answers. Heading into the summit, all I heard for the past couple months was about NFC and how it...
Thinking about secure mobile payments? So are we.
Patrick Turiano | VIEW PROFILE
March 30, 2011
After the PCI Council put a hard stop on ruling any mobile payments solutions compliant earlier this month, the past couple weeks have been a complete snowball effect. We’ve blogged about it here a couple of times, but with the mobile space receiving so much...
Mobile Payments? Not so fast, says PCI Coucil
Patrick Turiano | VIEW PROFILE
March 28, 2011
Just as the hype surrounding mobile payments heats up, the PCI Council has slammed the brakes on any such momentum.The PCI Council, earlier this month, “delisted” a number of mobile applications, but will not specify which ones or how many. This comes as the Council...
Top Ten Common Myths of PCI DSS
Markiyan Malko | VIEW PROFILE
March 16, 2011
Although PCI has been around for a few years now many merchants still are not familiar enough with it and are intimidated by the validation process. It's important to remember that there are companies and service providers out there that can help with the process for a minimal...
Square payment solution vulnerabilities
Markiyan Malko | VIEW PROFILE
March 9, 2011
Some big news came out today from Verifone in regards to the Square Up payment solution. Verifone was able to successfully write a fake Square application that functions and looks like the real one but instead uses the Square audio card reader to steal card track data which of...
MerchantWARE 3.1
Patrick Turiano | VIEW PROFILE
March 4, 2011
Merchant Warehouse has released MerchantWARE 3.1, an upgrade that offers enhances security and improved efficiency for all forms of credit and debit card payments. Secure encrypted PIN-debit provides the highest level of security, enabling partners to offer one device to their...
Co-CEO Henry Helgeson Discusses Security Risks in VSR
February 8, 2011
Merchant Warehouse Co-CEO, Henry Helgeson discusses recent hacker attacks and secure payment solutions in the February edition of Vertical Systems Reseller magazine, a publication which caters to the POS and VAR industries. Helgeson is quoted in response to how VARs can help...
Program Manager Markiyan Malko discusses PCI in Electronic Retailer Magazine
January 28, 2011
Merchant Warehouse Program Manager, Markiyan Malko wrote an article for Electronic Retailer Magazine. The article, titled PCI Turns the Big 2.0, explains the modifications and language made to PCI regulations and requirements in PCI v.2.0. Malko discusses how these changes and...
Director of Marketing & Communications, Marianne Rocco Featured in BSM
January 19, 2011
Merchant Warehouse Director of Marketing and Communications, Marianne Rocco was recently featured in Business Solutions Magazine. The article titled, PCI Compliance: Still Work To Be Done explains how smaller retailers need guidance and education on compliance from VARs and ISVs...
The Lowdown on PCI Compliance
Merchant Warehouse | VIEW PROFILE
December 7, 2010
In September of 2006, the five most popular credit card companies across the globe – MasterCard®, Visa®, American Express®, Discover Financial Services and JCB – came together and formed an alliance that would ultimately create and oversee the standards that each member of...