Alternative Funding Cash Advance Loans for Retail Businesses

Bank not giving you a loan?  Need cash to expand your growing retail business?  When traditional funding is not available alternative funding loans like merchant cash advances may be worth exploring.  If your retail business accepts credit cards, you can get a cash advance on your future credit card sales. The merchant cash advance gives business owners a hassle free alternative to conventional business loans.  It is a simple, convenient way to get the cash you need into your business today.

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Battle for the Secure Element – MicroSD & NFC/Bluetooth Stickers

The epic battle over the secure element that enables NFC contactless mobile payments is taking shape and the corporate armies are building their positions and preparing for war.  The spoils of victory are substantial; by 2014, analysts expect mobile payments to reach $633 billion annually, with 490 million customers using their phones to move cash around.  The GSMA mobile operators favor the secure SIM card (both removable and embedded) while the banks appear to favor MicroSD cards fitted with NFC capabilities and stickers with combined NFC/Bluetooth chips.

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Look For Security Threats from the Inside

High-tech hackers capable of breaking into sophisticated networks may be what many small-business owners envision when hearing about data-security risks. In their minds, such breaches are more likely to plague a corporate retail giant than a small, family-run shop.

But in many cases, attacks can be as low-tech as a dishonest cashier jotting down a few credit card numbers and stuffing them in his pocket. And with the myriad ways companies face being affected by fraud, achieving 100% compliance with Payment Card Industry data-security standards among the more than 5 million small U.S. merchants can be daunting for ISOs and acquirers.

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What is EMV Chip-and-PIN?

Due to problems with “skimming” fraud, magnetic stripe bank cards are becoming a payment method of the past in most places around the world except America but that is soon to change. EMV, which stands for Europay, MasterCard and VISA, is a global standard for chip-and-PIN electronic payments. Insteading of paying with the old school mag-stripe credit card, soon mobile phones that have near field communications (NFC) chips will bring EMV chip-and-PIN payment technology to America.

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Thank you for visiting the ATM and Merchant Services Blog of Prineta Payment Consulting.  While we strive to regularly post new, relevant, and interesting payments content, we know its a big world.  If you like our content, you may also want to check out the list of payments industry blogs at PaymentsNews.com and consider Payments Source.

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Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards Compliance

Is your credit card processing PCI DSS Compliant? Limit unnecessary exposure; speak to one of our PCI Compliant Specialists to find out:

1.    If your terminal is Compliant with the latest requirements.

2.    If your Accounting Software is the latest and most protected Version?

3.    If your customer information is being properly encrypted when it dials
out or uses the Internet for Authorizations?

We can help ensure you are in compliance with all the latest security requirements by:

1.    Thoroughly explaining the requirements and making it easy to understand.

2.    Issuing you a new Compliant Credit Card Terminal if necessary.  We even offer free terminals to qualified merchants.

3.    Giving you a free copy of your Accounting Software’s most recent version if you process through Quickbooks or PeachTree.

4.    Providing recommendations and best practices for achieving and maintaining PCI DSS compliance.

5.    Introducing you to PCI compliance industry experts like Trustwave.

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