Category Archives: Project planning

HOW TO FIND THE RIGHT MERCHANT SERVICES FIRM

      So you’re setting up an eCommerce site or mobile payments, or opening a retail store or B2B operation, and you’re looking for a merchant services provider to set you up to accept electronic payments.  Or maybe you’re … Continue reading

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A SYSTEMS APPROACH TO ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE

Are you considering how to go about improving organizational performance?  In Change-Agent Skills B: Managing Innovation & Change, Gerald Egan encourages each employee to be a change agent and recommends a three-pronged approach:  Assess the current scenario How well is … Continue reading

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EMV: IMPLEMENTING A MORE SECURE PAYMENTS SYSTEM

  “If you want total security, go to prison.” – Dwight D. Eisenhower   ACTION—REACTION   The shift of financial liability to merchants for those fraudulent POS card-present transactions not processed via EMV-enabled equipment will occur October 1, 2015.  As … Continue reading

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REMINDER: U. S. MERCHANT LIABILITY FOR NON-EMV COUNTERFEIT POS PAYMENT CARD TRANSACTIONS BEGINS OCTOBER 1, 2015

WHAT IS THE EMV FINANCIAL LIABILITY SHIFT?   Beginning October 1, 2015, financial liability for counterfeit point-of-sale (POS) payment card transactions will shift to, “the party that is the cause of a chip transaction not occurring….”1  Essentially, if the financial … Continue reading

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