December
25
November
Attorney declares AmEx pricing illegal
04
November
U.S. Coming Closer to Faster Payment Systems
28
October
Should Merchants Become EMV Compliant?
05
October
Cyber Threats are everywhere – Help protect your client’s business and brand
16
September
Magnetic Ink Character Reader (MICR)
A countertop device used to scan and recover information contained in magnetic ink characters printed on checks and documents. The magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) line, usually printed at the bottom of a check, is a sequence of digits that provides details about the bank and account on which the check is drawn. The MICR line supports authorization and clearing routines.
09
September
Android Pay comes out on September 10th
Google Inc. officially embarked on its rollout of Android Pay starting Sept. 10, 2015. The new app will enable Android phone users to make payments at more than 1 million near field communication- (NFC) equipped U.S. locations, the company stated. At launch time, Android Pay supported all four major card network-branded credit and debit cards, and was aligned with most major U.S. banks and credit unions, as well as popular nationwide franchises.
According to Google, Android Pay was built as an open platform, meaning users can activate the service through Google
02
September
Buy Rate
The acquiring bank’s fee; it is equal to interchange (which is paid to the issuing bank) plus the acquiring bank’s markup. Think of it as the wholesale price of a transaction to which processing and other fees are added to come up with the cost to a merchant. Buy rates have not been widely used since the multitude of interchange rates came into being; many ISOs and acquirers now use pricing models that involve splits of net revenue.
19
August
Special Interest Group (SIG)
A group of people interested in advancing a given area of knowledge, technology or culture. SIGs function cooperatively and are solutions oriented. Members share ideas and may hold meetings and organize conferences. Some SIGs are also advocacy groups (political groups, for example) in which members have a common objective or agenda. SIGs formed by the PCI SSC provide an opportunity for member organizations and individual council members to share their business and technical expertise in the global effort to apply the PCI DSS and related standards to specific industries or
05
August
New security bug dubbed Backoff exposed
The latest big breach apparently occurred at the nonprofit retail thrift store operator Goodwill Industries International Inc. The culprit: a new strain of malware called Backoff. The breach, which came to light July 21, 2014, is part of a seemingly ever more frequent occurrence of compromises at national retailers. But if the mainstream media and consumers are adopting a complacent, “oh, another breach” mentality, security experts and the business community remain deadly serious about securing networks and mitigating attacks.
Once again, security investigative reporter Brian Krebs broke the story of the