EMV Technology Advancement in Payment Processing
If your business regularly accepts payments from magnetic stripe debit or credit cards, you know the fraud risks you are taking with every purchase. Credit card fraud has been perfected and nowadays far too common, putting consumers and businesses at risk.According to...
Advantages of Merchant Cash Advances
If your business is in need of extra cash, you should consider applying for a merchant cash advance to help you cover emergency, necessary, or expansion expenses. Merchant cash advances are small, short-term funding that gives you money you need for any business...
Funding Holiday Inventories
If you are a retailer that relies on inventory of your products to sell, fall Holiday Season can be both a boon and a disaster waiting to happen. Many times, small businesses fall prey to two different situations that can seriously affect their ability to operate and...
Fast Funding for Tax Preparation Companies
Need cash fast for new software, advertising, office equipment, computers, payroll or even rent? If you’re a tax preparation company in need of working capital in advance of this coming tax season, you may want to consider an alternative to traditional loans — a cash...
Lower American Express Payment Processing Rates
A new American Express program is available which reduces payment processing rates for ecommerce merchants. It allows providers to set the rates and fees their merchants pay for American Express similar to the way they set rates and fees for Visa, MasterCard and...
Kmart Hack – The Latest in Trend of Customers Data Breach
Kmart has joined the ranks of Home Depot, Target, Neiman Marcus, Michaels, and Dairy Queen in announcing that its payment data systems have been hacked. According to federal regulators, the breach by those behind the malicious software occurred in early September...
Homeland Security: Don’t Use Internet Explorer Due To Bug
The U.S. Department of Homeland security is advising Americans not to use the Internet Explorer Web browser until a fix is found for a serious security flaw that came to light over the weekend. The bug was announced on Saturday by FireEye Research Labs, an Internet...
Cash Strapped Mobile Payments Startup Eyes Sale
With losses widening and cash shrinking, representatives of mobile-payments startup Square Inc. have discussed a possible sale to several deeper-pocketed rivals, according to people familiar with the matter. Google Inc. discussed a possible acquisition of Square...
‘Heartbleed bug’ discovered in 2/3 of all websites
A major global security flaw has been discovered in an encryption method used on about two-thirds of all websites, including Google, Amazon, Yahoo and Facebook, potentially exposing web traffic, user data and stored content to cyber criminals. The “heartbleed bug” was...
15 Business Tax Deductions You Don’t Want To Miss
Small Business Tax Deductions – Top 15 Ignoring tax credits is like tearing up a paycheck. Sadly, too many people do it. That’s unfortunate because each dollar of credit equals a dollar in tax savings. Don't miss out on deducting credits your business deserves for...