Monthly Archives: September 2009

New Visa credit card processing fees

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Tom

Visa recently announced several new fees impacting merchant credit card processing costs. Continue reading →

Posted in Interchange Fees, e-Commerce, greed, merchant | Tagged fees, greed, processing fees | Leave a comment

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Tom

I find it to be a bit troubling that First Data agrees to allow the IRS to go through merchant records. Continue reading →

Posted in Legal Issues, fraud | Tagged fraud, Legal Issues | Leave a comment

Posted on September 21, 2009 by Tom

Friendly fraud isn’t friendly and the problem is increasing. Continue reading →

Posted in chargeback, credit card fraud, fraud trends, merchant | Tagged credit card fraud, e-Commerce, friendly fraud | 2 Comments

Posted on September 14, 2009 by Tom

At least one blogger thinks PCI compliance is hard to justify. I disagree. Continue reading →

Posted in PCI Compliance, Security Standard | Tagged PCI Compliance, PCI DSS | 3 Comments

Posted on September 2, 2009 by Tom

By October, 2010 any merchant that is not PCI compliant will be de-certified and must stop accepting cards. Continue reading →