Why Identity Theft such a problem! --- Friday, August 22, 2008
If you are one of those that wonders why Identity Theft has become such a problem, wonder no more. Here’s just a few reports from one week. The total - almost 2.5 Million!
http://www.merchant911.org/blog/index.php/2008/08/22/why-is-identity-theft-such-a-problem/
New Blog post --- Saturday, August 16, 2008
Chip and PIN was designed to prevent credit card fraud but it only sort of works.
http://www.merchant911.org/blog/index.php/2008/08/16/chip-and-pin-fraud/
--- Tuesday, August 12, 2008
Remember the stories about thieves arrested with hotel key cards containing Credit card information? Snopes claimed they were't true. Until now.
http://www.merchant911.org/blog/index.php/2008/08/12/street-level-credit-card-fraud/
Visa Doesn't Like Merchants --- Monday, August 11, 2008
Visa and MasterCard don't like merchants and they spent a million and a half dollars in the second quarter of 2008 to prove it.
New blog post here
"Housing Bill" Affects E-commerce Merchants --- Monday, August 4, 2008
Starting in 2011, the bank or other company that processes a merchant's debit and credit card transactions must send the Internal Revenue Service a form disclosing the dollar amount of payments the merchant received on those cards each year.
http://www.merchant911.org/blog/index.php/2008/08/04/housing-bill-affects-e-commerce-merchants/
Another telephone call-back "service" --- Friday, August 1, 2008
Here's yet another telephone verification service to think real seriously about before you pay them $.20 per transaction.
http://www.merchant911.org/blog/index.php/2008/08/01/another-telephone-verification-service/