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Innovative Approaches To Retail And PCI Compliance

PYMNTS

And in payments innovation, tokenization and data vaulting take the sting out of payment card industry (PCI) compliance. In consumer spending, Amazon and Walmart are pushing to capture the electronics portion of the U.S. consumer’s whole paycheck. All this, Today in Data.

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Proposed credit card fee rules will benefit retailers, not consumers

American Banker

Big national retailers will capture all the financial benefits from proposed reductions in swipe fees, while consumers will be left with fewer benefits programs and less secure transactions.

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Deep Dive: Fighting Card Data Breaches With Payments Partnerships

PYMNTS

Retailers must protect customers’ card data from hackers who try to snatch payment details, and following best practices to ensure security requires adhering to the regulations established by the PCI SSC, a global payments industry forum. Compliance Complexities.

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Report: 91 Pct Of Retailers Aren’t PCI Compliant

PYMNTS

With retailers struggling to get compliant with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard , qualified security assessors are going to be in more demand and can offer tokenization as one way of achieving compliance.

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How The Corporate Card Eases SMBs Into B2B eCommerce

PYMNTS

For small, mom-and-pop retailers, complex or proprietary procurement platforms simply aren't in the cards. With the pandemic accelerating businesses' digital shift , small retail buyers have shifted their buying operations to the B2B eCommerce realm, and for many, the online marketplace operates in lieu of a procurement solution.

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Gas stations struggle to meet October chip card deadline

Bank Innovation

While chip cards are becoming a mainstay at brick-and-mortar retail checkouts, gas pump payment technology lags behind. gas station owners until October of this year to upgrade pumps to accept EMV chip cards, rejecting a deadline extension request from the Merchant Advisory Group. Visa and Mastercard have given U.S.

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Verizon: PCI DSS Compliance Down For First Time In Six Years

PYMNTS

A case of complacency on compliance? 25) from Verizon Communications, full compliance with the PCI DSS (short for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) dropped last year, the first decline seen in six years. percent at full compliance in Europe, while the standing was 39.7 Then came retailers at 56.3