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Upgrade Your Point of Sale System

Five Reasons You Should Upgrade Your Point of Sale System Now

E-commerce, Business, Customer Service, online ordering, Point of Sale Systems, POS, Restaurant, Retail

Point-of-sale systems have come a long way since they were introduced as advanced replacements for cash registers in the 20th century. Modern point-of-sale (POS) solutions offer more than just the ability to ring up purchases; they integrate multiple functions such as merchant services, inventory control, payment processing, scheduling employee shifts, collecting customer data, and even […]

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Verifone CEO Comments on the Future of Payments

Chip Cards, Credit Card Processing, Credit Cards, Data Breach, EMV, Merchant Services, Payment Gateways, Payment Processing, Point of Sale Systems, POS, Security, Terminal Articles

Ever since its beginnings in the 1980s, Verifone has been known as a major global provider of point-of-sale (POS) technology and innovative solutions for the merchant payments industry. After three decades of being a dominant market player, Verifone is more than just a provider of credit card terminals; the company is seen as a respected

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Oracle MICROS Hackers

Oracle MICROS Hackers Also Hacked 5 Other Companies

Credit Card Processing, Data Breach, Industry News, Merchant Services, Payment Processing, Point of Sale Systems, POS, Security

American companies that use credit card processing and merchant services are on high alert after a Russian hacking group breached the servers of various POS or point of sale systems. The first victim of the breach was tech giant Oracle, which in mid-2016 acquired MICROS Systems, a major provider of POS solutions for the retail

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How MICROS Point of Sale Systems Got Hacked

Credit Card Processing, Data Breach, Industry News, Oracle's MICROS Systems, Payment Processing, Point of Sale Systems, POS, Security

Software giant Oracle Corporation became the victim of a data breach last week when a Russian organized cybercrime group gained access to hundreds of their systems. According to security experts the group gained access through a customer support portal for companies that use the MICROS point-of-sale software from Oracle. The MICROS software payment system is

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Data Breach at Wendy’s Expands to Over 1000 Locations

Chip Cards, Credit Card Processing, Data Breach, EMV, Merchant Services, Payment Processing, Point of Sale Systems, POS, Security

Data security issues at Wendy’s have now been super-sized. Following whispers of a data breach in January, Wendy’s finally confirmed payment security issues in May, when spokesmen admitted fewer than 300 stores had been affected by malware. Now, the company admits the real number of compromised restaurants is over 1,000. Thieves installed malware on POS

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