by EMS Payments | Apr 21, 2017 | Electronic Payment Solutions
The look and feel of credit cards is evolving with the introduction of EMV card technology. After the recent large-scale hacking incidents with online and offline retailers as well as the need to address other potential fraud, credit card companies have turned to a...
by EMS Payments | Apr 21, 2017 | Electronic Payment Solutions
1. What is EMV? EMV is an abbreviation for Europay, Mastercard and Visa, the three organizations that developed the initial specifications. EMV is an open-standard set of specifications for smart card payments and acceptance devices. The EMV specifications were...
by EMS Payments | Apr 13, 2017 | Payment gateways
Definition: A payment gateway is an eCommerce service that processes credit card payments for online and traditional brick and mortar stores. Payment gateways facilitate these transactions by transferring key information between payment portals such as web-enabled...
by EMS Payments | Apr 12, 2017 | High Risk Businesses
Is your business categorized as a high-risk business? Do you find it challenging to obtain a merchant account? It’s not easy to obtain a high-risk merchant account, or, shall we say, it was not easy before. Nowadays, you can get that high-risk credit card processing...
by EMS Payments | Apr 11, 2017 | Updates
Understanding your risk As a small business, you are a prime target for data thieves. When your payment card data is breached, the fallout can strike quickly. Your customers lose trust in your ability to protect their personal information. They take their business...
