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How To Cut US Merchants’ Card Fraud Costs By $50 Billion
How To Cut US Merchants’ Card Fraud Costs By $50 Billion

Two news items came out this week that caught my attention and got me thinking. The first was a report from LexisNexis - the…

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PCI DSS Version 1.2 – A Short Overview
PCI DSS Version 1.2 – A Short Overview

We have discussed PCI DSS a lot lately and thought it might be useful to have a condensed version of the requirements here. So, in short and as described on the Payments…

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Tokenization: The New Kid On The Block
Tokenization: The New Kid On The Block

At the RSA Europe Conference in October, there was a significant amount of buzz around tokenization. Tokenization is increasingly on the agenda as one way to help secure data,…

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PCI DSS: Does It Have To Be This Difficult?
PCI DSS: Does It Have To Be This Difficult?

At a recent meeting of the PCI DSS User Group, a common feeling united participants: confusion over the best way…

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Visa Provides Welcome Advice On End-to-end Encryption
Visa Provides Welcome Advice On End-to-end Encryption

Last week, Visa issued its global industry best practices for data field…

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Increasing Transaction Volumes: One Of Life's Certainties

Benjamin Franklin once said that “In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes” Well it seems there is a third certainty – the ever increasing rise in payment…

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