How is it that a giant company like Target was the victim of one of the biggest computer hacks in history? Blame a small business. If you are at all like me, when you heard a couple of years ago that Target had been hacked to the tune of some 75 million customers accounts, you…
Read More >A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, small businesses had it tough. Confined to selling only in their own city or town, these intrepid entrepreneurs endured good times and bad, up periods and down. The local economy was the only economy that really mattered. Marketing back then was equally tough as the…
Read More >My business is all about caring for people. I am the president of Coastalmed, a long-term care pharmacy serving anyone in need of a nursing facility in the Florida Panhandle area. For me, the decision to accept credit and debit cards was an easy one. Customers want to pay with credit cards nowadays, and since…
Read More >Is your small business prepared for the upcoming migration to EMV credit and debit cards? EMV (an acronym for Europay, MasterCard and Visa) is a new, worldwide technology standard that is intended to help prevent credit and debit card fraud by enabling more secure in-person transactions. And as of October 1, 2015, businesses of all…
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