While there’s no doubt that we’ve still got a long way to go, women have been making headway in the financial world for decades. Here are five pioneers who paved the way for our own CEO Alison Burns.

The introduction of EMV is supposed to help reduce instances of fraud. But when a merchant has trouble operating its terminal, unscrupulous customers can take advantage.

"There is no such thing as failure... You may get mad. You may cry. You may want to give up, but if you feel called to it, you'll make it happen." -Words of advice from our CEO, Alison Burns in this week's Where Y'at magazine. Read the full story here!

The volatile conditions that restaurant owners and managers face when attempting to build, maintain, and streamline operations can be overwhelming

If you’re looking for the ideal payment processor for your business needs, don’t be fooled by the first quote that you receive. Often, the quotes supplied by salespeople are based on qualified rates alone. This rate is often termed the “loss leader,” because it is just that, the leader rate for your fees. If you read the fine print, however, you may discover a few surprises.

Forty years before credit cards were invented, science fiction novelist Edward Bellamy predicted the economy of the future. In his 1888 novel Looking Backward, he imagined simplifying finances by replacing bulky cash with individualized cards that store credit. More than a century later, we’re living the dream.

You’ve ordered a delicious bowl of vegetable soup from your local diner for a very affordable $2. It arrives. You indulge. That warm, satisfied soup feeling settles over you, and then your waitress drops the bill off.

Did you know that North America is the largest target of credit card breaches in the world? In fact, we account for about 72% of breaches. Drill that down to the US of A, where card theft is a whopping 47% of all worldwide fraud, but we only account for around 24% of worldwide credit card processing volume. So why is our ration of transaction to fraud so high?