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2010-07-31 13:19
The most important area of card acceptance impacted by The Dodd-Frank Act is the Federal Reserve oversight of interchange fees established by card issuing banks and MasterCard/Visa for the processing of debit card transactions. The impact on merchants’ costs to process is still unknown.
2010-07-06 11:43
The Dodd-Frank Act gives the Federal Reserve control over interchange rates for debit cards and merchants have control over promotions and minimums.
2010-06-03 22:42
Not taking care to protect Personally Identifiable Information and credit card data under PCI compliance can be expensive in time, money while putting a priceless reputation at risk. Prevent cost and risk with some initial strategic due diligence to secure data.
2010-04-30 12:07
PCI DSS compliance is required of all entities that store, process, or transmit credit cardholder data, including financial institutions, merchants and service providers.
2010-04-23 15:00
In today’s environment where identify theft and data security are very “hot” topics, companies will want to follow all federal, state and MasterCard/Visa laws and guidelines to the best of their ability. Corporate reputations are very much at stake.
2010-04-20 18:25
CSRSI exhibited at the 25th Annual National Indian Gaming Association’s Trade Show and Expo. Indian gaming has become a $26.2 billion industry. Members showed interest in issues of compliance, fraud and risk prevention.
2010-04-20 17:22
RES 2010 offered a great opportunity to meet members of Indian nations, their employees and vendors as we work to help more tribes review their processing costs, and PCI and PII compliance procedures.
2010-03-30 20:35
The IRS proposal of tax reporting of merchant payment processing means more regulations for accounting and Treasury staff to monitor.
2010-03-30 20:19
New interchange rate changes at MasterCard and Visa might be an opportunity to review your processing services.
2010-03-30 20:11
MasterCard requires that certain transactions include information that lodging merchants are in compliance with the Federal Fire Safety Act.