Q&A with C9PG: Future Proofing Payments Strategy The payment toolkit can either power or significantly restrict the scalability of an enterprise. Zorrik Voldman is a Co-Founder of C9PG, a 25-year-old Payment Gateway company. Mr. Voldman co-founded SIVA Corp (sold to PARTech) and M Gateway (sold to Merchant Online), in addition to five other companies in the payments, […]
7 Tips and Things to Consider When Choosing the Best Payment Gateway for Your Business
One of the most integral parts of the operations and a factor in client satisfaction for eCommerce businesses are offering a credible and trustworthy payment process. Customers need to know that they are dealing with legitimate businesses that will keep their money and personal details are secure. Businesses need to utilize platforms and services that […]
Finances Online Awards C9PG “Great User Experience” & “Rising Star” Awards
Finances Online has reviewed Cloud9 Payment Gateway and awarded it Great User Experience and Rising Star 2020 Awards as part of its’ Verified Quality Program. User satisfaction was calculated based on the positive to negative ratio of media mentions Read the full Cloud9 Payment Gateway review by FinancesOnline here
VISA Interchange Rate Hike Postponed
Visa Interchange Rates Postponed Until April 2021 Visa recently announced that the majority of their interchange rate changes previously announced for April and October 2020 in the U.S. are now deferred to April 2021, with two exceptions: Visa will move forward with consolidating downgrade categories such as EIRF and Standard into a new Non-Qualified interchange […]
Payroll Protection Program for Businesses And Contractors
Payroll Protection Program (PPP) is live for businesses and will go live on April 10th for Independent Contractors (1099). To apply for the forgivable loans, business owners have to contact their bank. Independent contractors have to wait until April 10th. Note, that the assistance loan link on SBA web site is for non-forgivable loans ONLY.
Card Brands Drastically Increase E-Commerce Fees as America goes into Lock Down
In a prescient move, Visa has dramatically increased their fees for online processing, effective April. Mastercard also raised rates on two of their buckets. Discover and America express have increased the assessment fees by a point each. Businesses switching to or already processing most of their transactions online, may see up to 40pts hit on […]
Best Buy latest to suffer breach
One of the nation’s largest technology retailers was hit with a cyberattack, one that may have exposed consumers’ sensitive financial information to prying eyes.
Atlanta in recovery mode after vicious ransomware attack
City services were stymied on March 22 when a ransomware strain – dubbed SamSam – hit Atlanta’s servers.
Panera Bread latest business giant hit by breach
Hackers were able to successfully breach Panera Bread’s website, surfacing the credit card information specifics of a disputed number of customers.
Saks Fifth Avenue suffers breach
Luxury brand Saks Fifth Avenue is the latest to fall victim to a data breach, the hacker exposing sensitive data conducted via credit card processing.