DUKPT vs. Fixed Keys: What’s the Difference and Which Do You Need?

DUKPT vs. Fixed Keys: What’s the Difference and Which Do You Need? When a payment terminal encrypts a transaction, it uses a cryptographic key. How that key is managed — whether it stays the same across every transaction or changes each time — has significant...

How to Plan a POS Refresh Across 500+ Locations

How to Plan a POS Refresh Across 500+ Locations A POS refresh is a fundamentally different exercise from the original deployment. The first time around, there was nothing in the field — the project moved at its own pace, and the only timeline pressure came from the...

Card Skimmers: How to Detect Them and What to Do Next

Card Skimmers: How to Detect Them and What to Do Next Card skimming remains one of the most common and financially damaging forms of payment fraud in retail and food service environments. A skimmer is an unauthorized device attached to or inserted into a legitimate...

Why POS Deployments Fail: 5 Patterns We See Repeatedly

Why POS Deployments Fail: 5 Patterns We See Repeatedly Enterprise POS deployments fail for predictable reasons. The technology is rarely the problem. The hardware works. The software runs. The integrations connect. What breaks is the process around the technology —...