Contender or Pretender?

Do you accept credit cards for payment? Retailers, professionals and service providers must sell their products to survive. How do you stack up?I remember watching a professional football game a few y Continue reading

UNDERSTANDING VISA’S NEW FEES: Fixed Acquirer Network Fee (FANF) and Transaction Integrity Fee

Effective April 1, 2012, Visa has implemented new fees which will be assessed on every US merchant that accepts any VISA® based products. Read more FANF & Transaction Integrity Fee.If you have any q Continue reading

The Data Genesis Blog is Back

The Data Genesis Blog is back! We had to temporarily postpone the blog due to our growing success. Our accomplishments have required us to vastly expand our Partnership Programs and refocus on the l Continue reading

PCI DSS – Why You Should Care

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) non-compliance can have serious consequences. Businesses can face fines of up to $500,000 per security incident, plus litigation costs. The sob Continue reading

Grabiak Chevrolet

Grabiak Chevrolet has been a fixture on Route 22 in New Alexandria, PA for over 50 years and is proud of its integrity in the automobile industry. And of course, as a high volume automobile dealer, G Continue reading

Introducing Google Wallet

Anyone with a compatible smartphone can use Tap to pay with the Citi® MasterCard® or Google Prepaid card. Currently about 300,000 merchants worldwide are using this technology but the trend is just Continue reading

There Are No Jobs. Really? Here are 2,500

Every day on the news I hear about the huge unemployment rate in America. Right now unemployment is at 8.9 percent, which some people consider better. But people are still losing their homes, people c Continue reading

Are You Gambling With Payment Processing?

While Las Vegas might be the gaming capital of the world, I relocated from California several years ago because of the lifestyle. I love the weather, the beauty of the American southwest, and its prox Continue reading

Merchants Find Optimism With Increased Retail Sales

According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, retail sales grew again in December for the sixth consecutive month, with sales totaling more than $380 billion. Monthly retail sales figures for December Continue reading

Valuing Differences Within Your Team

Stephen Covey has always been regarded as an insightful, holistic, integrated, and principle-centric author. It’s the very reason his book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, became a national b Continue reading