Are you setting your sights on business growth in 2021? Or is your aim to simply to ride out the coronavirus storm? Whatever your objectives, if you’re using an out-of-date card payment processing system, it could hold you back or worse, lead to loss of sales and reputation damage. Future-proof your business Your old system […]
With the UK’s departure from the EU just around the corner, many businesses are wondering with uncertainty what future trading of goods and services with European customers will entail. As talks between leaders continue (at the time of writing), businesses are being advised to put in place procedures and practices to ensure a smooth transition […]
There is no doubt that British businesses are currently facing unprecedented uncertainty as the Covid-19 pandemic continues and Brexit appears on the near horizon. It’s a challenging time and with a steep climb to recovery ahead, many businesses are cutting costs and tightening their belts. Finding the balance between managing income and overheads with putting […]
Shopping on the high street remains anything but ‘normal’. Tighter lockdown restrictions, social distancing measures, face masks and queues mean many consumers are shifting their shopping habits to buy online or over the phone from the comfort and safety of their own home. And as we enter the busy pre-Christmas build up, retailers will be […]
October is European Cyber Security Month – the EU’s annual campaign dedicated to promoting cyber security to individuals and organisations and providing up-to-date online security information through awareness-raising and sharing of good practices. The arrival of Covid-19 brought with it significant challenges for businesses, with many moving from physical to digital, in some cases overnight. […]
Being an integrated solutions partner of an accredited PCI DSS Level 1 provider is something that we regularly mention to highlight the reliability and robustness of the card payment solutions that we provide. But what does it mean for the businesses that we work with and their customers? What are the PCI DSS levels? PCI […]
The arrival of COVID-19 and the subsequent lockdown posed a significant challenge to businesses and, for many, a swift move away from their usual bricks and mortar operations to ecommerce and over the phone sales. But, in the rush to enable remote working for employees and the shift to card-less payments, vulnerabilities were exposed, sadly […]
As the upheaval of lockdown begins to diminish, many businesses are turning their attention towards the re-occupancy of offices and what the post-Covid-19 ‘normal’ looks like for their business operations. With social distancing measures still in place for the time being, it appears unlikely that there will be a return to full office capacity any […]
The enforced lockdown in March, as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, led to lots of businesses hurrying to implement new technology and procedures for their staff to work remotely. For many this meant adapting service provision, while for some, a speedy introduction into card-not-present (CNP) transactions, over the phone and/or online. In the rush […]
As a business, it can often feel like you’re on a treadmill when keeping up with the latest in consumer trends and technological developments. The last decade has seen more changes in consumer behaviour than ever before; how they access your products and services and also how they pay for them. So how do you […]
Thousands of businesses have been thrown into a state of uncertainty with the forced closure of premises as part of the fight against the worldwide spread of the Covid-19 virus. With the duration of lockdown yet to be determined, many businesses are wondering how they can maintain trade and relationships with customers to survive this […]
The payments landscape has evolved at an exceptional rate over the last few years, with the rise of contactless and the use of smart devices as well-recognised examples of new technology that has changed the way that customers pay. This evolution is set to continue as banking services and businesses look to introduce easier and […]
Last year the PCI Security Standards Council announced that a new version – version 4.0 – of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) would be launched in late 2020. With this now on the horizon, we look at what is likely to change and how this will affect your business. What is […]
As we move towards the end of 2019, we are celebrating another great year for PCI Telecom. In March, we attended our first ever exhibition – the Call & Contact Centre Expo at Excel London – at which we showcased our unique, budget-friendly PCI DSS compliant solutions to a range of businesses and contact centre […]
There’s no doubt about it, data protection and cyber security is a thorn in many a side. As cyber criminals become progressively more innovative, the number of cyber attacks increase in frequency and severity with businesses of all sizes being affected. But when it comes to falling victim to a cyber attack that results in […]
Since the launch of Open Banking in January 2018 a wave of new products and applications has arrived on the market both for businesses and consumers, opening up the financial services industry by introducing competition to the provision of banking systems, previously controlled by a handful of bank corporations. Open Banking has given consumers and […]
Despite what we see in the shops, October isn’t just about the ghosts and ghouls of Halloween. Perhaps not as exciting for the kids but, for some, a scary topic nonetheless, October also plays host to the annual European Cyber Security Month generating awareness and promoting the importance of information security. PCI DSS compliance plays […]
We’ve worked with a broad range of clients including visitor attractions, transport providers and retailers so we know that the summer can present a big challenge for businesses, balancing significantly higher than usual call frequency with employees on summer leave. This can be particularly problematic for smaller businesses with fewer resources, experiencing the peaks and […]
What better way could there be to test the capability of your business’s security measures than looking at them through the eyes of a cyber criminal? That’s essentially the purpose of external penetration testing, or PEN testing as it’s commonly known. PEN testing involves an organised, third party attempt at accessing your business’s IT systems […]
There has been a lot of talk recently about the introduction of the new Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) requirements for online card transactions coming into effect this September. So what are they and what do they mean for your business? What is Strong Customer Authentication (SCA)? Following a steady increase in cases of payment fraud […]