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Avoid Credit Card Fraud During the Holiday Sales Season

Accepting credit cards is important for any business - but protecting your business to avoid credit card fraud is just as important. With credit card fraud on the rise, it is crucial for you to know and understand how you can prevent fraudulent charges occurring at your business. 

The Nilson Report estimates that in 2016, losses topped $24.71 billion, which is a 12% increase over the previous year, and according to a Barclays report, 47% of the world's credit card fraud happens right here in the United States. 

The holiday season is a busy time for fraud. Christmas Eve is December 24th and is the day where most fraud attempts occur.

Credit card fraud is a big deal. It's damaging to both the consumer and the business. 

As reported by a Kaspersky Lab survey, small businesses spend $38,000 to recover from a security breach, with additional indirect costs averaging around $8,000. Enterprise businesses pay on average $551,000 to recover with additional indirect costs averaging at $69,000.

As credit card fraud becomes increasingly more relevant, there are ways to protect your business against credit card fraud. 

International Bancard put together 6 easy ways that your business can avoid credit card fraud. 

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Why Your Business Should Accept Digital Gift Cards During the Holiday Season

It's the holidays - we know you're busy with the additional sales traffic. You're dealing with an influx of sales, busy customers, employees' holiday schedules, and the list goes on and on. 

While you may already have a gift card program, you should spend a few crucial minutes considering a digital gift card program. They are easy to set up and it gives your customers an additional way to purchase gift cards from you. 

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'Tis the Season for Holiday Sales - Is Your Business Ready?

The holidays are getting close, and you know what that means for consumers - time to shop! As a business owner, thinking about the expanded sales is exciting. But are you, and your business, ready for the holiday season? 

Roughly 20-40% of yearly sales for small and mid-sized retailers take place within the last two months of the year. In 2018, the National Retail Federation predicts that holiday retail sales in November and December will increase between 4.3 and 4.8% for a total of  $717.45 billion to $720.89 billion. 

Here are a few simple things your business can do to increase sales during the holiday season. 

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Why Your Business Should Accept Digital Gift Cards

When you run and operate your own business, there is so much that you need to worry about and it can all be very overwhelming.

To add another layer of things, you also need to think about how you accept payments from your customers – credit cards, debit cards, cash, checks, mobile payments, and now digital gift cards? Where does it end?

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What is FinTech?

Chances are, you have heard the phrase “FinTech” being thrown around – on television, in the news, or even in cities as additional businesses begin to open. FinTech is becoming so big that last year alone the industry has received $17.4 billion in investment globally.

But do you actually know what FinTech is and how it relates to you and your business? 

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The ABC's of Credit Card Acceptance

When your business decides to accept credit cards, there is a lot of confusing language that you may have never heard of prior to dealing with a credit card processing company. Lucky for you, International Bancard deals with this language on a daily basis and we work with our clients to help them understand and become familiar with the industry lingo.

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Holiday sales the International Bancard way

For many small businesses, much of their income for the year stems from just two months, November and December. According to the National Retail Federation holiday retail sales are expected to grow between 3.6 and 4 percent for 2017, for a total of $678.75 billion to $682 billion, which is up from $655.8 billion last year. If your payment processing system is not up to par, you could be missing out on your piece of the expected sales increase.

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Which Payment Method Is Best for Your Business?

With so many payment methods available, it may seem overwhelming to decide which payment methods are best for your business.

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Should I use a mobile device to accept payments?

Nowadays, you would be hard pressed to find someone without a smartphone attached to their hands. It seems as if the technology has become an extension of ourselves, something that no one wants to go without. With the added convenience of smartphones and tablets have provided us, it’s no surprise that those have spilled over to the business realm!

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6 Easy Ways Your Business Can Avoid Credit Card Fraud

Accepting credit cards is important for any business - but protecting your business to avoid credit card fraud is just as important. With credit card fraud on the rise, it is crucial for you to know and understand how you can prevent fraudulent charges occurring at your business. 

The Nilson Report estimates that in 2016, losses topped $24.71 billion, which is a 12% increase over the previous year, and according to a Barclays report, 47% of the world's credit card fraud happens right here in the United States. 

Credit card fraud is a big deal. It's damaging to both the consumer and the business. 

As reported by a Kaspersky Lab survey, small businesses spend $38,000 to recover from a security breach, with additional indirect costs averaging around $8,000. Enterprise businesses pay on average $551,000 to recover with additional indirect costs averaging at $69,000.

As credit card fraud becomes increasingly more relevant, there are ways to protect your business against credit card fraud. 

International Bancard put together 6 easy ways that your business can avoid credit card fraud. 

Read More