I have been in the software industry for nearly 35 years. You might be surprised at how many legacy software applications, some over two decades old, are still in use today. These programs have provided great...
I recently had a conversation with a software developer who was looking for a payment processing solution for his software and asked my opinion. It was not the first time I had been asked such a question and I...
And the winner is Pax I have finally made up my mind. I have picked the winner in the battle for the best devices to implement semi-integrated payment processing. This has nothing to do with the fact that I...
After successfully integrating into Payguardian Cloud, I decided to continue integrating into Payguradian SDK to deploy ID Tech devices. I chose ID-Tech Augusta for MSR and Chip processing. ID Tech Augusta...
A little history Over a decade ago when I was developing my POS software, I discovered BridgePay’s T-Gate, a gateway for both card-present and card-not-present transactions. The time was before the EMV...
Three years ago, when we were still living a more or less normal life, I published an article on LinkedIn, where I shared some of my ideas for new features in POS systems for restaurants.I had a chance to look...
Developers often ask me the following question: Should I use a third-party API to build a semi-integrated solution for PAX or integrate directly? Let’s review each option and its pros and cons. 1- Direct Integration:...
What is an Omnichannel Payment? The term “Omnichannel” has become a buzzword in the payments industry, and it is just the beginning. Let’s go deeper and see what is behind the curtains! Omni comes from...
Introduction Semi-integrated techniques have provided many opportunities for software developers to directly, and without using any third-party middleware or gateway, integrate their software to credit card processing...
Standalone vs Fully-Integrated vs Semi-Integrated Payment Solutions I have regularly been asked about the differences between payment processing terminals and payment integration methods, and the best, fastest and most...
Introduction EMV (Europay, MasterCard, and Visa) is a set of standards for the use of payment chip cards (those with an embedded microprocessor). The microprocessor within a payment chip card provides strong security...
The good news is that attempted and actual payments fraud declined last year. The bad news is it went down only a tick and remains very close to the all-time high, according to the latest report from the Association for...
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