If you are using Acumatica, there is a simple and secure way to automate billing and get paid faster. APS ClickToPay is a perfect solution for any company that wants to get paid faster.   Stop wasting time with manual based payment collection and automate this process with APS ClickToPay.

As we head into the new year, we reflect on our successes and share gratitude with our customers and partners who have  helped us along the way. Your business has truly been a gift. We are excited to announce that our American Payment Solutions (APS) and North American Payment Solutions (NAPS) brands have a fresh new look in 2019. The brand change is one part of a  transition that we are making to combine our two companies into one name for our global brand. APS and NAPS have been combined into one easily recognizable brand - APS Payments.

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Service related companies may have a service contract, whereby a customer pays for recurring services.  If you are using Sage 100cloud there is an easy way to set-up repetitive invoice entry for your customers depending on the billing cycle (weekly, monthly, quarterly etc.)  Sage 100cloud users have the option of collecting payment for ALL invoices with Sage 100 ClickToPay Payment Processing.

These days most consumers feel confident using credit cards online through e-commerce shopping carts and transacting personal data with businesses. Since businesses are entrusted with consumer confidence and personal data, it’s vital to protect this data from cyber-attacks. When it comes to credit card processing, it requires constant oversight to protect their customer data and avoid becoming victimized by persistent criminals. This article is to inform you about why you need to migrate from SSL and upgrade to TLS v1.2 or higher for secure and compliant credit card payment processing.  

Use Sage 100 level 3 credit card processing when accepting credit card payments to significantly reduce processing fees.

It's easy to accept electronic payments, it's more challenging to reduce fees.  Our team at APS works diligently to get you the lowest credit card processing rates. We offer integrated Sage 100 Level 3 credit card processing in addition to our other level 3 ERP integrations. Our Sage 100 PCI-compliant security solutions feature point-to-point encryption (P2PE), tokenization, and our APSPAYS Vault, eliminating card data that typically would be stored on a local server. 

We also walk our merchants through the PCI Compliance Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ), eliminating the Non-PCI Compliance Fee most merchants pay every month. 

 7 Growing Credit Card Processing Trends Transforming the Payments Industry 

1. In-store mobile payments are expected to overtake credit cards and grow from $75 billion to $503 billion in 2020
2. The top mobile wallets used at small and medium businesses are Apple Pay (16.6%), Google Wallet (516.0%), Android Pay (%11.3%), and Samsung Pay (8.2%).
3. The top 3 payment methods of online shoppers are credit cards (42%), electronic payment (39%), and debit cards (28%).
4. There will be 27.7 million mPOS devices in circulation in the U.S. by 2021, an increase from 3.2. million in 2014.
5. Over the next 5 years, blockchain technology is expected to reduce the costs of accounting reconciliation by 70% and compliance costs by 30-50%.
6. Enhanced customer experience is the future of payments, as more than 60% of Millennial and Gen Z consumers are willing to share their bank account credentials with third parties.
7. Biometric authentication such as fingerprint ID and facial recognition will be used in more than 18 billion transactions by 2021.

Source:  http://paymentsjournal.com/7-trends-for-the-future-of-payment-processing/.

New research from Kaspersky Lab shows that the average cost to small-to-medium sizes businesses in the United States and Canada has reached record highs.

The company found that data breaches now exceed $140,000 for SMBs (up 36% from 2017). Most of the cost comes from the need to quickly upgrade infrastructure and software, but there are hefty fines if the data that was compromised included credit card data. For enterprise companies, the costs are even greater, with the average data breach cost being $1.75 million on average.

Credit Card Processing PCI Compliance:  What can you do to protect cardholder data and meet security standards?

There is no easier way to become PCI Compliant than working with the experts at APS Payments.  Back in the old days, criminals would rob banks and trains full of cold hard cash.  These days, criminals try to steal credit and payment card data from exposed networks among other modern-day tactics that leave companies and card holders vulnerable.  They are constantly searching for victims.  Thankfully, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) was developed in accordance to credit card processing PCI Compliance standards with several layers of protection against theft. Here are 12 steps you can take to protect your cardholder data and facilitate the broad adoption of consistent data security measures on a global scale.

Hidden PCI Compliance Fees:  Is your company at risk?

Have you noticed any PCI compliance fees on your merchant statements? Unexpected and hidden fees are a risk for any business processing credit cards and there are ways to eliminate or reduce them with a little extra diligence. If you’ve been processing credit cards for the last few months or years, the topic PCI compliance has probably surfaced. Credit card processing statements are already confusing and many merchants aren’t sure how to pass the grade with PCI compliance.