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Archive for January, 2012

Guest Blog – Combating the dangers of online fraud in the hospitality industry

A recent report has warned the UK hotel industry to do more to combat fraud but says little about the threat posed by online transactions.

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Five reasons why your business should be using Twitter

I had been eyeing up a cooker for a few months before Christmas but decided to wait until the sales in the hope of getting a decent deal, for once the sales didn’t let me down and on 30th December I purchased a high standard duel fuel cooker from high street store Currys that had [...]

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Section 75 and your customers’ rights

So you have your Merchant ID number and your site is now ready to start accepting debit and credit cards through your chosen payment gateway.
If your average transaction is over £100 you can expect most of your customers to be using their credit card to make the payment because they will know their rights under [...]

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Yet another security hack……

The online shoe and clothing retailer Zappos.com recently warned its customers that it suffered a massive data breach with the potential to impact up to 24 million of its customers.

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PCI and why it shouldn’t be that difficult…

I’m aiming this blog mostly at Level 4 merchants; most of the advice will still be relevant to Level 2 and 3 but from my experience Level 4 merchants seem to have the least amount of support and understanding of the requirements and why they have to do it at all. Be under no disillusion, [...]

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Cognosec to address German Online Gaming and Totally Gaming conferences…

Cognosec are delighted to announce that they will be attending the Online Gaming and Totally Gaming conferences based in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and London, England on the 16th January and 24th January respectively.

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3-D Secure (Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode) from a Merchants Perspective: Pros and Cons…

There still seems to be quite a lot of debate regarding 3D Secure, the questions from merchants all seem to be mostly the same, either ‘I’ve heard it harms conversions’ or ‘Does it actually protect me from fraud’.

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