What was popular in August? I had some fun with Visa’s TIP program, and in fact, just made a final post on the topic (for now) yesterday. Merchants in the middle of technology upgrades have some decisions to make on what they deploy and how they choose to process payments. We also saw our first

The Visa Technology Innovation Program (TIP) is certainly stirring up all kinds of discussions in the technology community. I had an opportunity to get some clarification on exactly what these new changes from Visa mean for you, and wanted to summarize them here. Unlike the Compliance Acceleration Program (CAP) which used fines and interchange fees

Step into the way-back machine with me and let’s turn the dial to 2000. What a glorious time that was! We were at the peak of what would soon be known as the DotCom Bust((Although poor corporate accounting practices had a hand in this one as well.)). Information security was this fledgling group in most

Visa made a few new changes public yesterday on their Key Program Dates for their Cardholder Information Security Program. It’s been a Visa heavy month as we watch them push EMV here in the US. Two other posts you should read: Chip and PIN on the Way Why Visa’s TIP Doesn’t Matter (to you) Now,

On Thursday, I posted about a memo released by Visa, Inc. last week discussing the acceleration of EMV adoption. There is much buzz going on right now as merchants now have a false sense of hope. PCI Assessments aren’t going anywhere any time soon. Why? One of the fundamental rules about PCI DSS is that