You likely accept credit and debit card payments every day. But with so much sensitive data, you need robust protection against hackers. Luckily, there is a standardized checklist of measures to ...

Carding — the underground business of stealing, selling and swiping stolen payment card data — has long been the dominion of Russia-based hackers. Happily, the broad deployment of more secure ...

Skimming, in which criminals install discreet devices and tiny cameras on point-of-sale terminals to steal your info, is increasingly common — as I learned the hard way.

The credit card processing industry is undergoing a major change since Visa announced the Commercial Enhanced Data Program (CEDP), which went live in the U.S. in April. This new program replaces the ...