The latest from Kristen Jason

- by Kristen Jason, Alacriti

Best practices to prevent payments fraud

It’s hard for paranoia not to set in when you see organizations as important as Colonial Pipeline, the U.S.’s largest refined products pipeline, held for ransom for $...

- by Kristen Jason, Alacriti

Preparing for payment system outages

Of late, payment system outages have been making the news. For instance, customers at businesses across the U.S. such as McDonald’s, Ikea, and Popeyes were unable to pay ...

- by Kristen Jason, Alacriti

Comparing U.S. faster payment channels

There is a lot of confusion around faster and real-time payments. As we move toward both real-time and faster payment ubiquity, more options are becoming available. So which channel is ...

- by Kristen Jason, Alacriti

What is Payments-as-a-Service?

You are probably already familiar with the term SaaS (Software-as-a-Service). However, you may not be as well acquainted with PaaS (Payments-as-a-Service). PaaS can also refer to Platform-as-a-Service, but here we ...

- by Kristen Jason, D+H

Top five reasons to issue EMV cards

As of October 1, 2015, merchants who do not use a chip card reader to process transactions when a chip card is presented, can be held liable for any fraud ...

- by Kristen Jason, D+H

Addressing the unique security challenges of mobile devices

Mobile devices are introducing unprecedented improvements in convenience. However, mobile devices also present a unique set of security requirements and challenges. Mobile devices are the 21st century wallet – the ultimate ...