Will Brexit affect Valitor’s services? There is still a lot of uncertainty around how the UK will leave the EU. With limited progress so far this year, the possibility of a Hard Brexit, in which the UK leaves the EU without formalising a withdrawal agreement, is becoming a more realistic outcome. Many business owners are […]
Why all businesses should rate contactless cards The benefits of contactless payment systems are becoming more and more obvious as the technology continues to develop and see wider use, with debit card use projected to reach 49% of all transactions for a combined 19.7 billion payments by 2027, according to UK Finance. They’re secure Cash […]
Why is PCI P2PE compliance important? P2PE (Point to Point encryption) is a secure way to process POS payments. The moment the card is swiped, the P2PE system converts information into a code that’s unreadable to the observer. This means the business taking the payment never holds customer card data in a format that could […]
What’s the difference between iPOS and EPOS? If you’re new to the world of taking card payments, then there’s a lot of terminology to get to grips with quickly. One common confusion is the difference between iPOS systems and EPOS systems. Both use card terminals and both can appear to be fairly similar at first […]
Powering Online Payments: Valitor’s Best Practices for Mobile Payments in 2019 Studies show that mobile payments could account for nearly 70% of the eCommerce market by 2021. This proves that mobile is more important than ever (and arguably – more important than anything else your business is doing right now), and so we have decided to […]
What’s the best type of card machine for my business? The starting point for deciding on the best type of card machine is to work out exactly what your business needs are. Shopping list of card machine benefits Modern card machines provide chip and pin solutions as standard. They also include contactless payment services. Taking Apple […]
Omni-Channel Payment Processors and Reducing Overheads The phrase ‘omni-channel’ is rapidly becoming a buzzword across the retail industry, and it’s not difficult to see why. Customers want to be able to buy goods and services at any time, any place and through any method they have available to them. As such, retailers need to respond […]
What’s a Virtual Terminal? The future of chip and pin technology centres around two main goals in payment processing: to be faster and to be more secure for customers. Many barriers in the way of making such technology faster and more secure have already been broken down, thanks to contactless debit cards and virtual systems […]
How Valitor is delivering seamless omni-channel payment solutions to large retailers In the age of data, it’s vital for large retailers to understand their consumers’ behaviour better: personalisation is key. So, buying patterns, location, the frequency of refunds – all of this is valuable information. With scattered payment systems, it can be difficult to collate […]
What happens if my Chip & PIN card machine loses signal? The UK officially adopted Chip and PIN back in 2006, as a way to significantly increase the security surrounding payments made by credit and debit cards. In 2016, payments made by Chip and PIN cards overtook payments made by cash, showing that it is […]
