News

In the blink of an eye, thieves can steal your customers’ data

Recent news reports and the accompanying CCTV video show how quick and easy it is for thieves to install a skimming device – built into a skin that snaps over your credit card terminal – and steal your customers’ data.

Year of BIG change in credit card processing

2015 is the year of big change in the credit card processing world…

Bigger than the introduction of the magnetic stripe on cards way back in the late 1970s and early 80s…

Bigger even than Y2K and the need to upgrade terminals because cards were issued with year 2000 expiration dates.

A card ‘by any other name’ would still run as Discover

Apologies to William Shakespeare for that headline. But it makes a dramatic point that can have your business coming up roses.

In case you aren’t aware, as a merchant who is able to accept Discover card transactions (all of our merchants are set up to accept Discover cards),

Gov’t Affairs News – plastic bags, patio permits, and more

Plastic bag/container pre-emption bill introduced

Legislation to pre-empt local ordinances related to plastic bags and containers was introduced on March 15 as SB 853 and referred to the Senate Commerce Committee.

Michigan retailers’ sales and forecasts rise

LANSING – Michigan retailers boosted their three-month sales forecasts after posting improved sales in February, according to the latest Michigan Retail Index survey, a joint project of Michigan Retailers Association (MRA) and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.

Gov’t Affairs News – direct wine shipments, judicial levies, and more

Michigan's Capitol Building.

Senate committee discusses judicial levies

Over the last two weeks, the Senate Local Government Committee heard testimony on legislation that seeks to address how judgments against municipalities can be funded.

Preventing sales lawsuits

Many states, including Michigan, have laws that award a salesperson twice the amount of the actual commission, along with attorney fees and litigation costs, if the salesperson wins a lawsuit over commissions.

Gov’t Affairs News – med sync, recycling, and more

Senate Committee approves biosimilars bill without notification

The 10-person Senate Health Policy Committee on Tuesday unanimously approved the S-1 substitute of HB 4812, which allows for the substitution of interchangeable biosimilar drugs without requiring the pharmacist to notify the prescriber.

Retailers project modest 2016 sales growth

LANSING – Despite a slow start in January, Michigan retailers are forecasting sales growth averaging 2 percent in 2016, according to the latest Michigan Retail Index survey, a joint project of Michigan Retailers Association (MRA) and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago.