The Federal government and myriad states continue to plow forward in setting new laws and providing consumer incentives to push the market towards a critical mass of electric vehicles. For petroleum marketers, the change in how vehicles will “fuel” is a cause for transformation as well. Do petroleum marketers want to maintain their relationships with…
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Outdoor EMV helped defray fraud, but what about improving security and protecting cardholder data for petroleum marketers?
For petroleum marketers, now on the other side of Outdoor EMV implementation, payments at the pump seem more secure and less prone to fraud. This view is only somewhat true, however: Committing fraud by way of stolen card is now more difficult, but sensitive payment data is both more vulnerable and more under attack than…
What’s happened with chargebacks since the Outdoor EMV Liability Shift?
For petroleum marketers, the April 17, 2021, Outdoor EMV liability shift has come and gone, but how has the shift impacted chargebacks at sites? Petroleum marketers have reported an influx of incorrect chargebacks flowing through, citing three primary aberrations: mobile transactions showing chargeback reasons related to EMV transactions, reason codes related to goods and services…
The Liability Shift for Outside Payment Fraud at Gas Stations is Looming
There are efficiencies that can be gained with any hardware or software upgrade, especially with a project as intensive as becoming Outdoor EMV compliant.
Foundations of Innovation
As consumer demand for touchless and frictionless experiences has risen rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic, convenience retailers — on the average — are encountering greater challenges in meeting these needs than retailers in other verticals.
W. Capra Discusses Technology Adoption
The following has been re-posted from Loyalty360, and is taken from a recent interview between Loyalty360 and W. Capra regarding technology adoption. The original post can be found here. How does W. Capra view technological adaptation for brands? Is it a necessity in today’s market? History is littered with once prosperous organizations that failed to…
The Expanding Back Office
The following article has been re-posted from Convenience Store Decisions. The original posting can be found here. Cloud and mobile are among the technologies pushing the envelope of internal store systems. By Ed Collupy Recent store visits have often allowed me to spend time in the ‘back office’ and have reaffirmed for me that retail…
Unlocking Security Issues
The following article has been re-posted from Convenience Store Decisions. The original posting can be found here. A multi-faceted approach to store security—from locks and cameras to smart safes and best practices in data security—is necessary to keep c-stores safe from theft in 2017. By Ed Collupy Around-the-clock business like the retail petroleum/convenience store industry…