Category Archives: Useful Business Services

New Visa and MC Merchant Guidelines Announced

In July of 2011, a federal judge approved a proposed settlement between the Department of Justice, seventeen states, and Visa and MasterCard regarding the interchange structure. With this settlement, VISA and MasterCard are removing the rule that prohibited merchants from … Continue reading

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EMV

Lots of you have been reading about something called “EMV” in the news, and are calling in to ask what that is.  Here’s a brief explanation:   EMV stands for Europay/MasterCard/Visa. The three companies joined together to form EMVco (then … Continue reading

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NCR Silver POS System Announcement

Automated Merchant Solutions is pleased to announce  their status as Preferred Sales Agent for NCR Silver, the newest point of sale system on the market by NCR, long time industry leaders in cash register POS technology. Please see our initial … Continue reading

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Another breach at Heartland?

Oh no, not again. Looks like Heartland Payment Systems may have been breached again. We are receiving reports that restaurant chain Penn Station has confirmed that 43 of its 235 US restaurants have been affected by a payment breach that … Continue reading

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Harbortouch POS Enhancements

We are pleased to announce some exciting new enhancements to the Harbortouch Free POS system offering. INNOVATIVE ENHANCEMENTS TO HARBOTOUCH HOSPITALITY Harbortouch Reservations—allows restaurants to accept online reservations and track them through their POS system Harbortouch Tableside–enables servers to input … Continue reading

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