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What is Slideshare?

SlideShare launched several years ago with the goal of share knowledge online. Since then, SlideShare has grown to become the world’s largest community for sharing presentations and other professional content.

How Does Your Business Benefit from Slideshare?

According to the SlideShare website:

SlideShare consists of more than 15 million uploads from individuals and organizations on topics ranging from technology and business to travel, health, and education. Share the content that matters to you with your colleagues, customers, friends and followers. SlideShares can be embedded into websites and blogs, and are easily shareable on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and other popular social media platforms. They can be viewed publicly and privately. Connect with other SlideShare users via comments, “likes,” and profile pages.

Have content, presentations, photo collections or expert knowledge on a topic?
Upload it to SlideShare and you'll reach a wide audience!

A few tips for making the most of your SlideShare marketing:

1. Use the lead capture capabilities of SlideShare (You have a couple options for this)

• If the viewer wants to download the original presentation, he/she is prompted to fill out a short contact form first.
• When the viewer is browsing the presentation, the contact form displays at an increment specified by you (on a specific slide, at the end, or via a button that's displayed throughout) 

2. Upload White Papers to Showcase Your Expertise

SlideShare is more than PowerPoint. You can also upload documents, including PDFs. Why EVERY business doesn't take advantage of this feature is beyond us. It's simply another way to publish your information and make it easy for people to share. TIP: Be sure that you include your contact information on EVERY business piece you publish, as well as a call to action!

3. Promote Your SlideShare Content Across Other Social Channels

Don't stovepipe your marketing efforts across the social channels ... be sure to share and promote across all of them. Certain segments of your audience may only be on Facebook and may have never heard of SlideShare. If you aren't promoting your SlideShare channel on your business Facebook page, you could be missing an entire group of people.

4. Post your Presentations to LinkedIn

Add your SlideShare content to your LinkedIn profile summary page. LinkedIn has really become the go to platform for business to business marketing, network building, and reputation growing. Tying your SlideShare presentations to your LinkedIn profile can only enhance your credibility in your field.

5. Write "How To" Guides for your Area of Expertise and Share them on LinkedIn

People learn visually. Any time they need to know how to do something these days they Google it. This is a perfect combination for your business! A great "how to" guide featuring something in your service arena or area of expertise on SlideShare can be indexed by Google and findable by your prospects. This type of content is highly popular and very sharable.

6. Use audio in your slides

Did you know you can add voice-overs in PowerPoint?  If it makes sense for your content, include a voice-over in your slides. When you upload the presentation to SlideShare, the voice-over stays with the presentation and can be listened to by anyone viewing it. Talk about powerful!

7. Embed Your SlideShare Presentations on your Website

When you upload a presentation to SlideShare, they offer you a nice little "widget" that you can send to your webmaster to add to your website. This literally embeds the presentation right on your website. Visitors don't have to leave your website to view the presentation. If you've added a lead generation form to the presentation in SlideShare, this carries over to the embedded presentation too.

Shhh ... it's a secret!

SlideShare is "best kept secret" of professional marketers ...but it's actually free for any business who wants to use it!  Of course, there is a paid option available that unlocks additional features. We encourage you to check it out and use this powerful tool in your content marketing plan for your business! Visit their website at http://www.slideshare.net

About Novera Payment Solutions

Novera Payment Solutions is a leader in the credit card payments industry. We are committed to helping businesses improve their bottom line by providing significant savings on credit card processing fees through our innovative flat fee merchant account pricing model.

Contact Novera to learn more about how we work with businesses  to provide the most fair and transparent pricing structure available on the market today!

Sys2K’s Infinity complete dealer management software now offers U.S. customers integrated PCI compliant payment processing through a new integration with Novera Payment Solutions, LLC.

Sys2K™, a leading provider of Windows®‐based dealer management software that features real‐time integration across all dealership departments, is pleased to announce a partnership with Novera Payment Solutions, LLC. The Novera integration allows US customers to securely process credit card payments directly through the Sys2K. Infinity software suite.

As part of this partnership, Novera provides its integrated payment processing solution to Sys2K customers utilizing a cost‐effective, transparent monthly fee structure; all additional fees normally associated with payment processing integration such as gateway fees, interface setup, and maintenance fees have been absorbed into one bundled package.

“The partnership between Novera and Sys2K is exactly the type of relationship we look for with Integrated Software Vendors or (ISV’s)… The collaborative effort between Sys2K and Novera has produced a great offering for Sys2K clients, and we are extremely pleased to be partnered with them,” said John Wisniewski, Director of Business Development for Novera Payment Solutions, LLC.

“With Novera, we are excited to offer our clients a straightforward, secure and robust integrated credit card processing solution that will save them time and money,” said Carl Sconnely, President of Sys2K.

About Novera

Novera specializes in partnerships with Integrated Software Vendors or (ISV’s) for payment acceptance.

These partnership programs include the initial design plan, including optimization for maximum adoption of uses and the ongoing management of the program. Novera is one of the largest registered Member Service Providers (MSP’s) for WorldPay and delivers flexibility in accepting credit card payments, debit card payments, and virtual terminal solutions through PCI‐compliant payment processing plans.

About Sys2K

Sys2K™ (Systems 2000, Inc.) is a premier provider of Powersports, Bus, Marine, Automotive, and Class 8/Heavy Duty, and RV dealership software. Sys2K’s Infinity software is a fully integrated, indows®‐based DMS that features modules including CRM, F&I, Parts and Service, Payroll, Accounting, Rental, Advanced Reporting, Premium Websites, Cloud Hosting, and Mobile Apps. Founded in 1984, Sys2K prides itself in developing the highest‐quality software solutions for the dealership environment. For more information, visit http://www.sys2k.com.

For more information, visit: www.noverapaymentsolutions.com/sys2k

There's no doubt that Twitter is one of the largest and most influential social media platforms.  Business owners know they they need to be on Twitter, but too many of them create an account, start tweeting, and then crickets ... no one is hearing them, following them or interacting with them.

If this sounds like you, don't despair! 

Here seven tips to help you gain more followers on Twitter.
 

About Novera Payment Solutions

Pronounced like "fishing", phishing is a technique used by those with malicious intent to trick you into providing sensitive information online, like username/passwords, credit card payments information, and bank account information. This is obviously important for you to be aware of as an individual, but even more so as a business owner.

People who engage in phishing techniques vary in skill. The idea is they masquerade themselves as a known and trusted business, send you an email that appears to come from that business, and then ask you to click on a link in the email to confirm or enter information. Some phishing attempts are obvious, with blatant typos in the phishing email, shabby graphics, and suspect English. Others are highly skilled ... and even the most savvy internet user can be "taken" by the deceptive phishing attempt.

Phishing attempts used to be limited to email for the most part, but now you'll find phishing attempts across social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn. Some of the phishing attempts you may have seen in recent years appear to come from well known banks and the IRS. If you've ever been manipulated by a phishing scheme, you know the stress and trauma it can cause, not to mention the potential financial issues that can arise.

As a business owner who accepts online credit card payments, it's important to understand what phishing is. The worse case scenario is a malicious attempt to masquerade as YOUR business and solicit your customers for personal information. Business system security is the first step in protecting your business against this activity, but understanding what phishing criminals do to try to manipulate you and your customers is also essential. Information is power.

Types of Phishing

Phishing
As we've already defined it, phishing is a simple attempt to collect sensitive information using a disguised electronic communication.

Spear Phishing
This is a more targeted phishing attempt in which the perpetrator gains personal information about the target before sending the phishing attempt.  Personalizing the communication makes it more effective.

Clone Phishing
Clone phishing is when a perpetrator takes an ACTUAL email that was sent from a trusted source, copies it, and then resends it. These are highly effective for phishers, as well.

Whaling
Whaling is a phishing attempt targed at high level executives or high profile individuals.

Rogue WiFi
This phishing technique is slightly different in that the perpetrators setup rogue free WiFi hot spots rather sending electronic correspondence. They configure them to run man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks to steal sensitive information.

Phishing Techniques

Link Manipulation
By far the most common technique used is link manipulation. An individual will receive an email that appears to come from a trusted source (i.e. their bank) asking them to click on a link to verify information. Often, there is a scare tactic used. For example, "your account may have been compromised ... click here to reset your password".

The example below is a low quality phishing attempt, but rest assured, there were likely thousands of people who fell for it.

Notice the email appears to be from Wells Fargo. However "Wells Fargo" is misspelled as "Wellsfargo".  The email address it's from appears to be legit as serviceaccount@verify.wellsfargo.com.  In this case, the quality of the writing in the email is suspect, but it provides a link for the recipient to click to update their account information. Many people will simply click the link and do what is asked of them ... this is a mistake. When you roll your cursor over the link, you can see that the link does NOT take the user to Wells Fargo. Instead, it takes the user to a website called "www.successlibrary.info". This is definite evidence of a phishing scheme.  Once on this "suspect" website, the user may be asked to enter login information ... OR the website may just automatically download a trojan virus or keystroke tracking malware to the user's computer.

There are several other phishing techniques out there including filter evasion, website forgery, phone phishing, and tab nabbing. However, by far the most common technique involves link manipulation in emails that come from what appear to be trusted sources.

Protect Your Business & Your Customers

As a business owner who accepts online credit card payments and debit card payments, and who may have login areas for customer access, it's important for you to understand that there are criminals out there who attempt to take advantage of businesses to gain access to customer card holder data and bank account information.

You should educate your customers about never clicking on links in emails. As a customer, they should ALWAYS go directly to your website by entering the URL in their browser window before entering any type of payment information, login information, or personal information of any kind.

It's also critical that you keep your business systems secure so your client lists and their contact information cannot be compromised. If a perpetrator gains access to your client list they can engage in spear phishing ... it empowers them with information that enables them to personalize phishing emails to your customers, making it more likely that your customers will click through to the nepharious link.

Who is Novera Payment Solutions?

Novera Payment Solutions is well known as a leader in the credit card payments industry and is committed to helping businesses improve their bottom line by providing significant savings on credit card processing fees through our innovative flat fee merchant account.

Contact Novera to learn more about how we work with small businesses to provide the most fair and transparent pricing structure available on the market today for credit card processing and debit card processing.

What You Need to Know

The most important thing to understand is that risk is the single largest factor that merchant account providers look at when determining whether to establish a credit card processing account account for a business. Risk is determined by the potential for fraud and the number of chargebacks a business may experience.

What is a Chargeback?

A chargeback happens when a consumer contacts their credit card company and requests a refund for a purchase they made on that credit card. It could be that the consumer didn't recognize the charge, was dissatisfied with the product or service, or never received the product or service. It's not uncommon for the consumer to bypass the merchant and directly reach out to their credit card company first. Right or wrong doesn't really matter ... when the consumer reaches out to their credit card company to demand a credit, a chargeback is initiated. This is not good for merchants because too many chargebacks can result in higher fees and even closure of their merchant account if too many occur.

Reserve Accounts

One way credit card processing companies protect themselves is to hold a "reserve". A reserve is basically funds processed by the business that the merchant account provider holds in a reserve account instead of transferring the funds to the business bank account. The amount of the reserve can vary greatly.  It can be a small fixed amount, a large fixed amount, or even a full month of funds equal to the amount of the businesses credit card sales. The amount is determined by perceived risk associated with the busineses.  Having a reserve protects the merchant account company from future risks, including fraud and chargebacks.

Higher Risk Business Sectors

In the credit card payments industry, some business sectors are considered higher risk than others, but the list really varies from provider to provider.  A partial list of business sectors that often fall into the higher risk category include:

• Adult Related Businesses (Book Stores & Entertainment)
• Check Cashing Businesses
• Credit Repair Services
• Gun Stores
• Jewelry Stores
• Multi-level Marketing Companies
• Telemarketing Firms
• Time Share Sales
• Vacation Packages

Businesses in these sectors are often subject to reserves, as well as higher credit card processing rates. This provides the merchant account company some protection from the higher levels of fraud and chargebacks often associated with these sectors.

Merchant Account Holds & Freezes

One of the most financially devastating things that can happen to a business is a merchant account hold, or freeze. When this happens to a business, they cannot access the account.  The funds from open authorizations are also held without deposit for an undisclosed period of time. This means that the business cannot accept new credit card transactions and the income from recently processed transactions is not be deposited for days, weeks or longer.

Despite the horror stories, merchant account freezes are usually a result of the business violating the terms of their merchant account agreement. Violations can include utilizing the merchant account for personal use, selling items that were not included or defined in the merchant account agreement when the account was setup, accepting credit card payments for other businesses under their merchant account, as well as other fraudulent activities.

As a business owner, you can protect yourself from this by first following the terms of your agreement with your credit card processing provider.  If something changes in your business that impacts your credit card sales, you should contact your merchant account processor right away. This might include anticipated changes in average ticket amounts or new product or service lines introduced into the business. If you are running an unusually large ticket as a one time occurance, contact your merchant account provider's risk department prior to processing the transaction and let know the details.

The Novera Advantange

• Novera’s consultative approach allows us to thoroughly educate our clients, equipping them to better understand this complicated industry.
• We educate our clients about chargebacks, reserves, and holds, so they are informed and can better prevent these things from happening.
  
• We take the mystery out of the credit card processing business.
• We work with all types of businesses across the country

Contact Novera to learn more about how we work with businesses to provide the most fair and transparent pricing structure available on the market today for credit card processing.

Your customers should feel confident about the security of your website every time they pay online. As a merchant, it's your responsiblity to understand the fundamentals of online credit card payments and security. At the root of online security is SSL, or secure sockets layer. 

Here's what you need to know about SSL and Online Credit Card Payments for merchant account security.

What is SSL protection?

When SSL is enabled on a website, it helps the consumer’s web browser scramble their personal information before it gets sent to you (the merchant) to complete the transaction. Once sent, SSL allows only your software to unscramble the data sent. With SSL, you can complete transactions with the assurance that others cannot access the personal information (i.e. credit card numbers) as it travels across the Internet, from the consumers computer to your website eCommerce software.

How to Tell if a Website has SSL

To find out if your online credit card payments are protected by SSL, look for the picture of the unbroken key or closed lock in your browser window. Either indicator confirms SSL is activated.

Another way to verify if SSL is protecting your online credit card payments is to check the URL of the website you are on. You should see it change from "http" to "https" when processing secure transactions.

How to Get SSL on Your Website

There are four basic steps involved in getting SSL on your website.

1. Purchase SSL Certificate
2. Generate a CSR (Certificate Signing Request)
   
3. Enroll for a SSL server certificate
   
4. Install the SSL server cerificate

It sounds pretty technical, but typically your website hosting provider guides you through this process as you setup your online storefront and merchant account credit card payments capability.

SSL is Just the Beginning of Your Security Requirements

SSL is only the beginning of your responsibility for protecting card holder data transacted through your website. PCI Compliance is an absolute must. According to the PCI Security Standards Council, more than 340 million computer records containing sensitive personal information have been involved in security breaches in the U.S. since 2005, and more than 80% of the attacks targeted small merchants. If you are at fault for a security breach involving card holder data, the fallout and penalties can be severe for your business. For more on PCI Compliance, read our recent blog article: 7 Reasons Why You Should Care About Protecting Card Holder Data

At Novera Payment Solutions we work hard to take to take the headache out of PCI Compliance for you.  Give us a call ... not only will we save you money over your current credit card processing solution with our flat fee merchant account, but we will guide you through PCI Compliance maze and make it simple to get up and running!

Did you get a GREAT deal on your credit card processing rates and receive a statement from your merchant processor with surprise added extra fees? 

Unfortunately, you are not alone.

It's common in the credit card processing industry for merchants to be lured into attractive credit card processing rate deals, only to find out later they have been misled. Reading the fine print could have prevented it, but really ... who reads the fine print?

Three terms in the merchant processing industry that you should make yourself familiar with as  a business owner are:  Qualified, Non-Qualified, and Mid-Qualified.

These are common in tiered credit card processing rates and are very easily manipulated by merchant processors to the disadvantage of the merchant.

Let's take a close look at each.

Qualified Credit Card Processing Rate

The qualified rate in tiered pricing structure merchant accounts is the lowest rate a business will pay. Obviously, this is the rate that is advertised by the processor because it is lowest, yet depending on your business type a low number of your transactions could actually be categorized into this fee bucket.

Here are a couple of additional things that they don't tell you:

1. Typically, only non-reward consumer credit cards and debit are included in this rate bucket. You know all the TV commercials advertising "reward" cards and "cash back" on purchases? If a consumer uses one of these cards during the purchase, you will not get the "qualified" rate on your fees.
2. Worse yet, some processors use bait and switch tactics where they advertise the Qualified rate lower than Mastercard and Visa's lowest credit card interchange rate. When this happens, they only route debit card transactions to this bucket. That means credit card transaction (non-reward or not) go to the higher rate Mid-Qualified and Non-Qualified automatically, regardless of the type of credit card used in the transaction.

Non-Qualified Credit Card Processing Rate

This is the most expensive rate bucket and can be the most common, hence the surprise added cost to your credit card processing fees. Typically, all transactions using high-end rewards program cards are routed here.

What else they don't tell you:

1. Business card purchases are typically routed here.  Are you a business-to-business company? If so, there's a good chance that most of your credit card transactions are being routed to the highest fee bucket, the non-qualified rate!
2. Do you hand key in transactions through a virtual terminal? If you do, and if the complete billing information isn't entered, your processor likely pushes that transaction to the non-qualified rate bucket and you are paying a higher fee.

Mid-Qualified Credit Card Processing Rate

This is the most nebulous credit card processing tier (or fee bucket). Typically any consumer credit card with a basic rewards program will find its way to the Mid-Qualified bucket. 

What else they don't tell you:

1. Do you swipe credit cards in your retail location? Typically, swiped reward credit cards, as well as consumer transactions that are manually keyed-in (both credit and debit) hit the mid-qualified rate bucket.
2. Additionally, the merchant processor can change what makes a transaction qualified without notice. That means a transaction that was qualified when you signed the contract for your credit card processing, may not be qualified 6-months down the road.

The Novera Approach

Novera Payment Solutions has developed a unique flat fee credit card pricing format that passes along all the direct transactional costs:

1. Interchange
2. The processor costs
3. A small “flat fixed fee” per month depending on the monthly merchant volume (usually between $19.95 and $99.95 per month).  This amount is essentially the gross margin on the account.

Since everyone knows we are in business to make a profit, we are not hesitant to let our merchant clients know what a reasonable profit margin will be instead of hiding it within inflated rate buckets.

In most cases, Novera Payment Solutions also offers the option of either “Next Day” or “Weekend Funding,” and always with “Gross Deposits.”  Unlike many processors who deduct their rates/fees daily from your deposits, fees for our services are not collected until the month after the month you have been processing.  This means you get your money faster and it’s easier to reconcile with your bank statements.

Are you ready to stop paying too much for your credit card processing?

Request a free quote from Novera Payment Solutions.  The question is not, can we save you money" ... rather how MUCH money can we save your business!

Sys2K has teamed up with Novera Payment Solutions, LLC (Novera). Novera is a partner for integrated credit card payment processing services and debit card payment processing to Sys2K clients. Novera was selected to help guide you through the complicated world of credit & debit card acceptance. Novera delivers a unique combination of value, integrity and price transparency to Sys2K clients that is unparalleled throughout the payment processing industry.

Who is Novera Payment Solutions?

Novera Payment Solutions is well known as a leader in the credit card payments industry and is committed to helping auto dealerships and other businesses improve their bottom line by providing significant savings on credit card processing fees through our innovative and transparent pricing models.

Contact Novera to learn more about how we work with small businesses, auto dealers and auto dealer associations to provide the most fair and transparent pricing structure available on the market today for credit card processing.

WebRezPro cloud property management system offers US customers integrated PCI-compliant payment processing through a new interface with Novera Payment Solutions, LLC.

WebRezPro™, a complete, cloud-based property management system (PMS) for independent hotels, hotel groups and chains, vacation rentals and inns, is pleased to announce a partnership with Novera Payment Solutions, LLC. The Novera interface allows US customers to securely process credit card payments directly through WebRezPro PMS.  

As part of this partnership, Novera provides its integrated payment and credit card processing solution to WebRezPro customers utilizing a transparent flat fixed monthly fee structure; all additional fees normally associated with payment processing integration — gateway fees and interface setup and maintenance fees— have been absorbed into one bundled package.

“The partnership between Novera and World Web Technologies Inc. is exactly the type of relationship we look for with Integrated Software Vendors or (ISV’s)….. The collaborative effort between World Web Technologies, Inc. and Novera has definitely produced a great offering for the WebRezPro clients, and we are extremely pleased to be partnered with them” said John Wisniewski, Director of Business Development for Novera Payment Solutions, LLC.

 “With Novera, we are pleased to offer our clients a straightforward, secure and robust integrated credit card processing solution that will save them time and money,” said Frank Verhagen, President of World Web Technologies Inc., the company behind WebRezPro.

About WebRezPro

WebRezPro™ is a powerful and cost-effective cloud property management system designed to meet all front- and back-office needs of independent hotels, hotel groups and chains, vacation rental management, and inns. WebRezPro offers all the features of a traditional PMS such as integrated accounting, GDS connectivity and multiple interfaces, as well as advantages unique to cloud-based systems, including remote accessibility, integrated Web and mobile reservations and automatic data back-up. Serving hundreds of clients in 20 countries, WebRezPro is a product of World Web Technologies Inc., a pioneering Internet marketing and software company for the tourism and hospitality industries since 1994.

About Novera Payment Solutions

Novera specializes in partnerships with Integrated Software Vendors or (ISV’s) for payment acceptance.  These partnership programs include the initial design plan, including optimization for maximum adoption of uses and the ongoing management of the program. Novera is one of the largest registered Member Service Providers (MSP’s) for WorldPay and offers optimal flexibility in accepting payments, and virtual terminal solutions through PCI-compliant payment processing and transparent flat-fee pricing plans.

As a business owner who accepts credit cards, it's imperative that you not only protect customer credit card numbers, but you also must protect all sensitive information around their accounts and transactions. PCI Compliance can be complex, and we've written several blog posts about it. We'll address it more in future posts.

This article focuses on the most basic security step you need to take in protecting sensitive information for your customers and your business ... creating  secure passwords.

Here are 8 tips for making your passwords more secure

1. Use a combination of lowercase and uppercase letters, numbers and symbols

Hacking software uses a brute force attack process by running all possible combinations of letters, numbers, and symbols (typically at around 6 million passwords per second). Using a combination of all four (including upper and lower case characters) makes your passwords far more complex because it increases the number possibilities per digit exponentially.

2. Make sure the password is long enough

According to several security sites online, a 5 or 6 character password can be cracked by hacking software in under 3 minutes. Step it up to 7 characters and it takes about 1 week, get to 9 characters and it's over 70 years! Are you feeling the sudden urge to go change your passwords now?

3. Avoid common passwords

While it may be obvious that you shouldn't do it, people do it any way. AVOID the most commonly used passwords. According to CBS News, these are the top ten common passwords from 2013.

1.  123456

2.  password

3.  12345678

4.  qwerty

5.  abc123

6.  123456789

7.  111111

8.  1234567

9.  iloveyou

10.  adobe123 

Get the full top 25 here!

4. Change your passwords regularly

You should change your passwords every 4-6 months. And DO NOT recycle passwords. For exmaple, if you use one password for your bank account now and change it in 6 months, don't reuse that password on your QuickBooks login down the road. If you do, it leaves your accounts vulnerable to hackers.

5. Use a different password for EVERY account

Are you guilty of using the same password for every online account you have?  Stop!  The danger here is if ONE of your accounts gets compromised, they can all be compromised.  It's a hassle to use different passwords for sure, but if your business and personal financial accounts are breached, it quickly becomes more than a hassle.  If client data is breached, it can be catastrophic.

6. Use a password generator

It can be difficult to think of complex passwords, so use a password generator to assist if you need to! It will create a random complex password with the right combination of numbers, symbols, upper and lowercase letters. Norton has free password generator anyone can use ... and it's a trusted site. 
https://identitysafe.norton.com/password-generator

7. Do not share your passwords

Password ".txt" files, note pads with password lists, and post-it notes stuck to your monitor are not secure. If you must share a password with someone, NEVER email it to them.  Email is not secure. Be certain you change your password after they have used your account and are done with their work. Even though the person you are sharing the password with may be trustworthy, the system they are logging in from could easily be infected with a virus or malware that can steal information and you would never know it until it is too late.

8. Consider using a password manager

It's no secret that changing your passwords every six months, not recycling them, having at least 9 characters with a combination of upper and lower case letters, number & symbols, and not writing it down on a post-it or recording it in a notebook makes it virtually impossible to manage and remember. Fortunately, there are solutions out there to assist you. They are called password managers. There are several on the market available at a variety of price points. Just google "password manager"  and you'll have plenty of options to choose from.

We all fall victim to creating simple, easy to remember passwords, but it's a dangerous practice. Security breaches don't just happen to the "other guy" ... one day it WILL happen to you if you are not taking the proper precautions, especially with passwords.

Want to learn more about keeping your customer card holder data secure and how to ensure you are PCI compliant with your merchant account?  Contact Novera Payment Solutions ... we can help (and save your business money on credit card processing fees at the same time)!