RetailNOW® 2016 is just 13 days away - have you registered yet?! If not,click here.
VOTE! While at RetailNOW 2016, attendees will participate in the voting process for the RSPA Board of Directors, as well as the 2016 RSPA Vendor of Excellence Awards winners.
RSPA Board Member Elections: During the annual membership meeting on Monday, August 1st, voting will take place to select four Board of Directors. Click
here to meet the candidates. Only members in good standing and present at the Annual Membership Meeting are eligible to vote.
Vendor of Excellence Awards: Congratulations to the
2016 Vendor Awards of Excellence Award nominees!
New in 2016 - all registered employees of reseller member companies can vote for their vendors of choice. Voting will take place on August 1st between 8 am and 8 pm CT. . Those that not at RetailNOW will have the opportunity to vote electronically if we have their contact information on file by
JULY 19, 2016. To ensure that you are able to vote, click
here to confirm your company and contact information.
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New Resources for RSPA Members
 Visa Update: Visa recently announced a series of initiatives to accelerate EMV chip implementation in the U.S., including additional resources and technical support for Value Added Resellers (VARs) independent software vendors (ISVs) and gateway entities. As part of this effort, a dedicated team of Visa experts will be available to provide technical information, education, consulting and training on terminal development and configuration-including application management, terminal prompting, product design and re-architecture-as well as testing needs for U.S. deployments. Click
here to read the release. For questions or to request information about webinars and training sessions, please send an email to
USVAREMV@visa.com and a Visa subject matter expert will respond to most questions within two business days.
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New Payment Protection Resources for Small Merchants:
Small businesses
around the
world are increasingly at risk for payment data theft. Nearly half of cyber-attacks worldwide in 2015 were against small businesses with less than 250 workers, according to cybersecurity firm Symantec. In order to help these companies protect themselves and their customers, the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) Small Merchant Taskforce has developed a set of resources for small businesses.
I was pleased to participate in and contribute to this Task Force," said Kelly Funk, RSPA President & CEO. "Providing easy to understand tools will help our members better educate their customers and is just one of the many ways RSPA is looking to provide knowledge to and for the Point of Sale ecosystem."
With simple diagrams and everyday language, the resources are designed to provide a common point of understanding between merchants and their vendors on why and how to protect against payment data theft. The resources include a basic guide to safe payments; real-life pictures of merchant payment systems; questions for merchants to ask their technology and service providers; and a short glossary that simplifies technical terms. Click here to access the materials.
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RSPA's Fall Semester is Now Open For Registration
Even though RSPA's biggest educational event, RetailNOW, is still two weeks away, we're already busy with filling up our fall education calendar! View the Fall 2016 webinar calendar, and register for education that will keep you informed of the latest trends, provide you with tactical knowledge you can implement in your business today, and will connect you with some of the industry's top thought leaders.
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NOW ON DEMAND!
Mobility and EMV in the US
Presented by Datacap Systems, Inc.
Join RSPA for this informative webinar, which will cover current and future options for mobility regarding US EMV transactions from the perspective of an integrated payments middleware provider. What will mobile EMV look like? How will EMV evolve the way that consumers pay for their goods over the next few years? Get the answers to these questions and more during this live webinar event.
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