Case Studies
Spire Payments implement latest
payment technology for The
Original Tour – the worlds’ largest
bus-tour company
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The Original London Sightseeing Tour Ltd., trading
as The Original Tour, was founded over 65 years
ago and was the first sightseeing tour of its kind.
It was formally introduced by London Transport as
‘Service J’ for the Festival of Britain in 1951 and has now grown to be the largest and most popular
open-top sightseeing hop-on hop-off tour
operator in London. At the time it was described
as a non-stop circular tour of London operating
with double-decker buses from Buckingham
Palace Road in Victoria...
White Papers
Account Data Protection
an intelligent approach to
using P2PE for PCI-DSS De-Scoping
Account Data Protection
an intelligent approach to
using P2PE for PCI-DSS De-Scoping
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Point to Point Encryption (P2PE) is a mechanism available to merchants and acquirers to partially de-scope their payment systems from Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS) requirements. The purpose of P2PE, as defined by the PCI Security Council, is to provide account data confidentiality and integrity from the
POS (Point of Sale) terminal all the way to the host in the gateway/service provider.
Are your point of sale devices secure?
Are your point of sale devices secure?
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Any merchant taking card payments must ensure their equipment meets the necessary security standards. This is of paramount importance to ensure cardholder data is protected and to minimise merchant liability for any payment fraud undertaken on their system.
mPOS: The Secret to success
mPOS: The Secret to success
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A strong API will clearly be beneficial to an engineering team as it will simplify the entire development process. However, it is critical these advantages are also fully understood at a commercial level since the consequences of opting for substandard development interface can be significant: extended development times....
Cloud-Based Secure Transaction Processing Becomes Reality
Cloud-Based Secure Transaction Processing Becomes Reality
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There has never been a more challenging time to be a competitive payment service provider or indeed any other participant within the ecosystem processing transactions. The marketplace has recently been flooded with new entrants driven, in part, by the adoption of mPOS across the globe which has started to gain significant traction.
Enabling mPOS by the convergence
of technologies
Enabling mPOS by the convergence
of technologies
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This white paper takes the reader through the fascinating journey of mPOS adoption to date, from the initial concept of exploiting the long tail phenomenon, the technology enabler, chip and PIN mPOS devices, vertical segmentation and implementation challenges.