Protect Your Business From the Costs of a Potential Data Breach

Data breaches, which entail the unauthorized release of private personal data, are a growing concern for businesses across the country. And if you’re a small business, a data breach can bring particularly serious consequences: a recent survey revealed that an astounding 60% of small businesses will shutter their doors in the aftermath of a data breach.

Fidelity is proud to offer merchants the Data Protection Service Program, which provides coverage for liabilities incurred from the fallout of an actual or suspected data breach. While we truly hope that you won’t ever need to utilize the benefits of this program, should a data breach you can rest assured that your business will avoid tremendous losses.

Over the past year, Fidelity experienced unprecedented growth and advancement in terms of its overall infrastructure, proprietary technology, customer service, and lineup of products and services. We’ve enjoyed witnessing the high levels of satisfaction among our merchants, developers, employees, and stakeholders— in part due to these many changes.

Here’s a list of some of the biggest improvements, product launches, and more from the past year.

Winter has officially arrived! As the temperature drops, we want to remind merchants that storing wireless terminals like the PAX S90 in vehicles or other locations that drop below freezing can freeze the battery. This will corrupt downloaded files and results in a tampered device error.

Fidelity Payment Services is excited to be attending Kosherfest,  the world’s largest and most attended kosher-certified products trade show, this coming November 13th and 14th. Year after year, Fidelity eagerly awaits this amazing opportunity to connect with our many existing clients in the kosher food industry and to make even more connections.

When trying to grow revenue, merchants frequently opt to invest in marketing campaigns. Yet while marketing efforts are likely to have a positive effect on sales volumes, they’re not guaranteed to change the amount that customers are actually spending per purchase. If your goal is to drive sales growth rapidly with minimal overhead costs, then implementing tactics to grow your average sale price is a great first step to take! Here’s how you can get started:

$17 billion was lost to fraud in the last year alone. But if you’re a business owner, you probably know that even small fraud costs like chargebacks can add up quickly! Read up on these top 7 fraud schemes so you can stay informed and prevent the next fraud attack on your website:

Not only does having a positive attitude improve your health, but it also boosts your productivity and helps you to succeed. And if you’re a business owner, cultivating a mindset that keeps you motivated when times are tough is essential. Obstacles are inevitable for entrepreneurs, and staying strong rather than falling into a spiral of despair makes all the difference for your business’ bottom line (not to mention your overall wellbeing). Here are 7 ways you can easily incorporate positivity into your work life:

On December 22nd of 2017, President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act into law after winning approval from the Senate. The tax reform has since received mixed reviews: while the White House forecasts that its tax cuts for corporations will increase the average household income and grow the economy, many disagree with this premise. Regardless of who’s right, though, the tax reform is sure to have a big effect on businesses. Here’s a quick overview of how it will most likely affect merchants, and specifically, for whom the changes will be most advantageous.

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Fidelity has partnered with Fundomate to bring the advantages of simple loans to business owners like you.

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Every now and then you come across an online tool that is so useful, you want to shout about it from a rooftop – or a blog post.

We all use PDF documents during the course of a day, but it can be frustrating to make changes to PDF documents.

PDFescape is a free online tool and is the answer to all your PDF editing needs! Some of the most popular uses are:

While many businesses and organizations accept payments online, a significant amount of sales are still done the old-fashioned way – by phone. But manually staffing phone lines means there will inevitably be lost revenue, due to high call volume and when the office is closed.

With a pay-by-phone solution, you can accept payments around the clock through an automated system. Utilizing IVR (Interactive Voice Response) technology that is fully customizable, the system will guide callers through the available options, and securely process credit card payments in live time. And that is just the start.

Fidelity offers the most cost-effective Interactive Voice Response (IVR) solution that enables automated phone payments. Our Pay-By-Phone service offers a powerful, yet easy-to-use system that is available around the clock, and has many benefits for businesses and nonprofits.  To illustrate, a charity running a raffle fundraiser can offer donors a hotline. Callers will hear a pre-recorded welcome message and be presented with the following flow: