Merchant Warehouse’s New Integration is Featured in ISO & Agent Weekly
On October 22nd, 2009, ISO & Agent Weekly featured a summary of the Aldelo and Merchant Warehouse latest integration in the “Vendor Briefs” section of the issue. The piece emphasized how their partnership is addressing data security concerns in the hospitality industry.
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Merchant Warehouse’s Newest Integration is Featured in QSR Magazine
Aiming to provide added security to its POS systems for the hospitality industry, Aldelo’s partnership with Merchant Warehouse has advanced by integrating its Aldelo EDC solution with the MerchantWARE Payment Gateway. This newly integrated solution encrypts track data at the point-of-swipe and will provide comfort to merchants and consumers knowing that cardholder data is secure. The news was featured in QSR Magazine and the publication’s website.
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Merchant Warehouse & Aldelo Integration Revolutionizes Data Security Within the Hospitality Industry
MerchantWARE® Payment Gateway™solution enhances encryption and cost savings to next generation EDC POS system
Merchant Warehouse, a premier provider of merchant accounts and credit card processing solutions, today announced a new partnership with Aldelo, a leading provider of low cost, feature rich and easy to use restaurant Point Of Sale (POS) software solutions for the hospitality industry. The partnership is designed to effectively help hospitality organizations address the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council’s (PCI SSC) mission to help organizations that process card payments prevent credit card fraud through increased controls around data and its exposure to compromise.
For commercial organizations, data security is not only a corporate mandate, it’s the law. Losing sensitive data by way of natural disasters or physical theft can have severe consequences on a company, possibly crippling an entire organization. While there are many different security mechanisms, data encryption is perhaps the most effective in regard to protecting confidential information. The partnership between Merchant Warehouse and Aldelo addresses this timely subject matter, adding additional lines of security to the next generation of Aldelo’s EDC POS system through the full integration with Merchant Warehouse’s secure MerchantWARE® Payment Gateway™, which encrypts credit card data at the point of swipe through the MagTek MSR Card Reader.
Merchant Warehouse’s MerchantWARE solution encrypts the data at the card reader, completely eliminating this threat. With MerchantWARE, merchants never actually store or transmit any unencrypted credit card information. By taking this one simple step, small- and mid-sized merchants will eliminate the sensitive data that five of the 12 most intensive and costly PCI DSS requirements seek to protect.
Data Encryption Offers Merchants and Consumers Peace of Mind
Most corporations implement multiple forms of security as a first line of defense by using hardware solutions such as routers and firewalls. Unfortunately, when attackers find a way to penetrate this first line, data encryption steps up and helps to ensure that information can’t be viewed. When a card is swiped through the MagTek MSR Card Reader, that information is immediately encrypted and processed through Merchant Warehouse’s secure server. In effect, the credit card’s track data, highly sought-after information by identity thieves, has been reduced to a jumble of numbers and letters, unidentifiable should that information fall into the wrong hands.
“This partnership will add a level of security to our systems that is unmatched in the payment processing industry,” said Harry Tu, CEO of Aldelo Systems Inc. “The MerchantWARE solution integrates seamlessly with our EDC POS system and will give merchants the benefit of knowing their data and their customers is secure at all times.”
Merchant Warehouse’s secure payment gateway provides merchants and partners with a unique, value-added payment processing solution that leverages familiar, user-friendly interfaces for all types of business needs and environments.
MerchantWARE Mobile is Recognized as Great Card Processing Option for SMBs
On September 24, 2009, Merrin Muxlow of Bmighty.com suggested the MerchantWARE Mobile application as one of the better payment processing solutions for small to mid-sized merchants.
The article, “Credit-Card Processing Options for SMBs”, stresses how important and beneficial it is for businesses to accept credit cards and suggests ways for businesses to leverage their card processing options to help realize those benefits.
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MerchantWARE Mobile Ranked High in Top 50 Free iPhone Apps
On September 23, 2009, Troy Dreier of Datamation.com ranked Merchant Warehouse’s MerchantWARE Mobile payment processing application #19 out of the top 50 free iPhone applications available for business travelers.
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Merchant Warehouse Named to the Inc. 5000 List of Fastest Growing Companies in 2009
Merchant account provider joins the Inc. 5000 list again due to its continued rapid growth
Boston, MASS, — Inc. magazine has selected Merchant Warehouse, a premier provider of merchant accounts and credit card processing solutions, as a member of its third annual Inc. 5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. The Inc. 5000 list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy—America’s independent-minded entrepreneurs.
Within the Inc. 5000, Merchant Warehouse was also listed as one of the Top 100 Businesses in the Boston, MA area and New Hampshire with a reported $27.3 million in revenue in 2008 and 111.7 percent sales growth over the past three years.
“To be named to the Inc. 5000 list two years in a row is a great accomplishment,” said Henry Helgeson, co-CEO of Merchant Warehouse. “This recognition is a result of the hard work of Merchant Warehouse team by continuing to provide quality customer service and innovative products for all our merchants, agents, and Point of Sale partners. We have enjoyed an amazing past 12 months including breaking many company records for new account sales.”
Merchant Warehouse has brought significant innovation to the industry with its revolutionary solutions including MerchantWARE®, BINSmart™, MerchantWARE Mobile and MerchantWARE Transport. They have been named the ETA 2009 ISO of the Year, Business Solutions’ Best Channel Vendor for 2009 and are a two-time recipient of the Boston Business Journal Pacesetter Award.
“Savvy trend spotters and those who invest in private companies know that the Inc. 5000 is the best place to find out about young companies that are achieving success through a wide variety of unprecedented business models, as well as older private companies that are still expanding at an impressive rate,” said Inc. 5000 project manager Jim Melloan. “That’s why our list is so eagerly anticipated every year.”
The 2009 Inc. 5000 serves as a unique report card on the U.S. economy. Despite the ongoing recession, aggregate revenue among the companies on the list actually increased to $214 billion, up $29 billion from last year. Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profiles and an interactive database that can be sorted by industry, region, and other criteria, can be found on Inc.com.
Digital Transactions Speaks to Merchant Warehouse Co-CEO at MWAA Show
At the 7th Annual Midwest Acquirers Association Show, Digital Transactions’ editor James Daly spoke with Merchant Warehouse Co-CEO, Henry Helgeson. The conversation focused on the growing trend in mobile payment applications and how Merchant Warehouse capitalized on that trend by launching applications for the Apple iPhone and Blackberry smart phones. To date, Merchant Warehouse has 1,000 merchants using the iPhone app; sales of downloads for the Blackberry are similarly robust.
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MerchantWARE Mobile Called Perfect Solution for Personal Trainers
This Personal Trainerz blog post highlights the time-saving aspects of MerchantWARE Mobile and the convenience it provides for trainers who work in clients’ homes and at gyms where they are not employed. The post states that the free application for iPhone and BlackBerry helps vendors, delivery personnel and personal trainers process credit cards easily, eliminating the need to wait for approval and providing them with more time to get to their next appointment.
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MerchantWARE Mobile is Recognized as a Great Solution for Contractors
Merchant Warehouse’s MerchantWARE Mobile application for the Blackberry is the tool needed to take the handiwork out of credit card payments between customer and contractor, according the Improvement Web, a blog for home improvement “do-it-yourselfers” and contractors.
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VSR Features MerchantWARE Mobile Blackberry Application as Hot Product
On June 24th, 2009, Merchant Warehouse’s credit card processing application for the BlackBerry SmartPhone, MerchantWARE Mobile, continues to receive outstanding reviews and accolades. The latest coming from Vertical Systems Reseller magazine listed MerchantWARE Mobile in its June newsletter on the Hot Product page.
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