Card payments security – part 2

CVV codes described in the previous part aren’t the only way to make your transactions secure. There are forms of security, which are based on the payer’s localization. However, you may also come across simpler solutions, where only entered data is verified.

An example of that could be AVS – its mechanism compares your address info given in the shopping order with details of the card holder. Depending on the degree and type of eventual errors, AVS returns an appropriate error code, which are the base of estimating the probability of a fraud. Contrary to appearances, it is not inconvenient to clients – the system can tell the difference between a real scam and a situation when a buyer made a spelling mistake.

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404 / 500 – the making of

404If some of you were wondering what a graphic designer actually does at a payment processing company, now is the time to lift the shroud of mystery. Designing a 404/500 error page seems rather trivial (especially in comparison to infographics), but it proved an interesting task.

You could have seen the finished designs in one of the previous posts. I’d like to show you some of the designs that could have been… And why they didn’t make it. In other words: welcome to my sketchbook.

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4 Tips: How To Have a Successful E-Commerce Website

What factors make for a successful business? Is it the product? Of course. Customer support? Sure. Competitive prices? Naturally. But what if a potential customer doesn’t get to experience the quality of your services, because they have been put off by your company’s site, which looks as if it was “designed” by a 10-year-old in 1996?

An attractive, eye-catching website has become the norm in today’s e-commerce world. Is it still possible to run a business without a site or one that is absolutely atrocious? Have you ever been discouraged from shopping online or using someone’s services based on their www?

A website is a make-or-break of a company. So, to make sure you don’t fall into the latter category, here are 4 main tips you might want to follow…

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Theodore Isaac Rubin on working

Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.

— Theodore Isaac Rubin

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Card payments – glossary

If you are an online payments newbie, no doubt you’re getting lost in all the new expressions, phrases and definitions. That’s why we come to your rescue with this 3-part introduction to payments safety. Today, we set off with CVV2.

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PayLane is expanding… again!

Meet the latest additional to the PayLane team – Malgo Suleta-Sildatke!

PayLane Gosia is joining our team as the new Compliance Specialist.

Her experience in a nutshell: analyst, information architect and a translator.
In other words: she processes data, analyses, organises it  and creates algorithms. Both in Polish and English.

She loves Hemingway novels, Guy Ritchie films and industrial design. Before bed she takes one mandatory episode of the ITCrowd, The Office or the Big Bang. When up for a good film, she’d watch it at a movie club, and if volleyball – only on the beach.

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One-click payments at PayLane – case study of Nexto

NextoThe one-click payments method is becoming more and more popular among PayLane’s clients. We allow e-businesses to offer this payment model to their customers. It makes the whole process of online shopping and payments a lot easier, faster and more convenient.

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Finding a job leads to gaining new knowledge

WorkMost of us, freelancers, have a similar opinion hardcoded in our heads – work for yourself, gain experience and knowledge from any source in our own time. But I need to change your thinking. I’ve just started working for PayLane as a developer and just after three short weeks I totally changed my mind.

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History of Credit Cards

Would you believe it, if we told you that the first credit card was issued in the…1950s? Or that already in the 20s, department stores offered debit cards to their clients?

Have a look at this great infographic made by CreditDonkey.com to find out more fun facts about payments in the past.

For more such gems, make sure to book our Pinterest page. And if you want to pin one of our blog entries onto Pinterest, just click on the Pin It button on the left side of each page.

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