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Expert insights – John Greenwood on descoping from PCI DSS, DTMF secure payment and GDPR

Latest in our series of expert insights – John Greenwood, Executive Director of Compliance3 and contact center, GDPR and PCI expert talks about descoping from PCIDSS, DTMF secure payment and GDPR.

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Latest in our series of expert insights – John Greenwood, Executive Director of Compliance3 and contact center, GDPR and PCI expert talks about descoping from PCIDSS, DTMF secure payment and GDPR.

Expert insights – Neira Jones on GDPR, DTMF masking and the future of payment security

This is the first in an occasional series of blogs in which we interview payment industry experts and thought leaders to get their perspectives on current issues facing the industry. Our first interviewee is Neira Jones, independent advisor and international speaker.   Could you start off please just by telling me a little bit about your

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This is the first in an occasional series of blogs in which we interview payment industry experts and thought leaders to get their perspectives on current issues facing the industry. Our first interviewee is Neira Jones, independent advisor and international speaker.   Could you start off please just by telling me a little bit about your

The history of DTMF in contact centers

The image of dual tone multi frequency signalling (DTMF) has come in for a makeover recently in  contact centers.  The engine behind automated IVR menus for many years, it also now facilitates new ‘keypad payment by phone’ technology to help keep customers’ card numbers safe when paying over the phone for goods and services. The

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The image of dual tone multi frequency signalling (DTMF) has come in for a makeover recently in  contact centers.  The engine behind automated IVR menus for many years, it also now facilitates new ‘keypad payment by phone’ technology to help keep customers’ card numbers safe when paying over the phone for goods and services. The

Cash is no longer king – how does this affect the payment card industry?

It’s just been reported by the British Retail Consortium that payment by card now accounts for more transactions than all other payment types combined in the UK. In particular, there’s been a massive growth in the use of contactless card payments, so much so that there’s speculation that we may be moving towards becoming a

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It’s just been reported by the British Retail Consortium that payment by card now accounts for more transactions than all other payment types combined in the UK. In particular, there’s been a massive growth in the use of contactless card payments, so much so that there’s speculation that we may be moving towards becoming a

Why US contact centers need to wake up to the EU’s new GDPR data protection legislation and other new security requirements

A recent survey by PWC found that over 90% of US companies surveyed viewed GDPR compliance as one of their top data security priorities in 2017, and over half of those stated that it was their single most important issue of concern. Why is this? In May 2018 the EU’s general data protection regulation (GDPR)

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A recent survey by PWC found that over 90% of US companies surveyed viewed GDPR compliance as one of their top data security priorities in 2017, and over half of those stated that it was their single most important issue of concern. Why is this? In May 2018 the EU’s general data protection regulation (GDPR)

How PCI compliance can help you achieve GDPR compliance too

As you probably know, there’s a lot of pressure on organizations to ensure that they are compliant with the new EU GDPR regulations by 2018. At Syntec we’re increasingly asked how PCI DSS and GDPR are related. In this blog I’ll discuss the overlap between the two and how PCI compliance can help you then build

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As you probably know, there’s a lot of pressure on organizations to ensure that they are compliant with the new EU GDPR regulations by 2018. At Syntec we’re increasingly asked how PCI DSS and GDPR are related. In this blog I’ll discuss the overlap between the two and how PCI compliance can help you then build