PCI Compliance
Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliance was a standard set of policies created by the Card Associations to reduce the potential for fraud. Any business that accepts credit cards is required to follow 12 security standards to ensure their policies, network, and technology is safe against any potential threat thrown their way. To ensure this, businesses are required to complete an annual self-assessment questionnaire (which varies based on business type and payment technology) to certify their compliance.
WHY? It is required to be PCI compliant so it is essential to have a point-of-sale and payments provider that understands each of the security standards to help guide you into the best practices.
Read More
Step by step guide to add photos to your items on Clover for online ordering.
Read More
Coming in the not-so distant future in an effort to encourage EMV Compliance, Mastercard will be getting rid of magnetic stripes on their cards.
Read More
Maro Molteni’s favorite part of being a business owner is following the schedule, though it can be difficult because he ends up working three times more. “By the end of the night, I say “We made it another day, people were happy, everybody’s happy, and tomorrow we go at it again!”
Read More
The U.S. Small Business Administration announced today the first round of technology partners participating in a new initiative for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) - a program that will allow eligible restaurants and other food establishments to access the RRF application or data they need to fill out the application through their trusted point-of-sale (POS) service providers. SBA is proud to announce partnerships with Clover point-of-sale in this groundbreaking effort to provide a customer-centric approach to the delivery of relief funds.
Read More
Even if you think pineapple on pizza is a disgrace, Cambalache has just the pizzas for you. They have classic pepperoni, ravioli pizza, Margherita, and much more. You’ll feel like you’ve been transported to Argentina. They have a unique menu that you can’t find anywhere else.
Read More
When it comes to the near-term outlook for small businesses, nearly everything you see and hear seems grim. However, we believe that what lies behind the headlines and statistics is a massive, once-in-a-century opportunity to reinvent and reimagine what a restaurant, retail store, market or other local business could become: a leaner, more profitable, technology-focused concept with a more enjoyable experience for its patrons.
Read More
When states start to reopen dining rooms, it seems a near certainty restaurants will stare down reopening guidelines from officials. Whether or not these are suggestive practices or required rules, only time will tell. Nonetheless, the best thing restaurants can do today is prepare.
Read More
Hadfield Group is pleased to announce it’s invitation and acceptance to the Homebase & Clover Advisory Board.
Read More
Hadfield Group (HG) is pleased to announce that we have officially partnered with Revel Systems to accommodate our customers with their outstanding point-of-sale technology.
Read More
A traditional, or legacy POS, stores all data on a local server which is located within the restaurant. Cloud-based POS or Software as a Service POS (SaaS-POS), is web-based and runs on a cloud service, meaning that the data is stored online. So, why are so many restaurants late to the game when it comes to making this change?
Read More
By now, you are probably familiar with inserting chip cards as opposed to having them swiped on payment terminals. However, many people are unfamiliar with why this industry-wide change was made, how it affects businesses and common best practices around chip cards, or EMV, in general.
Read More
If you start to obsess about having a better offering than your competitors, remember this quote by investor Peter Thiel. "Superior sales and distribution by itself can create a monopoly, even with no product differentiation. The converse is not true."
Does your product need to be great, and should your customer service be incredible? Absolutely. That said, there will always be room for a strong competitor in any industry or market.
Read More
Highly engaged employees make businesses more profitable. A recent report by Gallop found that when the most successful organizations provide its employees with the tools to do their best work, teams become more engaged. These companies realize a 41% reduction in absenteeism and 59% less turnover, while its employees show up every day with passion, purpose, presence, and energy. Here are some ways your businesses scheduling, payroll, and point-of-sale integrations can help.