This spring, as reported here, a big credit card processor, Global Payments (NYSE: GPN), said about 1.5 million credit card numbers may have been stolen from its network.
Jim McKelvey created a prototype for the multi-billion dollar credit card processor called Square at TechShop.
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Of all the demands of running a business, shopping for a competitive credit card processor might seem trivial.
When asking about specifications, we were told to expect a MediaTek processor, microSD card slot, rear-facing camera and a SIM card slot.
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's X-Charge, a sales agent for his credit-card processor, saying MasterCard had identified "some sort of breach or compromise" within his system.
Now all they can do is pass information to the credit-card processor.
He also says Psystar is working with a new credit card processor.
Each time a consumer uses a credit card to make a purchase, the bank and card processor charge a fee that is approximately 2% of the purchase price.
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The drivers are getting ripped off but they do not fully understand it because they are unaware of what the cab companies are actually paying their credit card processor to handle the transaction.
While Mr. Dorsey has focused on the design of the company's products, including its signature square-shaped credit-card processor, Mr. Rabois has been focused on running other parts of the business, such as marketing and business development.
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While Mr. Dorsey has focused on the design of the company's products, including its signature square-shaped credit card processor, Mr. Rabois has been focused on running other parts of the business, such as marketing and business development.
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Craig Pinckney, 34, a shipping manager at a Connecticut environmental laboratory, seriously considered trading in his Alienware Area 51 tower (complete with a cyborg-green paint job) for the new Doom 3 machine, but decided he could just upgrade his processor and video card instead.
On that day my son Callum and I engaged in some father-son bonding by swapping the faulty motherboard on the family PC - the motherboard is the bit into which you plug all the other parts of a PC - processor, graphics card, memory et cetera.
The choice was symbolic of where the world's second-largest card payment processor sees its future.
Everton says his company is essentially acting like a credit card payment processor.
First Data owns Western Union and is also the top credit-card transaction processor in the U.S. Sales grew 12% in 2002 and net income was up 42%.
At the heart of each tablet is a powerful 1.2 GHz Arm Cortex A8 processor paired with a Mali-400 graphics card for superior performance.
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Immediately recognizable by its stunning design and glowing red Creative Sound Core3D processor, the Sound Blaster Recon3D Fatal1ty Champion sound card provides hardware-accelerated THX TruStudio Pro audio technologies for unparalleled audio playback quality.
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Also, the LSI WarpDrive card's very low overhead consumption of server processor and DRAM memory resources enables even higher performance by leaving these resources available for useful application processing and data caching.
Finally, HP will soon ship a new notebook, the 17-inch dv8000, with dedicated graphics card, 240GB max hard drive, AMD Turion 64 processor, and QuickPlay for bootless media capabilities.
His recently completed Project Inverted, just highlighted by ASUS, puts most of the hardware on the outside: the Sabertooth Z77 motherboard, Core i5 processor, fan cooling, memory, Radeon HD 6870 video card and watercooling pipes all sit in plain sight.
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The N100's vitals, if you need a refresher, include Windows CE 5.0 Core Version as the OS, a 2.8-inch TFT, 300MHz processor, SiRFstar III chipset, 64MB RAM, and an included 1GB microSD card -- all in a slight 2.4 x 3.5 x 0.6-inch package weighing just under four ounces.
Providing phenomenally accurate positional 3D audio over headsets or speakers, the Sound Blaster Recon3D sound card is also powered by the new SoundCore3D quad-core audio and video processor.
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The X50 416MHz, which has a 3.5-inch, 320x240 pixel LCD screen, a 416MHz processor, 64MB of RAM, 64MB of Flash ROM, Compact Flash and SDIO expansion card slots, and Bluetooth.
The X50v, which has a 3.7-inch VGA resolution LCD screen, 624MHz processor, 64MB of RAM, 128MB of Flash ROM, Compact Flash and SDIO expansion card slots, 802.11b WiFi, and Bluetooth.
The X50 520MHz, which has a 3.5-inch, 320x240 pixel LCD screen, a 520MHz processor, 64MB of RAM, 128MB of Flash ROM, Compact Flash and SDIO expansion card slots, 802.11b WiFi, and Bluetooth.
The rz1715 - Their low-end Mobile Media Companion, the rz1715 only has a 203MHz processor, 32MB of RAM, a 3.5-inch LCD screen, an SD expansion card slot, but no WiFi or Bluetooth.
Payment processor Paypal has bought the creator of a product that triggers cash transfers when a user flashes a credit card in front of their phone.
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