Category: Compliance & Regulation

  • Fake Reviews Will Kill Your Online Business. Take This Advice Instead!

    Heading into 2020, fake reviews would be the last thing on your mind. But for us, it’s an issue that could affect a significant number of our clients if they aren’t careful. Business owners, Amazon sellers, marketers, influencers all understand the power of reviews. This has, unfortunately, led to the increasing use of fake reviews…

    If you’re using or thinking about using fake reviews, the FTC is not the only thing you should be worried about.
  • Checkout Security Reinforcement! Protect Your Online Business From A Data Breach

    Black Friday and Cyber Monday have come and gone, but was your checkout security ready to stop cyber threats? Q4 is set to break higher spending records from previous years, particularly in the online shopping space. Projections show spending was set to hit $143.7 billion this year. A huge 14.1% increase over last year. Yet…

    order page and checkout security
  • Facebook Ad Compliance Could Endanger Your Credit Card Processing. Here’s How. (Pt. 2)

    We’re still examining how to balance Facebook ad compliance while adhering to rules for merchant processing. But, we’ll also review how to future-proof your business if you rely on Facebook advertising. Merchants continue to flock to Facebook for its 2.45 billion monthly users to market their products and services. Despite issues of Facebook compliance, scandals,…

    Facebook compliance and merchant compliance
  • Facebook Ad Compliance Could Endanger Your Credit Card Processing. Here’s How. (Pt. 1)

    Scandals. Congressional Hearings. Regulatory Changes. It’s been a big – and costly – year for Facebook in the US and EU. Facebook was fined £500,000 by the EU’s Information Commissioner’s Office. The company is also required to pay a $5 billion fine to the FTC for its role in the Cambridge Analytica scandal. If you…

    Facebook compliance and merchant compliance
  • New Visa Rules For Dating, Info Product & Other High-Risk Merchants

    New Visa rules effective October 1, 2019 are set to affect millions of high-risk merchants. We’ve reviewed the planned changes, determined how your business may be affected, and what you can do right now to prepare. The planned changes will impact when merchants are enrolled in the Visa Fraud Monitoring Program (VFMP) and the Visa…

    New Visa Rules For Dating, Adult, Info Product & Other High-Risk Merchants