The data in your QuickBooks company file contains some of the most sensitive information on your computer. Make sure it’s secure. Your customer list is gold. And those Social Security and bank card numbers in your payroll, client, and vendor records need to be protected from intruders and only viewed by authorized employees. It’s not […]
I wasn’t too long out of college and at my first “real job” (no background check required) when I stumbled into my very first fraud. I’d been assigned to do some job costing reports because my boss could not find out why the company was losing so much money on a job. After some digging, […]
I don’t know about you but it’s gotten to the point that I wonder how in the world someone else can hack my password when I have trouble remembering it myself. When a scare like the Heartbleed Bug happens websites respond by increasing password complexity requirements, making it even more difficult to remember which password […]
In last month’s blog, I shared some of the interesting ways that businesses can be subjected to fraud with their business checks, using simple household things like scotch tape. Lately, I’ve been thinking about passwords and how to keep personal information safe and secure. Now all of us are pretty careful about our social security […]
I was recently at a conference in San Francisco for Intuit Premier Resellers. Since it’s a reseller channel, we are regularly updated with business trends and how they relate to items we can sell, and this specific presentation was about checks. As part of the presentation, I received a book called The Art of the […]
In the event of a chargeback, is your business prepared? According to Wikipedia, “the chargeback mechanism exists primarily for consumer protection.” Notice that the definition has nothing to do with the merchant or business. Do you have the necessary steps in place to protect yourself and get your money back? While chargebacks are not often used […]
Merchant fraud is not something you would necessarily relate to a Sunday afternoon lunch with your family. Seems like I’m up to my eyeballs lately in credit card fraud of one type or another, and I guess by now I shouldn’t be surprised when fraud sneaks into my happy moments and gives me something else […]