Updating Discover for 8-number

Discover UnionPay is launching a new 8-series BIN range that will start with the number “8” to support continued cardholder growth. The 8-series cards are expected to appear in the market starting in January 2019. To ensure that your system is ready for...

What is Quick Chip?

Are your customers complaining of the long check-out waits due to credit card processing times? What if we told you there is a new solution that can cure these headaches, solve the long wait times, and have your customers leaving happy? Interested? NCR Counterpoint...

Preparing for the Holiday Season

As the holiday season quickly approaches, it is imperative retailers are fully prepared for the increase in customer traffic. According to the National Retail Federation, holiday retail sales are expected to increase by 4.3 to 4.8 percent for a total of $717.45...

Important: Secure Pay Update

Valued Customer, Effective October 16, 2018, NCR Secure Pay will be moving production services to AWS. With this transition of production services, NCR Secure Pay’s public DNS will change. However, the current hostnames will remain the same: ps.ncrsecurepay.com...

Get to Know Mainspring’s Tech Services Supervisor, Alex Welsh

I originally worked for a tool store that used a competitor’s software for their point of sale and inventory management application. About one year into my tenure with the business, our software began having several issues.  These mostly revolved around not releasing...

Halloween Spending to Reach $9 Billion

Once again, Americans are looking forward to splurging on their favorite candy, costumes, and decorations during the Halloween season. According to the National Retail Federation’s annual survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics, total spending for...
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