Biometric Payments and Authentication
What are Biometric Payments? What are biometric payments? Biometric payments are a point-of-sale (POS) technology that uses biometric authentication such as fingerprints, facial mapping, or an iris scan to verify a person’s identity. Have you ever left your house, arrived at a store or restaurant, and then realized you forgot your wallet? Unless your card […]
12 PCI Security Basics to Protect your Business
12 PCI Security Protections for Small Businesses What PCI security protections should I implement at my business? Is my business at risk? Data breaches can happen at any time, and small businesses are a prime target. About half of all cyber breaches impact businesses with fewer than 1,000 employees. So don’t think it couldn’t happen […]
Discounted Level 2 & 3 Credit Card Processing
Does my business qualify for Level 2 data in credit card processing? Do you process business to business (B2B) transactions? Are you a business-to-government (B2G) company? If so, you may qualify for discounted Level 2 data or level 3 data credit card processing! Businesses that accept payments via business, corporate, purchasing, or government cards are […]
Credit Card Processing | How to Calculate Credit Card Processing Fees
Understanding Credit Card Processing Fees Confused about your merchant statement? Don’t know how much money you’re paying for your credit card processing rates? GMS can help! Over the course of 30 years, we have seen the good, the bad, and the ugly side of payment processing. More often the bad! But no need to worry! […]
PCI Compliance for Small Businesses
What’s PCI Compliance? What’s PCI compliance? The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliance includes 12 security standards created by the PCI Security Standards Council to help small businesses with protecting customer credit card data. These 12 PCI security standards are enforced by the major card networks including Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and American Express. Below are the […]
Tough Mudder 2021 – Recap
On December 11th, we all joined early to drive up to Lake Placid for the 15K. The course was filled with thirty obstacles, uneven terrain, and potholes. During the two-hour drive, I thought about what the obstacles would be like. I had never done anything like this before, and I wondered if I would be […]
GMS Announces Partnership with FaveSalon!
Gulf Management Systems, Inc. (GMS), a national payment provider that provides payment services to thousands of small businesses, announced today that they have integrated their credit card processing solutions with SAMS POS by Favesalon, Inc., a leading salon management software. The new built-in payment configuration with SAMS POS will enable its users the ability to […]
Payroll Fraud: COVID-19 Edition
Payroll processing is an extremely high-risk niche to operate in, especially these days with all the technology available to photoshop, make a website, etc. So many people rush around trying to get things done, sometimes talking to a customer isn’t always a face to face interaction, making it very easy for companies to open themselves […]
New Digital Hand Sanitizer Kiosks for Retail Businesses
GMS now offers new digital hand sanitizer kiosks for retail businesses in the United States. The turnkey hardware/software is the perfect addition for any business owner that may be looking for a safe, effective sanitizing solution to ensure that their customers and guests remain as safe as possible. With the new kiosk software, business owners will now […]
The 4 Reasons Why Your Business Should Add ACH Processing
At this point almost every business is taking credit cards, but what about ACH? What many business owners fail to recognize is that ACH payments comes at a significant cost savings compared to running credit cards. At Gulf Management Systems, we always strive to have our clients integrate ACH recurring payments. For businesses that accept […]