The next time a consumer asks about his or her credit score, consider it an opportunity. Recent changes to the Risk-Based Pricing (RBP) rule...

Published: May 17, 2011 by Guest Contributor

By: Kristan Frend Small business owners appear to be lucrative targets for identity fraud perpetrators, alarming banking institutions, payment processors, and B2B service providers. According to...

Published: May 16, 2011 by Guest Contributor

Managing commercial credit in today’s economy can be a real challenge. For telecommunications companies, pulling a report can be helpful in deciding whether or...

Published: May 12, 2011 by Guest Contributor

Scoring is one of the fundamental ways to improve customer management and acquisitions in any business. Companies use scoring to predict what kind of...

Published: May 7, 2011 by Guest Contributor

By: Staci Baker It seems like every time I turn on the TV there is another natural disaster. Tsunami in Japan, tornadoes and flooding in...

Published: May 6, 2011 by Guest Contributor

It seems as though every day the news headlines trumpet another high-profile data breach. The most recent marquee breach is courtesy of a Sony...

Published: May 3, 2011 by Guest Contributor

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you are undoubtedly aware that the 4G ship has sailed into port. The 4G network is a...

Published: April 26, 2011 by Guest Contributor

With cell phones overtaking landlines as the new “home phone” for many consumers, things could get tricky for credit card holders and other debtors...

Published: April 21, 2011 by Guest Contributor

Time certainly does fly — I can’t believe it’s been more than a month since TRMA’s Spring Conference in Las Vegas! Those of us...

Published: April 16, 2011 by Guest Contributor

DISH Network’s Team Summit scheduled for May 4-6 Team Summit is an annual event hosted by DISH Network for over 3,000 retailers in the...

Published: April 14, 2011 by Guest Contributor

As more and more consumers recover from the recent economic turmoil, they have a driving need to better understand how their credit situations impact...

Published: April 9, 2011 by Guest Contributor

Last week I attended the Merchant Risk Council’s 2011 MRC Annual e-Commerce Payments & Risk Conference.  I presented a session titled “Efficiency and Empowerment...

Published: April 8, 2011 by Guest Contributor

By: Kristan Frend I was recently pleased to see that the state I reside in, Minnesota finished in the bottom third of a state ranking. ...

Published: March 30, 2011 by Guest Contributor

There’s no question times have been tough for consumers in the last few years due to the higher incidence of unemployment, bankruptcies, home foreclosures...

Published: March 29, 2011 by Guest Contributor

The subject of “bill shock” has been getting an increasing amount of coverage lately. On one side, the FCC and consumer groups are advocating...

Published: March 23, 2011 by Guest Contributor