Payment Insider

Dear Valued Merchant,

As a business owner, it's important to protect your profits and customers — especially because there are many fraud schemes out there that target both. The scams are often creative — with the goal to "steal" your money or cheat your business and customers. Some tactics include simply illegally accessing and using private business and cardholder data.

This issue of Payments Insider details common types of internal and external fraud — perpetrated by employees — or "cardholders." Read on for details on how to identify warning signs and ways to proactively prevent bank card fraud.

As always, if you have any questions about payments — including best practice payments tips for business owners — please call your relationship manager, account manager or your Heartland servicing team at 888.963.3600. Feel free to also email us at Heartland@e-hps.com.

Best regards,

Eleanor Beckmann, director of loss prevention
Mike Hall, senior fraud strategy analyst
Heartland Payment Systems

Fraud can happen to — and at — any business, regardless of your size and location or the products and services you offer. And, fraud schemes — whether perpetrated by employees or customers — can be simple or complex. By learning about them and their warning signs — and taking an active role in fraud prevention — you can decrease the chances of it happening at your business. Here are some simple ways to proactively avoid bank card fraud.

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