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There is no denying the importance of effective communication when connecting with your donors. The challenge is to provide information that resonates, motivates, and affirms your donors. Check out these six-essential methods of communication and do a quick self-assessment to see how your organization stacks up. […]
Did you know that up until September 11th, 2001 that checks were physically moved around the country in trucks to processing centers which sorted and placed them on airplanes to be physically flown to their various banks. Yes, you read that correctly: paper checks were physically moved around the country unless only a few years ago. […]
On the heels of a rash of breaches at retail stores throughout the nation over the last year a new trend has been seen emerging. London-based security company Forgenix has recently been working with various organizations and officials to investigate a new series of data breaches being spotted. […]
Typically, reconciliation involves working with a convoluted processing statement with daily processing totals and lots of confusing fees. These processing totals have no detail on what transactions are comprised of its total leaving you to add up various transaction amounts for a given day, hoping it will match the total on your statement. This gets […]
We are going to highlight the crucial Requirement 8: Identify and Authenticate Access to System Components. Requirement 8 was overlooked by some companies who experienced these large security breaches. Had this requirement been implemented and monitored it may have prevented these breaches from happening to begin with. […]
How would you spend a budget surplus at your church? The challenge isn’t funding ways to put those funds to use but encourage giving and generosity to continue to meet those needs. Church Tech Today put out some excellent advice on how to assess your current giving situation. […]
If you could go back and launch your online giving program again, what would you do differently? We recommend rebooting your online giving as you move into the autumn months. It’s a great time to encourage donors to setup recurring gifts so that their donations continue to show up automatically. […]
Card processing costs can be a little complicated without knowing the basic pricing models those fees are passed through. Last time, we explored what the fees are you might see on your merchant statement. In this installment, we will look at the main pricing models […]
Selecting a proper Service Provider to partner with in offering online transactions is a very important step for any organization. Before getting into the details of how to select a service provider, it is important to understand what a service provider truly is and what they do. […]
Goodwill, a nationwide chain that sells donated apparel and other household items has reportedly been involved in a series of credit card breaches. Investigators are currently looking into the potential theft; however, nothing has been confirmed. Appropriate action will be taken if it is discovered there was in fact a data breach. Suspicion began to […]