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Ideals to Consider I recently attended the annual Wisdom 2.0 conference here in San Francisco, which is billed as the intersection of Wisdom and Technology. Attendees from the tech sector, government, local sustainable companies, and representatives from mindfulness/teaching centers were convened to explore how mindfulness practices can impact a business in financial, employee engagement, empowerment, […]
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EMV Main Points EMV… can we say it again? EMV! We’re sure you’re aware of EMV (Euro/Mastercard/Visa) by now. Also known as “chip cards,” EMV processing is the way of the future, since card issuing banks have begun to embed chips in replacement credit cards. For merchants in a card-present environment, EMV can also help […]
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Merchant of the Month – Ergo Desktop This month we are highlighting a merchant that has been processing with Dharma since 2012 and with whom we have great personal experience with their products. Ergo Desktopis the manufacturer of the American-made Kangaroo adjustable desktop that all of us at Dharma now use. We totally love this […]
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Card Losses Every once in a while we address some of the trends in card usage and industry fraud as a public service to our various stakeholders: merchants, partners, vendors, friends. The media often only reports on major card breaches, but rarely puts it into perspective of total usage, so here are a few facts: […]
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Merchant of the Month – Oaklandish Oaklandish is our unanimous choice for January’s Merchant of the Month and we are so happy to be working with them. They started as a T-shirt stand at a farmer’s market and became an apparel empire, beloved and recognized by the City of Oakland, California. We want to acknowledge […]
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A New Kind of Political Candidate? In Chinese astrology, 2016 is the Year of the Monkey – which makes total sense given the number of apes, chimps, and bonobos that are running for political office this year! I read that weaknesses of people under this sign are being egotistical, arrogant, crafty, restless, and snobbish, so I […]
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What Is Your Word for 2016? In lieu of the stereotypical new year’s resolution, which I find to be waaaay too difficult to keep, often resulting in the “Second Arrow” of getting down on myself for not fulfilling, I’m taking the lead from our good friend, Mary Mix, who has come up with a much […]
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Payment Gateway Fraud We often recycle tips that have been mentioned in the past because we continue to field support questions about them, so this one is directed toward merchants using a payment gateway for accepting payments from their website. One way that payment gateway fraud is still being committed is when a merchant’s website is […]
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Partner of the Month – ASBC Dharma has many amazing partners that share our vision of sustainability and social responsibility: B Corporation, Green America, and Social Venture Network, to name a few. But recently we became a member of a unique organization called the American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC), based out of Washington DC. Like many groups that are […]
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Annual 1099 Forms There are a couple of important reminders as we head into the new year: the first is that all Dharma MS merchants will be receiving annual 1099 forms via snail mail by January 31, 2016 as per the regulations passed by the IRS (which have been in effect since January 1, 2011). Since Dharma has used […]
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