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Segpay Adds Additional Layer of Security to Fraud Mitigation System

Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (May 27, 2022) – Segpay, a pioneer in digital payment processing, announced today that it has added ThreatX as part of its security suite of services. The partnership allows Segpay to gain insights on potential threats before they have a negative impact to its system. “Cybersecurity is on the forefront of Segpay’s strategy to becoming not only the leader in payment processing but also the most secure and redundant provider in the space,” said Segpay Director of Operations Marco Escobar. ThreatX protects Segpay’s apps and APIs with accuracy and visibility by staying one step ahead of attackers with insights into their movements and building on to Segpay’s existing fraud mitigation security system.  ThreatX also provides an additional layer of security for its critical transaction endpoints.  Together Segpay and ThreatX mitigate cyberattacks proactively and gain insights into them including query strings, IP addresses, and details on attacker behaviours to help mitigate future risks. “Attackers are becoming smarter and

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Segpay CEO Cathy Beardsley Honored as One of the Most Influential Women in Payments

Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (March 15, 2022) – Segpay, a pioneer in digital payment processing, announced today that its CEO, Cathy Beardsley has been named one of American Banker’s 2022 Most Influential Women in Payments. She and others selected will be recognized at the American Banker Payments Forum, taking place in Phoenix, Arizona May 16 -18th. Beardsley was touted as a “risk taker” in the payments field managing the risk for high-risk niches including CBD products, online gambling, dating and the adult industry.  Segpay was also highlighted for being one of a “handful of companies approved by Visa for high-risk internet payments.” “I am incredibly proud and honored to receive this recognition,” said Cathy Beardsley, Segpay CEO.  “We work hard for our clients everyday making sure we offer the best experience for our merchants All the Way to Paid ™”  Beardsley was also recognized for her ability to “blaze trials” highlighting that Segpay was “one of the first payment facilitator’s to

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Press Release: Segpay Surges Into New Year With 25% Year-Over-Year Growth

Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (January 4, 2022) Segpay’s dramatic growth was fueled by its continued focus on the burgeoning CAM market and the integration of PayPal as a payment option for its clients in Europe. Segpay will make PayPal available as a payment option to its clients in the U.S. in early 2022. Throughout 2021 Segpay’s continued its compliance commitment as its team worked diligently to keep its merchants compliant and current on card scheme requirements. From redirecting the processing path to the correct acquirer for both the UK and EU for Brexit to meeting the Strong Customer Authentication requirements (SCA) of PSD2, Segpay and its merchants remained fully compliant in 2021.  Segpay also assisted its merchants to stay current with the new MasterCard regulations that impacted all user uploaded content and peer to peer websites. “We have always focused on putting our clients first and this year we invested significant resources to develop internal tools to better support our current

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Segpay Introduces Segpay Segments: A New Customizable Payment Solution

Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (August 31, 2021) – Segpay, a global payment platform, announced today the addition of its newest payment option, Segpay Segments. This program offers merchants the freedom to customize and use their own compliant checkout page while still processing through Segpay. Segpay Segments is ideal for fan sites and content creators, many of which are finding it increasingly difficult to secure payment processing solutions. This innovative solution gives merchant the ability to host their own payment page, while using Segpay’s plug-in code to collect and send sensitive card data directly to Segpay’s secure servers.  The shopping experience creates a seamless checkout process that resides on a merchant’s active URL.  This enables the merchant to provide the same look and feel as its own site with the same design and functions as Segpay’s pay page, while minimizing PCI scope.  Users of Segpay Segments receive access to Segpay’s Payment Facilitator account features including localized receipt pages, risk management, end user

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Segpay Launches Dynamic New Web Presence

Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. (August 25, 2021) – Segpay, a global payment platform, announced today the launch of its new web presence. The colorful, content-rich website was designed to be viewed mobile-first and SEO enhanced with the specific goal of becoming a sales agent on its own. The new website was developed to help Segpay continue to grow its client base while assisting potential merchants to become clients more easily.   Bright, bold branding highlights the easy-to-navigate site with simplified verticals and solutions.  At the top of the home page, a mega navigation bar helps direct web traffic while also providing key information when deciding which processing solution is best for each specific merchant. The new Segpay site features the company’s signature dark blue and bright orange color palette. The distinctive dark blue color in the Segpay brand identity conveys trust, transparency, and stability.  The orange is symbolic of innovation and endurance.   The new Segpay website is also a treasure

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Segpay Reports Strong Year Despite Global Challenge

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. (January 12, 2021) – Segpay, a global leader in digital payment processing, announced today that it finished 2020 up significantly in overall revenue, capping one of the most successful year in the company’s 15-year history. This growth was fuelled by CAM merchants which outperformed all other market niches representing more than half of Segpay’s transaction volume, growing 55% year over year.  Subscription-based merchants also powered Segpay’s growth, up 33% year over year. “We made CAMs our focus five years ago and modified our system, streamlining and simplifying the checkout process to best support this segment,” said Segpay CEO Cathy Beardsley.  “Our risk tools are configurable by merchant, country and user level bringing flexibility to serve each merchant’s unique needs and requirements.” This year commemorated Segpay’s 15 years in business and despite the challenges of the pandemic, it overcame and thrived adding dozens of new clients along with integrating PayPal into its payment processing platform. “Investing in additional

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Segpay Ready to Process in European Union and United Kingdom

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. (November 19, 2020) – Segpay, a global leader in digital payment processing, announced today that it is fully compliant and ready to process merchant transactions in both the UK and EU ahead of two major changes set to impact European Payments; PSD2 and Brexit.  Both mandates are scheduled to take effect on December 31, 2020. Segpay has implemented Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) making it fully compliant ahead of the EU Revised Payment Service Directive (PSD2).  SCA is based on two forms of authentication for online and card present transactions which will be mandated at the end of December.  Merchants not able to meet the deadline are able to point their EU consumer traffic that typically is processed through an EU acquirer to Segpay to meet the new compliance requirements. “It was a pretty heavy lift to get the system ready to support 3D secure 2.0 as well as meet all of the PSD2 rules,” said Segpay CEO

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Segpay Expands Payment Options Ahead of Holiday Rush

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. (October 20, 2020) – Segpay, a global leader in digital payment processing, announced today the expansion of its Multi-Currency options adding Dynamic Multi-Currency (DMC) for U.S. Merchants and the addition of four local currencies: Russian Rubles, Czech Koruna, Indian Rupees and Israeli Shekels.  These additions bring Segpay’s total number of supported local currencies to sixteen, assisting merchants marketing abroad by simplifying the conversion process.  The expansion also allows merchants to offer these local currencies in four additional regions of the world ahead of the busiest shopping season of the year. Offering multiple local currencies eliminates the fluctuation between the dollar and other the local currencies while also making foreign consumers more comfortable.  Merchants with Segpay’s DMC enabled in their payment package(s) will automatically have access to the new currencies.  With DMC enabled, prices are displayed in the native currency of the consumer’s home region based on the referring IP address.  Consumers can pay in the default currency

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Segpay Expands Workforce and Announces Executive Promotions

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. (October 7, 2020) –Just weeks after opening an office in Dublin, Ireland Segpay, a global leader in digital payment processing, announced an expansion of its employee base in South Florida. Segpay has added two fulltime Sales Support Representatives to its team and promoted a long-term company veteran to lead the group.  Kristi Greer, who has been with Segpay for 15 years has been promoted to the role of Director of Sales.  She will also continue to oversee Segpay’s Merchant Services Group.  Ruben Perez and Patricia Ucros join Segpay and will report to Greer. “Kristi is a dedicated, high performing member of Segpay’s sales team and a key part of our overall success, we’re excited to promote her to this important position,” said Segpay CEO Cathy Beardsley. Segpay also hired Raphael Rattray-Morris as its new Customer Service Manager and promoted Caroline Karolinko to Marketing and Sales Support Manager and Sastra Maharaj to Accountant. “As we continue to grow

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