With a large majority of businesses now accepting credit cards, you must distinguish yourself by offering secure payments for your customers. Credit cards are more than a means of payment, they are tools that can be used to build or destroy credit. As a business owner, it is your duty to protect your client’s credit information.
For this reason, you need to get a company/processor that offers a secure payment gateway that will verify all information while keeping it safe. While information theft may not be a problem in a physical store, it is quite prevalent online. If you choose to have an online store, encrypt it so that all the information is deleted once the transaction is complete.