What is the need for IT security and CyberSecurity?

Computer security, cybersecurity or information technology security (IT security) is the protection of computer systems and networks from the theft of or damage to their hardware, software, or electronic data, as well as from the disruption or misdirection of the services they provide.

IT security is a set of cybersecurity strategies that prevents unauthorized access to organizational assets such as computers, networks, and data. It maintains the integrity and confidentiality of sensitive information, blocking the access of sophisticated hackers.

What is Data Security?

Data security means protecting digital data, such as those in a database, from destructive tampering and unauthorized access. Hardware based security or assisted computer security offers an alternative to software-only computer security.

Common examples of:

  • Data encryption
  • Tokenization
  • Key management
  • Data loss prevention
  • Data classification
  • Data accees management

What is the need for network security?

Network security is the practice of securing a computer network from intruders, whether targeted attackers or opportunistic malware. Application security focuses on keeping software and devices free of threats. A compromised application could provide access to the data its designed to protect.

What is Internet security

Internet security involves the protection of information that is sent and received in browsers, as well as network security involving web-based applications. These protections are designed to monitor incoming internet traffic for malware as well as unwanted traffic. This protection may come in the form of firewalls, antimalware, and antispyware.

What is Critical infrastructure security:

Critical infrastructure security consists of the cyber-physical systems that modern societies rely on.

Common examples of critical infrastructure:

  • Electricity grid
  • Water purification
  • Traffic lights
  • Shopping centers
  • Hospitals

What is Application security:

You should choose application security as one of the several must-have security measures adopted to protect your systems. Application security uses software and hardware methods to tackle external threats that can arise in the development stage of an application.

Applications are much more accessible over networks, causing the adoption of security measures during the development phase to be an imperative phase of the project.

Types of application security:

  • Software development
  • Application testing
  • Code review
  • Vunerablity and penetration testing

What is Network security:

Network security ensures that internal networks are secure by protecting the infrastructure and inhibiting access to it.

Common examples of network security implementation:

  • Extra logins
  • New passwords
  • Application security
  • Antivirus programs
  • Antispyware software
  • Encryption
  • Firewalls
  • Monitored internet access

8 Cyber Security Best Practices for Business

  • Use a firewall
  • Document your cybersecurity policies
  • Plan for mobile devices
  • Educate all employees
  • Enforce safe password practices
  • Regularly back up all data

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Chennai-based fintech startup IppoPay provides Payment solution to SMEs, Freelancers and Homepreneurs.

“Chennai-based fintech startup IppoPay is a payments aggregator that enables small businesses, SMEs, freelancers, and homepreneurs in Tier II, III, and rural areas to collect payments with its POS software.”

 “Ippo in Tamil means NOW. So IppoPay means Pay Now,” says Mohan K, Co-Founder and CEO of Chennai-based IppoPay.

 Mohan explains that the fintech platform lets businesses accept payments via its POS software. It also helps businesses to get invoices along with statistics on business, engagement with customers, and more.

IppoPay needs no payment terminal, POS, or swiping machine. Merchants can generate QR codes using its mobile app.

“The problem with other popular payment options is that there is no business book record. IppoPay lets businesses manage payments, track payment details, and send a payment link via SMS/email to customers.

 “Our platform can also be used to manage subscriptions, automate recurring billing, and get notified for all payment-related activities. There is no setup fee; we have a flat unit pricing model,” Mohan says.

 The founder adds that most payment aggregators focusing on APIs and small-scale entrepreneurs are not adequately acquainted with the process of virtual transactions and find technology integration overwhelming.

 “IppoPay directly targets merchants and vendors, exposing them to digital payments with its simple, user-friendly interface,” he adds.

The founder claims that the platform has done transactions to the tune of Rs 1 crore within two months of launch. It is seeing month-on-month growth of 40 percent, with the pandemic “only adding to growth rather than impacting it negatively”.

From programming to starting up

 Mohan hails from a family of fishermen residing in Thamaraikulam, a small village in Rameshwaram, which is about 500 km from Tamil Nadu’s capital Chennai.

 “I did my schooling from the government secondary school in Tamil medium. In 2006, I graduated from Md Sathak Engineering College and came to Chennai to make a living,” he recalls.

Mohan joined a small company as a programmer, but he was always keen to do something of his own. In 2010, he launched a web development company, which started garnering revenues shortly after launch. Not long after, he became the “local fintech guy”.

 “I integrated more than 50 payment gateways. As time went by, I was getting more involved in fintech, wondering how things work…by that time, my web development company had taken the shape of a software development company,” Mohan says.

In 2018, Mohan went to a fintech event in the UAE with the express idea of getting more clients and funding. He met Dubai-based entrepreneur Omar Bin Berk, who invited him to become Co-founder and CTO of a company called Foloosi and build the tech to solve last-mile fintech problems in UAE.

 Foloosi enables businesses to get paid using QR code, payment link, or payment gateway without the need of a POS machine. 

 “I was expecting an income prospect, but this opportunity required an investment as a CTO who would build a team in Chennai and get the product out in UAE,” Mohan recalls.

 Foloosi was a bootstrapped venture, and Mohan only had personal savings at that time. “I decided to transfer the savings – a few lakh – to the company and started working on building Foloosi in April 2018.”

Mohan says it took him one year to develop the payment gateway product. Foloosi was officially launched in February 2019. “The first month fetched us transactions of 10,000 AED and we crossed 15 million AED over 12 months,” Mohan says.

The venture worked, and soon onboarded about 1,000 merchants and garnered angel funding of half a million dollars to expand the business in UAE.

 Mohan then had an epiphany: why wasn’t he bridging this gap in India?

 He soon decided to create a similar fintech solution focused on small businesses for Bharat, starting from his home state, Tamil Nadu.

 “All payment aggregators are from Bengaluru, Mumbai, or Gurugram and support businesses in English or Hindi. That led me to think that our gateway should be in a local language such as Tamil to be user-friendly,” he says.  

Mohan launched IppoPay in June 2020 to cater to Tamil Nadu. He roped in his childhood friend JaiKumar as a Co-founder and CTO, and set up a team of 15 members. IppoPay is a bootstrapped startup and the founders have invested Rs 50 lakh into the company so far.

Targeting small merchants and SMEs

The Chennai-based entrepreneur says some of the IppoPay’s clients include milk vendors, newspaper boys, chit fund companies, and others in Tier II and III cities in Tamil Nadu.

“These people manage their payments only through paper. We decided to create a mobile app and offer a subscription plan in their language,” Mohan says. 

 Mohan says the team also surveyed freelancers and SMEs, who need to buy invoice software to accept payments.

“They have to use invoice software like Zoho, QuickBooks etc to manage payment details and spend around Rs 2,000 per month. We made an innovation, developed the invoice software with quotation, pro forma, and invoice to accept payments.

“We provide proper accounting software, customer management with a complete book record, and tracking of payment details,” Mohan says. “We provide an Android/ iOS app to handle all payment-related activities in the mobile app.”

Plans for the future

Going forward, Mohan wants to diversify the offering and help businesses in Bharat. Proud that his startup is in in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for an Aatmanirbhar Bharat, he shares that IppoPay is currently working on simplifying social commerce so any entrepreneur is be able to create an online store in minutes. 

“In Tamil Nadu, most married women are homepreneurs. They need an ecommerce platform but hiring a development company is tough. Platforms like Shopify are available, but they need to pay. IppoPay fills that gap – in Tamil,” he says.

Mohan says the company’s vision is to enable small businesses, freelancers, and homepreneurs, especially in Tier II, III, and rural areas to run a digital business. He aims to focus on Tamil Nadu for now, and then enter other states.

“We want to focus on our market, scale up our business and technology, find our mistakes, and overcome them. We want to be the market leader in Tamil Nadu by the end of 2021 and go pan-India later,” Mohan says.

Source: https://yourstory.com/2020/09/fintech-startup-ippopay-payments-aggregator-small-businesses-tier-ii-iii-india?utm_pageloadtype=scroll

Cybersecurity Risks in a Pandemic: What you need to know

The COVID-19 pandemic has alerted many organizations to gaps in their information security infrastructure heretofore unrealized. Most of these deficiencies have been revealed as a direct outcome of the shift from a workforce-in-place physical environment centered around a fixed and determinable worksite location to a distributed, unstructured environment where most employees and individuals are working remotely.

At CyberSecOp, we can help your organization address these, as well as other concerns related not only to the current operating environment but also pertaining to any and all operating challenges you may face as part of your ongoing operations.

The lack of a centralized workspace raises a multiplicity of information security concerns, including but not limited to the following:

1.      Does the company have an established Work-From-Home (WFH) information security policy, and if not, how is remote worker security managed?

2.      Are employees adequately trained to work remotely, and do they have the appropriate tools at their disposal to ensure the preservation of the security environment?

3.      How does the organization manage mobile device and laptop security, including encryption?

4.      Control and testing of the commercial VPN?

5.      Does the organization maintain a comprehensive data loss protection policy?

6.      How, if at all does the organization address data loss protection?

7.      Does the organization have a breach response plan for mobile and remote WFH employees?

At CyberSecOp, we can help your organization address these, as well as other concerns related not only to the current operating environment but also pertaining to any and all operating challenges you may face as part of your ongoing operations. Our skilled team of information security professionals can provide a comprehensive assessment of your information security framework and suggest remediation and complementary additions to your existing framework, as the case may be.

There are several things to consider if and when the time comes for firms to return to the office. CyberSecOp recommends:

  • Third-Party network risk assessment
  •   Operational Responses to Security Incidents
  • Work from Home Security
  • Virtual Meeting Applications
  • Updates and Patches
  •   A full virus scan on workstations returning to the office
  • Full Windows/Mac updates
  • Review Wi-Fi connections on returning devices: Some people may come back and still connect to Optimum Wi-Fi (This can be very risky)
  • Delete any accounts not for company use
  • Provisioning devices employees may have bought in haste (Hardening AV adding to the domain)
  • Mobile device management strategy for new mobiles, or devices that employees are using more
  • Pandemic Policy, Cybersecurity Policy Wireless policy

It is important for organizations to foresee possible consequences transitioning from working remotely to returning to the office. CyberSecOp can help facilitate this transition.

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Why are mobile apps important for the success of your business?

The impact of mobile phones and related apps in the routine life of people across the world cannot be denied. Advanced apps have changed the meaning and usage of mobile phones from just a communication device to a much necessary aspect in performing all the activities. It was possible due to the advancement in technology and reach of internet to even remote corners of the globe. People are highly dependent on mobile apps for wide range of activities and this trend has increased to a new level after outbreak of corona-virus.

How can mobile apps influence the success of businesses? It is important to have a clear strategy before beginning the development phase of your app. It should be able to resolve the problems of consumers in the market. Hence, it is crucial to be associated with an experienced mobile app development company who can guide you well at all the stages. If your app is able to fulfil the customer needs then you will hit sure shot success in the long run.

An efficient marketing tool: Mobile apps could be employed as an effective marketing tool for reaching the target audience. Traditional marketing techniques include printing huge number of brochures to be read by the wide range of audience. Mobile apps will act as a boon in this regard by offering all the details about your product/service, news updates, any forms for customer booking and similar marketing tools. Mobile apps can pass any information to the customer with no time with the help of push notifications.

Increase Brand Presence:  Many studies have shown that people spend significant amount of their time with their mobile phones. Majority of people use this time to explore the apps to complete their tasks or any other requirements. Hence, having an app for your business will ensure to showcase your brand, logo or any images all the times when they use the app. If your customers are involved constantly in using the app, they will be constantly viewing at the brand announcing elements.

Impact on the Sales: A mobile app has the ability to include different types of loyalty plans that could be strategized to engage your customers. They could also be inspiring to the customers with increase in benefits as they move from one stage to another. Winning customers could be rewarded with discounts and other offers like points that could be redeemed by users for other purchases. Customers could also be encouraged to share their reviews, picture or anything related to your products/services in exchange for rewards.

Develop a trustful customer base: As a business owner you must be knowing that customers are crucial for any type of business. Hence, they must focus on creating a trustful customer base for achieving long time success in their ventures. Mobile apps are one of the ideal channels to develop a trustful customer base by constantly being in touch with them. A mobile app offers a splendid stage for business owners to engage with the customers effectively. When a customer is satisfied they will recommend your business to the known ones. You can also encourage them to share your mobile app and provide them referral bonus. Even though you could provide lot of advertisement about your business in social media there will not be a individual connectivity with customers. Mobile app could be a crucial factor that could aid in redefining customer loyalty to your business.

Enhanced Efficiency: Companies will be aided by mobile apps for carrying the routine activities more efficiently. Retail or food delivery companies can have embedded shopping carts and other filters to help the users in efficient shopping. Studies have shown that having an online delivery app for food businesses have improved the efficiency of their business. Similar progress is seen with retail business with eCommerce option tied with their business. It will help in increasing the interaction with the customers and prompt them according to their buying schedules and interests.

User-friendliness: Traditional techniques had the issue of going through tedious process of engaging with customers across various channels. But mobile apps have put an end to this with option of engaging with customers across multiple platforms and channels at a time. Also, features like push notifications allow business owners to showcase the information about different promotions and updates.

Modern and prompt service: Providing exceptional and on-time service is an important factor in deciding the long-time efficiency of your business. Regardless of your superior service or products, if you fail to serve the customers promptly, then you will have to face hiccups in your sales. Along with having an impact in your brand expansion, a mobile app will aid you in offering optimal customer service. Mobile apps can make use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning technologies to showcase the ideal products/service to your customers. They can collect the data from buying styles and preferences of particular customers and aid them in making right choices. Such advanced elements can have a great impact on customer experience and make them stick to your brand for longer time. Above are the major areas where mobile apps can have a great impact on enhancing the business. But it is crucial to associate with an experienced mobile app development team than can help you in planning all the key aspects associated with your venture. A mobile app is not just a modern tool but a necessity for all types of business regardless of being a start-up or a large enterprise. As mentioned in all the above points, you must be knowing the value of mobile apps for your business. But as there are plenty of mobile apps entering the app store every day across all types of industries. Hence, it is important to design a unique plan suitable to your business to lead the competition.

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Swiggy joins quick grocery delivery race with InstaMart

BENGALURU: Swiggy is preparing to launch a chain of virtual convenience stores to deliver grocery and household items within 45 minutes, sources told ET, a development that the food app delivery later confirmed.

The launch of InstaMart comes at a time when the Covid-19 pandemic has hastened consumer preference for doorstep deliveries, especially in metros, and as deep-pocketed entrants, including Flipkart Quick, as well as existing players Amazon, BigBasket and Dunzo have heightened focus on this category.

The move has also come amid the entry of Reliance JioMart, which has expanded into 200 cities, a foray that is expected to give stiff competition to established players.

Swiggy plans to offer about 2,500 items from its partner ‘dark stores’, the sources who are aware of its plans said. These dark stores do not have walk-in locations and exist only on its app.

Swiggy’s pilot will begin from Gurugram and will run in Bengaluru subsequently, the people told ET.

Swiggy already operates ‘Swiggy Stores’ which lists products from nearby local stores. Even as that will continue, InstaMart is expected will give it tighter control over the delivery experience and product selection.

“With 30-45 minutes deliveries… day and night serviceability (7 am – 12 am), a wide assortment across categories such as instant meals, snacks, ice creams, fruits and vegetables, Instamart will address the unmet grocery needs of the time-pressed, convenience-seeking urban consumer,” a Swiggy spokesperson told ET.

For consumer internet companies, on-demand delivery — which was a matter of choice before the pandemic struck — has increasingly become a necessity as consumers fear stepping out due to the risk of infection.

“Earlier, a large set of consumers preferred to handpick their grocery items from nearby shops. Now, suddenly, the market is wide open and competitive…It will come down to consumer experience,” said a person in the know.

Swiggy’s key differentiator is its ability to fulfil deliveries in less than half the time it takes for existing players, but the execution will be complex and be key to its success, the person added.

Last month, ET was the first to report that Flipkart would launch 90-minute grocery delivery in Bengaluru, which it did officially last week. Most e-commerce companies Amazon, Dunzo and BigBasket promise delivery in 90-120 minutes. They also have scheduled delivery slots.

“There are about 10 dark stores of 1,800-2,500 sq ft set up in Bengaluru, covering 85-90% catchment areas within a 5-6 km radius,” said another person directly aware of Swiggy’s plans. The average basket size for grocery top-up business is close to Rs 400-450.

Swiggy’s rival Zomato scaled down its grocery delivery business Zomato Market last month, after aggressively pushing it during the first phase of the nationwide lockdown.

Better monetization
For Swiggy, the bet on grocery delivery is happening when its core food delivery business is recovering slowly, to only 50% of pre-Covid-19 levels.

The InstaMart launch will give Swiggy better margins from brands and newer monetization opportunities like banner ads in future, an investor in the firm told ET.

“The biggest monetization perspective is that this model offers a direct 15-17% gross margin on products plus the opportunity to monetize brands, compared to marketplace commissions which are close to 4-5%,” the investor said.

Dunzo, Flipkart, BigBasket, and Amazon also use similar fulfilment models to ensure high fill-rates, at better economics. Brands are increasingly preferring to work with online players after the outbreak as physical retailing has taken a big hit.

The movement towards home delivery is also heating up globally. Last week, US-based DoorDash launched its own dark stores called DashMart. And, in China, Missfresh raised $495 million led by China International Capital Corporation. Swiggy investor and China’s largest restaurant delivery platform, Meituan Dianping, added grocery to its offering last year.

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How a payment gateway keeps information secure? – Foloosi

A payment gateway guarantees the security of the data you put in. Here is a rundown of things that a Payment Gateway does to protect your information:

First things first, the entire transaction is carried out through an HTTPS web address. This is not the same as the HTTP as the S in the HTTPS represents Secure. The transaction happens through this equivalent passage.

Because of the hash function, the system often uses a signed request from the merchant to validate the request of the transaction. This signed request is a secret word, which only the merchant and the payment gateway know

To secure the payment page result of the process, the IP of the requesting server is verified to detect any malicious activity

Virtual Payer Authentication (VPA) is something that the acquirers, issuers and the payment gateways are backing to secure the process even more. VPA, implemented under the 3-D secure protocol, adds an additional layer of security and helps the online buyers and sellers to authenticate each other easily

Benefits of using a payment gateway

Utilizing a payment gateway is not just for transferring money, but it has other advantages as well. A Payment Gateway can allow a merchant to give the user get a better experience.

PCI-DSS Wallet – The PCI-DSS compliance makes it sufficiently secure to permit the client to store their own information in the portal or gateway for recurring payments. For example, if you are a frequent customer of a shopping site, then you can save your bank or card details on their site or app, and the gateway will keep it secure from any cybersecurity threat

White-Label Wallet – Some payment gateways allow you to make digital transactions through mobile wallet apps. This is the current trend, as it enables the user to make all his transactions by just sitting at one place. You can bring in your money from the account balance to the mobile wallet app and then further use it to make payments on other apps or websites

Fraud Screening Tools – Many payment gateways provide you with fraud screening tools to reduce the risk of losing information. These tools include the Card Code Value (CCV), Card Verification Value (CVV) or even the Address Verification Service (AVS). These tools ensure that there is no fraudulent transaction

A payment gateway focuses on creating a secure pathway between a customer and the merchant to facilitate payments securely. It involves the authentication of both parties from the banks involved.

The most significant advantage of a payment gateway is the fact that it allows millions of users to use it at the same time, making it possible for you to purchase or sell goods and services whenever you want.

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White Label mPOS Solutions 2020

Retailers are increasingly turning Mobile Point of Sale (mPOS) devices to secure payment because of the convenience, cost effectiveness and flexibility they offer. In fact, the mPOS market is reportedly growing faster than the traditional POS industry and, according to some estimates, could comprise some 25% of the overall market within the next three years.

mPOS devices that either connected to mobile devices by wifi, including smartphones and tablets, that smaller retailers and other businesses that want to take advantage of the portable nature of these payment devices are eagerly embracing.

Retailers can use their mPOS devices to process credit and debit card transactions, and, increasingly contactless, near field communication (NFC) and digital wallets are being accommodated  as a methods of payment. mPOS payment providers have also extended their functionalities into invoicing, inventory management and loyalty programmes.

What are the benefits of mPOS payment devices?

mPOS devices offer portability, which means the retailer can take the payment device to the consumers rather than expecting them to queue at a pay-out counter. As such, transactions are much faster and more versatile. For instance, retailers that participate in exhibitions can approach potential buyers while they are browsing and take advantage of their willingness to spend in the moment.

mPOS as a payment mechanism is also far more cost-effective than establishing traditional POS infrastructure. It frees up valuable retail space because you don’t need a dedicated counter for payments and the average price of an mPOS device is decreasing and thus becoming more affordable for even small retailers that are starting out.

A wider range of payment options are offered by mPOS devices and there is scope for greater innovation, including biometrics,  which will make the purchasing process even more seamless and convenient.

These devices also offer robust security because transactions are encrypted and not stored on the phone and they simplify compliance with data and payment regulatory standards because the mPOS service provider takes care of that and benefits from the economies of scale as an industry provider with many customers.

R Pay, secured online payment solution helps your businesses grow and have your business in the palm of your hands. R Pay provides features like hassle- free sign up, load and send money, withdraw cash, pay merchants, buy tickets, instant notification, limited liability etc.

Grow Your Business With Multi Vendor Marketplace

The multi-vendor marketplace model has created an impression in the eCommerce arena. The growth opportunity has brought along and is seen as the driving factor behind its success. The adoption of the model has good and effective results for those who have adopted it thus, substantiating its success.

Initially, the developed countries were latching on to the model, but now it has created, developing countries are not far behind. You might have questioned how a shift in a model will bring such a difference to your business growth. To make everything is easy with a multi vendor marketplace platform and the business model helps in expanding your business growth.

Now focus on its positive effects on your business

Base expansion:

By grant the integration of multiple vendors into your platform, this leads to expanding the base of the product and services offered by you. More offers you will get more visitors will turn into a customer.

Market penetration: The multi-vendor model involves the integration of sellers from different regions. This helps to cater early shipment needs of the customers and this allows the customers to reach even remote corners, thus increasing the market penetration.

Cost-cutting: shift to multivendor model is the responsibility of product update, inventory management, and more.

In turn, cuts the cost involved and the expenses without even disturbing the business flow.

Efficiency: Involvement of multiple vendors, procurement process, packaging, and shipment in a very speedy way.

Customer satisfaction: By enriching your business, with the above features. So, you can expect is customer satisfaction. For any business is to satisfy the customer with their product and services.

To achieve these aims, you need to ensure that your business is leaving up to the extent of its full potential.

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Popular Free and Open Source Online Food Ordering Software

While food delivery and online ordering were already on the path to become a $200 billion market by 2025, COVID-19 related lockdowns are resulting in even higher adoption. With dine-in prohibited due to social distancing, most foodservice businesses can now only offer food delivery or takeout to keep their doors open.

If you own or manage a restaurant, chances are you are busy putting systems in place to manage food delivery. And you are not alone! The search for food delivery software has spiked 179%* on our website between February and March 2020.

To help you find tools that don’t require much investment, we have prepared this list of popular free and open source software for online food ordering. We will talk about the features offered by these tools and answer some frequently asked questions (FAQs).

The tools included here are selected based on how frequently they appear on Google’s Search Engine Results Page (SERP), the features they offer, and the presence of a stand-alone free module. To know more about how we selected these tools, read our methodology here.

let us understand what core features they offer.

Online menu: Feature your restaurant’s menu on a website, mobile app, or social media page.

Online ordering: Receive orders through online and offline sources, streamline them, and send them to the kitchen for preparation.

Kitchen management: Notify the kitchen about incoming orders via printed tickets or a digital screen.

Delivery routing: Prepare the shortest route (either with built-in features or via integration with third-party tools) for multiple deliveries and direct delivery agents to customer locations.

Delivery team management: Create profiles for delivery agents (either with built-in features or via integration with third-party tools) and store their personal information in one place.

Delivery zone management: Set the area the restaurant caters to (either with built-in features or via integration with third-party tools).

Flipdish

Flipdish helps restaurants and cafes set up branded websites and mobile apps for online ordering. The tool also provides a dashboard for a quick overview of online sales performance, average order value, and order location/source. It offers delivery-related core features via integration with service dispatch and field service management tools.

Highlight to know: The tool offers built-in marketing features to support notifications and loyalty programs. It also offers SEO optimization for websites to help them rank higher in Google SERP.

GloriaFood

GloriaFood is an online ordering tool that helps restaurants and cafes receive orders from their websites and Facebook pages. It also offers an app for restaurants to streamline incoming orders and accept or reject them. The tool offers delivery tracking via integration with restaurant delivery software, such as Tookan.

Ontabee

Ontabee helps restaurants and cafes streamline online ordering and manage in-house delivery teams. It also offers a digital wallet that customers can recharge and use to pay for orders. Additionally, the tool provides a comment field for customers to add cooking instructions and enables reporting hourly sales, total orders, and total sales.

TastyIgniter

TastyIgniter is an open source tool that helps restaurants and cafes set up online ordering and manage incoming orders. You can either plug it into an existing website or use vendor-supplied extensions to create a new website. It also offers features such as customized delivery zones, newsletter campaigns for marketing, and promo codes for discounts.

Online food ordering software typically has one of the following two deployment models:

Cloud-based: The responsibility of hosting and managing the tool rests with the vendor, and you can access the tool via a browser or mobile/web/desktop app. However, cloud-based tools usually come with multiple limitations and are comparatively less flexible.

This is a good option for single-outlet restaurants and cafes that do not have a lot of traffic and want to dip their feet into online food ordering.

On-premise: The responsibility of hosting and managing the tool rests with you, so you’ll need reasonable technical knowledge and some IT infrastructure (such as a small server or cloud-hosting subscription) to use such tools. Open source tools fall in this category and offer a lot of leeway with functionalities since you can tweak them to your unique requirements.

This is ideal for multioutlet restaurants and cafes that can afford to build an IT setup.

Comeneat  is the right solution. Comeneat is an online food Order and Delivery platform launched by Roamsoft with a drive to connect the customers to the Restaurant. The process of taking online food orders and delivery is simplified by utilizing this platform.

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How to choose a payment gateway? – Foloosi LLC

Adaptability

Nowadays everybody appears to discuss it yet just few comprehend it well and really convey it. Can your payment gateway adjust to explicit necessities of your business? Would they be able to adjust to your programming language? Do they process worldwide in all the monetary forms you need for your business? The stage ought to permit you to make any plan of action and any payment situation you can concoct. Additionally, the mix prospects ought to be boundless.

Before starting the participation, affirm the term of the application procedure. Consistence can take some time, so approach your new passage for the evaluated time it would take to get your new vendor record and begin handling transactions.

It is about a strong API that is a pulsating heart of each payment portal. Extraordinary APIs of good suppliers are generally shown directly on their site, since it is something they are extremely glad for.

Handling alternatives

Where the enchantment occurs

The manner in which a payment structure looks like may choose upon your change rate as well as it will make lower or higher trust from your purchasers.

Check if the supplier offers you an implanted custom structure to keep your clients consistently on your site (no-redirection to other gatherings’ site will bring about altogether higher change).

Straightforward yet excellent checkout choice won’t just significantly impact the client encounter yet in addition streamline the whole client stream and make the payments quick and simple (basic and ideal answer for one-time and repeating payments).

Inventive payment supplier will offer you a wide scope of extra highlights intended to expand your deals and benefits (multi language checkout, one ticks upsells, cross deals or “Recollect me” work that permits returning customers to lead payments with a solitary snap).

Technical integration

Keep your developer happy or do it yourself.

Bother free is the best word that portrays how the integration ought to be finished. That can be comprehended as: quick, straightforward and simple to execute by an engineer as well as by a customary entrepreneur. Hardly any snaps, not many changes and you are all set in a couple of minutes.

Get some information about the choices and specialized documentation. Long and troublesome integration procedures can take weeks and will cost you time and cash. The best payment suppliers should offer a lot of APIs permitting you to coordinate with only a couple of lines of code very quickly.

Fees

What your eyes don’t see, your heart won’t feel.

Not valid in payment handling. You HAVE TO know ahead of time the whole expense structure. In addition, you additionally need to get it. Having said that, charges must be basic and clear

There ought to be no space for shocks and absence of trust when your cash is included.

Here and there you get energized seeing serious charges on paper and you may think this is the amount you will wind up paying. Lamentably, some payment doors charge extra expenses for specific administrations or showed expenses are given just if certain conditions are met (nearby traffic, least volume required or allude to only one money).

Ensure there are no shrouded charges and the evaluating strategy is straightforward. Request to have everything affirmed before you put forth an attempt and coordinate the whole framework. Ask, ask, and ask once more. Request that the supplier enroll all the costs that you may experience while utilizing their administration to keep away from undesirable amazements of following through on twofold the real cost. That could imply that your present item evaluating model may out of nowhere become not gainful enough.

Likewise, ensure you get paid quickly. Your income is significant, so there is no explanation behind not getting paid week by week with only barely any days postpone where cash makes a trip from one record to the next. Check the payout calendar and ensure it sits pleasantly in line with yours, as to paying your providers. Last thing you need is to have an income hole and be exposed to objections from your colleagues or providers.

Security

Advanced security isn’t just an intriguing issue today yet an outright should in the event of online payments. Get some information about the information encryption, VeriSign SSL testaments and CVV2 check and any extra encryption calculations guaranteeing information security of your customers

It isn’t just about the security of your shipper account yet in addition about the wellbeing of your customers and their budgetary data.

Token innovation can give extra degree of security. With the assistance of tokens, Visas digits are being supplanted with a series of futile numbers making it difficult to use by any fraudster attempting to angle for them in the wake of hacking your framework. This innovation can spare you a great deal of difficulty and shield your unwavering customers from card misuse.

Make sure you check the gateway provider in terms of fraud protection. They should offer anti-fraud system and active chargeback management.

Check your payment supplier on the off chance that they meet the strictest security necessities which are known as PCI Level 1. That affirms that not just the innovation of the stage is secure, yet in addition the whole association behind it with individuals are completely mindful of the hazard factors in regards to payments preparing and are prepared to act quick because of appropriate techniques set up to keep unfortunate behavior from happening.

Keep in mind the above points before selecting any payment gateways and we Foloosi satisfies your requirements and we are one of the best payment gateways provider in UAE.

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