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How PCI Compliance Protects You
As you probably know, PCI compliance details exactly what you have to do if you plan to store, process, or transmit any cardholder data in your company. The goal of these requirements, naturally, was to protect consumers, but the reality...
How Interchange Plus Pricing Can Save Money
Looking to save money on your payment processing? You’re not alone. This service is one of the most often cited headaches for small business owners, and it’s pretty common to look around for different payment processors to help lower those...
What Are Credit Card Merchant Fees?
It’s tough to do business today and not accept credit cards. Credit Cards offer your customers an added level of convenience, and accepting them means the potential for more sales. It also means paying credit card merchant fees, though, which...
Law Firms Can Benefit from Credit Card Payments
One of the best ways for law firms to get paid today is through credit cards. Whether you’ve been in business for some time now or you’re just getting started, the reality is that if you’re not accepting credit cards...
The Importance of Fraud Protection
A 2016 Nilson Report estimated that fraud losses related to credit cards topped $24.71 billion in that year alone. Those numbers have only increased since that study was done, and businesses like yours simply can’t afford the cost of fraud...
About Card Not Present Transactions
When a customer chooses to use a credit card with your company, you can process it one of two ways. The first is to swipe it through your payment processing terminal. The second, though, is to have you process the...
What is a Merchant Account?
The ability to accept multiple forms of payment, including credit and debit cards, is a must for any business owner today, particularly if your company has an online component. Sure, society isn’t quite cashless yet, but many people rely on...
How Credit Card Processing Works
To a customer buying an item from you with a credit or debit card, paying is a fairly simply idea. The customer swipes, and the transaction is complete. For a business accepting that credit or debit card, though, the process...
EMV Chip Cards – Are They More Secure?
Credit card processing has changed significantly in the past several years, and one of the biggest advances came with EMV chip cards. Because processing credit cards could frequently involve fraud, card issuers knew something had to change, and they believe...
Preventing Chargebacks on Recurring Payments
Too many chargebacks mean serious losses for your business. It could also mean you have trouble finding a credit card processor who will work with you in the future. Chargebacks are more likely to occur with recurring charges to a...
What is White Label Credit Card Processing?
As you search for a credit card processing service that meets your needs, you may come across a number of terms you simply don’t understand, and that can make it complicated to select a good service for your company. One...
Chargeback Protection for Merchants
Accepting credit cards has become synonymous with finding ways of avoiding chargebacks for many merchants today. What are chargebacks? If you’re unfamiliar with the concept, chargebacks occur when customers contact their credit card company to dispute a charge on their...