Credit Card Processing

The onset of the mobile readers started around 2009 with the idea that any businesses could now take credit cards, with no monthly fee and no equipment cost. It all sounded too good to be true, [...]

Or maybe a better question is…how painful is your processing? Let’s find out. Does your merchant company provide poor customer service? Are you being charged ridiculous processing fees? Are you [...]

Need a reputable service provider to process your card payments? We recommend working with a local provider that is industry-certified to handle your credit card processing needs. Local providers [...]

The subject of surcharging has caused a great deal of confusion in the credit and debit card acceptance industry.  In November 2012 the United States District Court for the Eastern District of [...]

Ok, now businesses are allowed surcharge. Is it a good idea? Like most things, the likely answer to this question is it depends. Some businesses may be in violation of other contracts or state [...]

MasterCard has introduced the annual Acquirer License Fee (ALF). This fee is being billed to merchant services providers for their use of the MasterCard brand and the processing platform. The ALF [...]

The start of a year is a time to plan, but a mid-year checkup is the time to ensure you have credit card expenses in check. Identifying your Net Effective Rate and comparing that to prior [...]

Accepting credit and debit cards provides many advantages to businesses. For example, with real-time transaction authorization, merchants have the peace of mind that they will be paid for the [...]

Credit Card Acceptance – Home Based Business As a home based business being able to accept credit cards makes the business more attractive to customers, through the convenience of charging [...]

Mobile Credit Card Acceptance: Mobile payment acceptance allows businesses to take payments anywhere, anytime. In the past, if you wanted to accept credit cards in the field, your options were [...]