March 20, 2018
Credit card processing fees can be expensive for merchants and as a merchant it can hit your bottom line hard. It has been a problem affecting merchants around the United States and in some states it seemed that an answer […]
March 13, 2018
As a merchant you are busy. You may be a company of one and to balance work and life, well, there just aren’t enough hours in the day to do it. That is where the Internet can help. E-commerce has […]
March 6, 2018
Not every business is the same. Your business is probably not structured the same as Wal-Mart or Best Buy and chances are your business does not have the same kind of revenue stream. There is one thing that all of […]
February 27, 2018
Any business owner likes getting paid what they are owed for their services. For many it is frustrating to have to sit and wait for a payment to come to them. Technological limitations meant that credit card payments would be […]
February 20, 2018
Not all debit card transactions are equal. For anyone who has used a debit card there are times that a signature is required and there are times that a PIN is required. There is a reason for that. For anyone […]
February 13, 2018
Major news was announced last fall that could very well change the way credit cards are transactions are handled. For as long as the credit card or its early variants have been around a signature has been required to complete […]
February 6, 2018
Credit card processing fees can be expensive but as a merchant you do not want to cut them off as it could potentially hurt your business’ bottom line by driving away paying customers. There is middle ground though it should […]
January 30, 2018
2017 saw numerous data breaches putting you and your information at risk. While you cannot stop a data breach from happening there are some things that you can do to lessen its impact on you. You’ve probably seen tips on […]
January 23, 2018
As a merchant you probably don’t have a huge IT staff much less millions of dollars worth of high powered servers giving you enough computing power to run a small army. You might even be the IT department, with a […]
January 16, 2018
There was a time when cash was the only accepted form of payment. Then the credit card emerged. In more recent years other forms like PayPal have been introduced. One of the more recent is Apple Pay and many businesses […]
January 9, 2018
What came first the chicken or the egg? Vigorous debate can ensue and we will probably never know the answer to that question. It’s fun to think about so we’ll pose another question to you: What came first, the credit […]
January 2, 2018
As a merchant you probably have never seen an Europay card very often, if at all. That should come as no surprise as the card is almost exclusively found in Europe. Today we will take a brief look at the […]