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PCI Security Standards and Small Businesses (Part 1)

June 9, 2024 No Comments

If you handle payment cards, you’ve probably heard of PCI. More than likely you’ve seen their name (as PCI or PCI DSS) on your statement as a type of transaction fee or a monthly or annual fee. You’ve likely heard of PCI security standards, and probably

Great Rates Must Go Hand-In-Hand with Great Service

June 9, 2024 No Comments

You’re a smart business person. You make decisions every day based on numbers; availability, cost, delivery time, marketability and profit potential. However, the decision of which credit card processor to pick can be a real challenge. Do you make a decision based on what you

Trusted Credit Card Processing Services – Do They Exist?

June 9, 2024 No Comments

If you’re looking for a good credit card processor you’re probably going to do what we all do, you’re going to check the internet. If you do, you’re going to come across millions of review pages. If you Google “merchant services reviews”, you’ll get 5,780,000+ results. If

Credit Card Payment Processing – Best Practices Don’t Change (Part 1)

June 9, 2024 No Comments

One of the criticisms of the credit card industry that processors (like us) hear a lot is that the billing methods seem to constantly change. We suspect that we hear that because merchants feel they typically get the same type of transaction day by day and

Credit Card Payment Processing – Best Practices Don’t Change (Part 2)

June 9, 2024 No Comments

Where did we leave you? If you’re starting with this post, stop. Go back and read Part 1. It’s awesome (if I do say so myself). Go ahead – clicking it will open Part 1 in a new window. I’ll wait… Okay, back to the story. We

Lowest Credit Card Processing Fees – The Rate is the Bait

June 9, 2024 No Comments

Have you seen the advertising from credit card processors lately? It’s like they are all screaming that they have the lowest rate. “Lowest credit card processing fees here!!!” Have you noticed how in those ads there is usually an asterisk next to the rate they