Accepting credit card payments has become nearly a requirement to do business. But the prospect of extracting money from a piece of plastic in your customer’s wallet—or a string of ones and zeros in ...

Merchant accounts are essential if you want to run a business that accepts debit and credit card payments. Not doing so can impede on your ability to attract customers and grow your business. Luckily, ...

When a customer makes a purchase with a credit card, there are a lot of steps behind the scenes to get their payment from the card to the merchant’s bank account. One of the most important parts of ...

Some businesses may fall into specific industry categories or have high chargeback or refund rates. Unbeknownst to many of these companies, merchant account providers and credit card processors may ...

Many businesses want to expand the payment methods they accept, so they obtain a merchant account from a payment processor or work with a payment facilitator like PayPal. Below, we’ll explain the ...

According to the American Marketing Association over 75 percent of all American adults use credit cards to make purchases. The average consumer uses a credit card 6 times a week and the trend is ...

Keeping the information on file as a payment method is convenient, as you don't have to retype your account number at checkout every time. But there are some risks to know. Many or all of the products ...