Accepting Credit Cards | Merchant Account Blog

Help Celebrate Our 20th Anniversary with Free Receipt Paper and $250 Rebate

To help celebrate Our 20^th year of providing small businesses with cost effective credit card processing solutions, for a limited time, each merchant who sends in their most recent Merchant Statement for a no obligation competitive pricing analysis will receive a FREE BOX OF RECEIPT PAPER.

Signing up for your free box of receipt paper is easy, simply visit www.merchantservice.com/freepaper/ and complete a short contact form. A friendly and knowledgeable representative will contact you to determine the proper receipt paper needed for your credit card machine or other devices in order to process the shipment.
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When to Refrain From Using ‘Borrowed’ Money – Credit VS Debit

The convenience and security that credit and debit cards offer is insurmountable, but both of them do have differences that can directly or indirectly play havoc in your wallet.

Consumers often get confused over which card to pay with at the point of sale, not knowing the difference between the two. This leads to some very bad on-the-spot decision making for the customer and to some extent the merchant as well.

How can we know which card to use, and when?

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What is Apple Pay? How will it Benefit Me?

Imagine yourself making a payment at a retail store, with several others queued up behind you. As soon as your card is swiped, the store’s Point of Sale (POS) system asks for additional verification details to authorize your payment. This could be a unique PIN number or any other security question, and you can’t remember the answer. What would you do now?

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PCI Compliance through Tokenization with Clover POS

With any POS system, your credit/debit card data is susceptible to theft and fraudulent use.

This is primarily because your card information passes through an entire process chain, once you pay your merchant for the goods and your card is swiped at a POS system. This processing chain includes consumers, merchants, payment processing units, card brands, and the issuing bank.

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Interchange Pass Through vs. Tiered Pricing

Which is better? Interchange Pass Through Pricing or Tiered Pricing?

This is one of those mind-boggling questions that have confused merchants who want to introduce credit cards as a mode of payment to their customers. Those who wish to clear the confusion read on to find out what is the difference between the Interchange Pass Through Pricing and Tiered Pricing.

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