The Future of Safe Credit Card Processing
The rapid advancement of technology over the years has no doubt made people’s lives easier… …especially where credit card processing and payments are concerned, which allows people to make transactions and accept payments right from the comfort of their homes, and anywhere else with the help of their mobile devices.
The Convenience of Clover Virtual Gift Cards
The number one choice for consumers when it comes to giving and receiving gifts, are gift cards. Gift cards are popular due to incredible versatility and convenience. Available in retail stores all over, these cards are seen as an appropriate option in gift giving for family, friends, colleagues, and business associates due to the increasing…
Help Celebrate Our 20th Anniversary with Free Receipt Paper and $250 Rebate
To help celebrate Our 20th 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…
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…
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…
Clover vs. Other Cloud Based POS
A Point of Sale (POS) is the point where a normal, retail transaction occurs and is recorded. This is the point where a customer makes a payment to a merchant in exchange for goods. With the advent of Cloud Computing, POS was infused with software. This software could then be accessed through the internet. In…
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…
Clover POS and Apple Pay – Advantages
A year after designing the Clover POS System, Clover Network Inc. and its parent company First Data Corporation worked closely with Apple Inc. to prepare for the launch of Apple Pay in October 2014. Conceptually similar to PayPal and Google Wallet, Apple Pay allows certain Apple mobile device users to make payments at retail stores…
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…
Merchant Services for Non-Profit Organizations
When it comes to the credit card processing industry, interchange fees are usually considered as the cost of doing business. However, for non-profit organizations, this fee takes a bite directly out of earnings. These earnings are the vital source of income to facilitate charitable organizations, companies often see which should seek alternative methods like non-profit…
Credit Card Processing: From Magnetic Stripes to EMV
A large number of problems, issues, and conspiracies revolving around credit card processing led to standardizing all credit card transactions according to a new format, EMV. Named after its introducers, EuroPay, MasterCard, and Visa, the credit card processing technologies around the world will be taken over by EMV latest by October 2015. All merchants, merchant…