by Ashley P | Feb 7, 2018 | Payment Processing
Where in the world shall you shop today? Hmmm. With so many ecommerce shops offering the unique and the ordinary from just about everywhere, online shoppers find themselves spoiled for choice. Let’s see, how about authentic escargot and perfectly ripe Camembert. For...
by Merch Act | Jan 23, 2018 | Merchant Accounts, Payment Processing
Square. Mathematically defined as a rectangular quadrilateral with four equal straight sides and four right angles. Used in various ways, the word explains many things, and describes countless places. Think of New York’s famous Times Square, Toronto’s Nathan Phillips...
by Merch Act | Jan 18, 2018 | High Risk, Merchant Accounts, Payment Processing
Travel merchants start every New Year hankering for new, novel, and glamorous global travel adventures to offer customers. Yet they still have to keep their eyes focused on the bottom line. When coupled with increasing competition — global economic and regional...
by Merch Act | Jan 4, 2018 | Fraud Prevention, High Risk, Payment Processing, Security
As online merchants know, debit and credit card processing fill the arteries to deliver lifeblood that keeps ecommerce shops alive. Does that sound too dramatic… Equating revenues to lifeblood? Not to merchants with businesses classified “high risk” by many...
by Ashley P | Dec 28, 2017 | High Risk, Payment Processing
Entrepreneurs wanting to start an online business are spoiled for choice these days. Ecommerce shops provide a modern commercial venue for thousands — if not millions — of products and services. You started making your choice by researching industries aplenty, seeking...
by Ashley P | Dec 27, 2017 | Payment Processing
Every retail establishment — from high street stores and online shops to businesses that provide both — hears about EMV. Credit card brands began shouting “EMV” from European rooftops in 1994. By 1998, new chip cards became a reality in many countries over there....