by Merch Act | Nov 20, 2017 | Merchant Accounts, Payment Processing, Startups
So you’re building a mobile app, offering must-have products or services to users everywhere. Good for you, consumers love apps. Will you offer a dating service, or perhaps a music subscription with a free trial, new member discount, and “premium” pricing options? Or...
by Merch Act | Nov 8, 2017 | Data Breach, Payment Processing, Security
Cybersecurity… Sounds like a force of robotic security guards. First unearthed in 1989 publications (coined then along with useful words such as “air quotes”, “eco-friendly,” “gangsta rap,” and “Generation X”), cybersecurity takes on a life of its own for...
by Merch Act | Nov 2, 2017 | Payment Processing
O.M. Powers, Principal of the Metropolitan Business College, introduced Commerce and Finance (1903) with: “The history of commerce is the history of civilization. In his barbarous state man’s wants are few and simple… but as he advances… his wants...
by Merch Act | Oct 18, 2017 | Payment Processing
Electronic payments methods are on the rise, and consumers can’t get enough of them. Appetites for all sorts of online electronic payments methods grow apace, whether mobile payments, digital wallets, laptops, tablets, or good-old-fashioned desktop computers. This is...
by Merch Act | Oct 16, 2017 | High Risk, Payment Processing
California here we come, right back where we started from… That sweet refrain still echoes for many travelers trekking to the Golden State. (You may also hear them crooning about hearts left in San Francisco long ago.) The name California derives from a mythical...
by Merch Act | Oct 12, 2017 | High Risk, Merchant Accounts, Payment Processing
Online smoking accessory merchants find the online sector provides good opportunities to thrive. Expanding and evolving products — like e-cigs, vapors, pipes and the like — allow them to sell different kinds of accessories to customers who enjoy tobacco. More and...