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, ...

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With cash on the decline and cheques almost obselete, if your business does not accept credit or debit cards, it’s likely to be losing out on significant volumes of custom. However, before you can ...

Accepting credit cards requires a payment processor like Square or Stripe, a merchant account, and hardware like POS terminals. Fees range from 1.5% to 4%.

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 ...

High risk businesses often have difficulty getting approved for a merchant account. But, there are options. You can find the best ones below. If your business is tagged as high-risk, you need to work ...

Most small company owners will not hear the terms ‘high-risk merchant account’ and the use of ‘high-risk credit cards processing’ until they are recognized as such. At first, it looks a little ...