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Waiting for the next day, 24 to 48 hours for your merchant transactions to hit your bank account may not seem like a big deal when you first open a business. After all, a regular job would make you wait a week or two before you get paid. Soon, though, you will find that financial […]

When e-commerce processing first came into existence, analysts predicted that it could become a multimillion-dollar industry. Now, it’s clear that what once seemed lofty was actually understated. Billions of dollars change hands online, and the vast majority does so via credit card transactions. This makes e-commerce processing more important than ever.

How BAMS OptBlue Can Benefit Your Business A Simpler Way to Accept American Express Allowing customers to pay with credit cards gives them more flexibility at checkout and can help businesses avoid turning away a preferred payment method. But accepting cards also comes with processing costs, settlement schedules and administrative work that merchants need to […]

Why Authorize.Net Remains a Practical Payment Gateway for Small Businesses The Authorize.Net payment gateway has been around long enough that many small businesses already recognize the name. That matters, but familiarity alone is not the reason to consider it. The real value is flexibility: online checkout, invoicing, recurring payments, virtual terminal functionality and integrations can […]

Get Faster Access to the Revenue Your Business Already Earned Next day funding shortens the gap between accepting a card payment and seeing the resulting deposit in your business bank account. For businesses that depend on steady cash flow, removing even one or two days from that wait can make day-to-day operations easier to manage. […]

For any business that accepts credit card payments, having access to a reliable merchant services provider is important. For businesses located in New York City, working with an NYC merchant services provider can offer an additional advantage: access to a payment partner that is close to your business, operates on the same time zone and […]

Benefits of Choosing a Low Priced Merchant Account Provider A low priced merchant account provider is not automatically a low quality provider. At the same time, a low advertised processing rate does not automatically mean a merchant is getting the best deal. The better question is what the business receives for the total amount it […]

Big cities each have their own unique traits, and in one as large as NYC, there are enough of them that they make significant impacts on how business is done. There are local regulations, business payment expectations, and demands that may not exist halfway across the country. For this reason, it’s a good idea to […]

Many merchant processors only offer funding for completed transactions with a two- or three-day delay. If you’re used to this, you may not realize how much this is affecting your business, but it shouldn’t take much thought before you can think of some problems it has caused. New businesspeople can also easily envision scenarios in which […]

It may seem like just yesterday when you could put up a site and have people come into your store to shop, but with the speed of technology’s rise, that might as well be a million years ago. Now, people want to buy precisely when they’re in the mood – and they don’t want to […]

Authorize.net is well-known to e-commerce sites since it is the biggest payment gateway serving this market. It is stable, robust, and includes many security features. This ensures that it will remain the favorite for the foreseeable future.

All chargebacks are frustrating, but it’s even worse when they happen because of fraud. Then, you not only lose the transaction but the merchandise as well. This alone is enough reason to make sure you stop fraud before you send out any products. Here are some of the chargeback prevention ways that you can armor your […]

Money is the grease that keeps your business moving. Products, employees – keeping all those gears spinning is how your business gains and keeps its forward momentum. For cash transactions, making sure you get paid fast is easy, but what about your credit card processor?

NYC is the city that never sleeps, so why does it make sense for a merchant to get a sleepy payment processor from somewhere else in the country? New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut area merchants need a local processor that understands their business needs.  Let’s look at NYC Merchant Services.

With the Internet came the ability to shop without setting foot into a retail store. Now with high-speed internet, customers can shop on-the-go using their smartphones and tablets, and this is choking sales for brick and mortar retail stores. The last few years have witnessed the stubborn stagnation of retail sales while e-commerce sales are soaring. […]

Making a sale is always great, but it’s irritating to have to wait for the money from the transaction to hit your account. Even worse, the delay can make it hard to run your business in an efficient way, especially if your company is smaller or has a drop-ship arrangement with its suppliers. Eliminating this […]

Chargeback prevention is one of the foremost concerns of online merchants. It’s always galling to have to send money in the wrong direction, and it’s even worse when the reason for it is outright fraud. With fraud, you’re not only out a sale but often, you lose your merchandise as well. Fortunately, there are ways to […]

Chip Acceptance Is Now a Basic Part of a Modern POS EMV chip card acceptance is no longer an emerging payment feature. For businesses that accept cards in person, chip capability has become a basic part of a modern point-of-sale setup. The reason goes beyond convenience. EMV changes how a card-present transaction authenticates the card. […]