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How ACH Payments Work
ACH payments are electronic payments made through the Automated Clearing House (ACH) Network. They are a popular alternative to paper checks and credit card payments because of the benefits to merchants and consumers: everybody involved gets to save a little money and...
Should You Use a Virtual Terminal Credit Card Processing
If you own a business, you might wonder if you should be using a virtual terminal for credit card processing. This depends on how you do business: If you most of your sales take place in a store, then you might need a countertop credit card processing terminal or POS...
What is the Difference Between a Payment Processor, Payment Gateway, and a Merchant Account
Are you a seller who's ready to go online? For many new online merchants it's a very cumbersome and difficult process to understand e-commerce. They often fail to understand the basics of ecommerce and consequently face problems in setting up their online businesses....
What Is a Payment Gateway and Why Do You Need One for Your Online Store?
At some point, any small business owner that wants to set up and manage their own online store would have to select a payment gateway for their store. However, many small business owners do not know what a payment gateway is or why they need one. Many are also...
Additional Reporting and Reconciliation tools Merchant Connect Reporting
MerchantConnect, a web-based real-time reporting service, provides the streamlined, and secure reporting you need. You can quickly and easily access payment information, while protecting cardholder and account data. MerchantConnect brings together all the information...
The History of Mobile Pay
Currency has been evolving for thousands of years. People began exchanging goods and services using the barter system but eventually switched to coins as a matter of practicality. Today, we primarily use cash and credit cards, but mobile payments are emerging as a...
Is Mobile Wallet and Payment Industry Headed Towards Consolidation?
Mobile wallets have been one of the primary beneficiaries of the increasing digitalization of payments. The demonetization drive brought in an early Christmas for the wallet players last year, with the leading e-wallets declaring an unprecedented increase in the...
Mastercard Gets Vocal on VocaLink, Kroger, Masterpass
A rise in consumer spending, broad-based across several geographies, helped Mastercard beat Wall Street estimates for the second quarter. The company announced news on Thursday that earnings for the quarter came in at $1.10, while Wall Street had expected $1.04, and...
eProcessing Network Offers Secure, EMV Processing for SMBs
eProcessing Network, LLC (ePN) is pleased to announce that it has been certified by TSYS to accept and process EMV™ transactions with the Castles Technology MP200 terminal. TSYS is a leader in providing EMV expertise and merchant support to the payment processing...
Can My Business Line up a Merchant Account With Bad Credit?
For the small business owner who has either done without credit cards for his or her customers or is about to open a new business, having that option in play for consumers is important. As more and more shoppers look to get by in today’s challenging economy, having...