by EMS Payments | Mar 18, 2020 | Electronic Payment Solutions, Fraud Management, High Risk Businesses, PCI compliance, Secure Payment Processor, Transaction Security
The business landscape has changed dramatically over the last few weeks. More and more businesses are moving to online formats, even if just temporarily. This will bring more fraud. When you are a business owner, the buck stops with you. It is your responsibility to...
by EMS Payments | Feb 21, 2020 | Electronic Payment Solutions, Fraud Management, High Risk Businesses, Merchant Account, Payment Processing, Secure Payment Processor
Simple Tips to Help Prevent Chargebacks Take card present transaction and always obtain chip information in the transaction.Offer debit as a transaction type.Know your customer.Make sure your customer knows your business name.Conduct business in a professional manner...
by EMS Payments | Feb 7, 2020 | Electronic Payment Solutions, Fraud Management, High Risk Businesses, Merchant Account, Payment Processing, Secure Payment Processor, Transaction Methods, Transaction Security
Payment systems have gotten much more complicated in the last 20 years. This will continue to happen as fraud prevention tools are becoming more sophisticated and complex. One fraud prevention tool that is important for all credit card transactions is AVS. AVS stands...
by EMS Payments | Jul 2, 2019 | Electronic Payment Solutions, High Risk Businesses, Merchant Account, Payment Processing, Virtual Credit Card Terminal
By Julie Franke, CPP Business owners are often surprised to hear that a High Risk Merchant account is required for certain types of businesses. Your processor will determine whether you fall into one of their high-risk categories when you apply for a merchant account....
by EMS Payments | Aug 20, 2017 | High Risk Businesses, Industry News
Owning a business is a risky situation. Not only do you have to manage your own business finances, but you have to be aware of entering into risky business situations with customers who are credit risks. Bradstreet, a company that manages over 140 million credit...
by EMS Payments | Jul 19, 2017 | High Risk Businesses, Merchant Account Fees
Most people are familiar with the idea of a merchant account, but what is a high risk merchant account? And who needs one? Well, these days, nearly every business needs the ability to process credit cards as more and more consumers go “paperless.” To do...
