June 16th, 2023
SitePoint, the premier webmaster community on the Web, has agreed to publish its third merchant account related article written by Merchant Account Services. The article, which compares a true merchant account and gateway to third party providers, will be published on June 14th, 2023 . It includes a special calculator that allows readers to compare any [...]
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June 14th, 2023
Google’s Gbuy is set to launch in a limited capacity on June 28th. It will take six to eight weeks for new implementations to be completed but existing Beta testers will be ready to go immediately. Initially the merchants will not pay any fees for transactions processed through Gbuy. Rates are then expected to be [...]
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June 12th, 2023
Merchant Account Services is pleased to announce the launch of yet another calculator designed to empower merchants. The Debit vs Credit Calculator allows merchants to determine what the size of a transaction will be for the two to cost the same. Why is this important? PIN-based Debit cards typically have a fixed rate associated with [...]
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June 9th, 2023
Visa and MasterCard forbid Internet merchants from using software or equipment that does not support the Electronic Commerce Indicator. Electronic Commerce is when the cardholder’s information leaves possession of the cardholder and travels through an open connection, such as the Internet, to reach the merchant. In order to designate this type of transaction, the Electronic [...]
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June 7th, 2023
I recently stumbled upon a blog entry suggesting that gateway providers and merchant account providers both want merchants to get chargebacks. This was clearly written by someone who does not understand how the credit card processing industry works. Fraud is the number one concern of every single credit card processor bar none. The security and [...]
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