If you've been a merchant for a while, you've heard of ACH payments. You might already know that ACH payments move money between bank accounts in...

If you've been in business for a while, you've heard of ACH payments. Turns out they're one of the major ways money is moved in the U.S.  In...

Figuring out how to make your business work can take a lot of effort.   Things get even more confusing when you start thinking about how to move...

How to Open a Merchant Account When your business starts to grow, you’ll eventually get tired of issuing paper invoices and relying on slow land...

What is The Mastercard MATCH List? Credit card processors (ISOs) and acquiring banks have to control fraud somehow, right?  One of the ways they do...

You may have already experienced a credit card declined code.  Though more prevalent in high transaction volume B2C companies, they can be found in...

Credit Card AVS Mismatch At some point, every merchant wonders, “What is an AVS mismatch? And what can I do about it?” What does AVS mismatch mean?...

How to protect your business against chargebacks: 1.  Work with a Team of Payment Optimization Experts 2. Use Systems That Reduce Fraud and...

Your merchant account can get shut down at any point in time, through no fault of your own. Are there actions that you can take that will increase...