Are You PCI Compliant?

We have written several posts about PCI Compliance on this blog, but it is definitely not our strong suit - yet. Therefore, when I run across any good content on the subject I like to point it out to you our readers. So here is an article I just came across on an American Express [...]

Posted on September 24th, 2008 by Robb Lejuwaan in PCI Compliance, Security credit card processing, credit card security., Merchant Account, PCI Compliance, PCI DSS, Security

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Quickbooks Compatible Merchant Accounts Can Save You Big $$

I just added a new client that uses QuickBooks Pro 2008 to run their transactions. They were setup with Quickbooks Merchant Services because they thought they had no other choice. Just to make sure that was the case they went searching on the internet and came across this blog. They [...]

Posted on September 18th, 2008 by Robb Lejuwaan in Featured, Quickbooks, Rates and Fees, Software analysis, credit card processing, effective rate, guarantee, merchant account services, merchant accounts, plug-in, Quickbooks, quickbooks accounting software, quickbooks user

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10 Things Supermarkets Need to Know about Merchant Accounts

Do you or one of your clients operate a supermarket? Is so, there are a few things you should know that could result in some significant savings on merchant account fees. Here is the list:
1. Visa has lower Interchange rates for consumer cards used at a supermarket:

TRANACTION TYPE
RETAIL
SUPERMARKET

Swiped Consumer Card

1.54% [...]