It is Saturday morning and I’ve made a commitment to myself to write a blog post every day except Sundays. So I am sitting here wondering what I should write about. I mean how many things can I write about merchant accounts! The truth is there is plenty top write on that subject [...]
RDC Post Intro
First lets start with what RDC stands for – Remote Deposit Capture. RDC is a new generation of check imaging and conversion. This new service was made possible by “The Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act,” formally known in the U.S. House of Representatives as HR 5414 and informally known as Check21, [...]
When I first thought up the name of this blog as "Straight Pass Through" (SPT) my focus was merchant accounts alone. It was all about exposing the truth behind interchange and how it affects a business’s bottom line.
However, in the year this blog as been up my understanding of that phrase has been expanding. SPT [...]
When I first started writing this blog last year I connected with a fellow new business blogger, Don Simkovich. We lost contact with each other until I saw his blog recently on Technorati . So I contacted him to see if he would allow me to interview him in his areas of expertise, [...]
I am reviewed three merchant account statements today and they all have one thing in common – these businesses are not receiving a reduction in rate when a customer uses a debit card. On one statement there is no debit card activity noted at all. So just in case you have not heard [...]
I randomly came across this blog radio interview with VerticalResponse CEO Janine Popick where she talks technology and how small business can level the playing field with large corporations as well as e-mail marketing. I thought the interview interesting for several reasons:
1. Most of my clients will benefit from listening to this short [...]
I have always loved to root for the underdog, unless of course they happen to be playing the USC Trojans in football! Don’t we all like the story of the small guy or gal who, through hard work and persistence, makes it the top of their field? In those stories there is always [...]
Part of my job is to review and analyze merchant account statements from various businesses around he country. When ever I see the categories of “mid qual” and “non-qual,” I get a big smile on my face because I know my potential client is being taken advantage of.
Here is how these tiers work to [...]
I stole the title for this post from Seth Godin’s book “The Big Moo” which was a follow up to his previous title, “Purple Cow.” I just looked at some reviews for this book on amazon.com; here is some of what Publisher’s Weekly had to say,
“This means you have to toss out everything you [...]
