I just got off a conference call with authorize.net and a new client of mine. Our mission was to switch their merchant account provider within their authorize.net account. I happy to say the whole process took about five minutes and was almost painless (the hold music was brutal!).
I have previously written on this [...]
A Third Party Processor is an independent processor that is contracted with by a Acquiring Bank or Processor to conduct some part of the transaction processing process.
-Some of these Third Party Processors specialize in running and hosting networks of Point Of Sale (POS) terminals connected to their Host via dial out modem; they produce the [...]
Credit card processing seems simple enough. However, there are lots of moving parts behind the scenes. Here is a simplified, step by step list that reveals the whole process:
Authorization
1. Your customer presents their credit card (or the card number, expiration date and security code) to you or your employee.
2. You swipe the card or key [...]