Category: Merchant Services

Four Ways Local Governments Can Improve Payments

by Dale Erling | Apr 21, 2023 | Government Payment Processing, Merchant Services, Merchant Services Provider

Today, we’ll delve into four ways local governments can make payment acceptance more efficient. I think we all can agree that outdated payment systems can cause many headaches for local governments and their constituents. With so many responsibilities to manage,...

Why Your Books Need Some TLC

by Dale Erling | Feb 17, 2023 | Credit Cards, Merchant Account, Payment Processing, Uncategorized

As a business owner in this currently unstable economy, you are tracking every cost and monitoring every revenue stream. One area that can be easily overlooked is attempted payments. To understand attempted payments, we first need to know how payment processing...

Credit Card Processing Fees and Merchant Margins

by Dale Erling | Mar 16, 2022 | Interchange Fees, Merchant Services, Merchant Services Provider, Payment Processing, Uncategorized

Credit Card Processing Fees and Merchant Margins In this two part series, we dive into credit card processing fees. In part one, we dive into what goes into the credit card processing fees you pay, and how to calculate your total processing cost. In part two, we...

VISA Interchange Rate Change Update

by Dale Erling | Dec 9, 2020 | EMV, Interchange Fees, Merchant Services

Visa is postponing the previously announced interchange rate and structure changes until April 2021. Here is a snippet from the Visa news release announcing the postponement: Given the unprecedented impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the U.S. economy, Visa...