Millennium Spa Software Review

Overview of Meevo Salon Software Meevo Salon and Spa software, also called Meevo by Millennium or just Meevo, is salon software is designed to make managing a salon or spa as easy as possible. To do so, it features standard appointment booking, inventory management, and reporting, and combines this with client loyalty features, smart incentives, …

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MAXMIND’s MinFraud Review

Left unchecked, these can be very expensive for retailers and merchants, with billions lost to card fraud every year. The minFraud service from MAXMIND aims to reduce or eliminate these risks and costs. It uses data points from over a billion transactions to create a risk score for any cards you’re processing. It can then …

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What is Invoice Financing?

Let’s take a closer look at invoice financing and what’s involved. How does invoice financing work? Essentially, you’ll partner with a lender who will front you the money for an outstanding invoice and collect a fee. Depending on your arrangement with your lender, you may receive all of the money for an outstanding invoice balance …

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Avoiding Fraud: Takeaways from the Commerce Payment Systems Scandal

The executives, who worked for Commerce Payment Systems, are accused of perpetuating a scam against thousands of small businesses and obtaining more than $30 million through overcharging and deceptive tactics. In this article, I will lay out the allegations and show you how to avoid potential scam practices when choosing a credit card processor for …

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Credit Card Processing Restrictions on Marijuana Businesses

That’s because while recreational marijuana is now available for sale through dispensaries in multiple states, it’s not legal on the federal level. In fact, the federal government lists it as a Schedule I drug, considered as dangerous as heroin. In 2016, Alaska, California, Maine, Massachusetts, and Nevada voted to legalize recreational marijuana. While medical marijuana …

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Card Present vs. Card Not Present Transactions

However, the rise of alternative payment channels has muddied the waters a bit, leaving some businesses confused as to why their transactions are card-not-present (CNP) when they expected card-present (CP.) Types of Transactions Firstly, let’s define “card-present” and “card-not-present.” More than just the physical presence of the credit card, a transaction is considered “card-present” only …

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