CPS is an acronym associated with some Visa interchange categories. It stands for Custom Payment Service.
In a nutshell, Visa’s CPS allows a business to qualify transactions to an interchange category with a lower rate by following a set of rules.
Gun dealers often face different challenges than other businesses, and that’s true when it comes to taking credit cards as well. Since selling firearms is considered a “high risk” business, some credit card processors don’t offer services to gun dealers.
Wells Fargo Merchant Services slips an opaque “Interchange Clearing Fee” into its interchange-plus pricing, adding more proof to the fact that interchange-plus does not guarantee competitive credit card processing fees.
It seems like there’s been a flurry of lawsuits and investigations in the payments industry lately, with Northern Leasing sued for racketeering, Mercury Payment Systems defending against a second lawsuit for deceptive pricing, and Vantiv embroiled in the DraftKings fantasy sports lawsuit mess.
Credit card processing is a confusing and frustrating part of business. Have you ever looked at your billing statement and thought you’re paying too much for credit card processing but couldn’t be sure? Or maybe a pushy sales person stops by and promises to save you tons of money, and you’re wondering if you’re really overpaying. Here are 3 quick ways to determine if you’re paying too much and how to lower your costs to take credit cards.
CardFellow is an advocate and expert consultant that acts on behalf of our clients, and we really don’t like it when a processor tries to mislead one of our valued clients with deceptive information. That’s exactly what recently happened with a company called Riverside Payments.
Recently, we received a comment here on our blog that perfectly illustrated some of the deception, half-truths, and spin that many credit card processing sales reps use to pressure and mislead businesses.
Credit card processing can be expensive, and hidden fees may be part of the problem. Have you ever looked at your credit card processing statement and noticed “non-qualified” transactions with a higher rate than what you thought you’d be paying? That’s one of the 3 most common hidden fees that might mean you’re paying more than you need to for credit card processing.
