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A common and costly mistake when shopping for credit card processing services is to focus on a processor’s rate while paying little attention to transaction fees. The financial impact of this mistake is especially damaging for businesses with a low average sale amount. What’s the difference between a transaction fee and a processing rate? Each …
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The battle for the micro mobile market heats up as PayPal Here enters the ring in direct competition with Square.
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Intuit uses opaque tiered pricing and excessive downgrades to inflate credit card processing fees.
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NOTE: As of April 2023, PayPal Here is no longer available by that name; it will be converted to PayPal Zettle. We’re leaving this article for historical accuracy. With the Here mobile option PayPal takes direct aim at Square — the market leader in the smartphone credit card processing space. Square has a few things …
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Effective April 13, 2012, Visa began charging a Transaction Integrity Fee (TIF) of $0.10 on transactions involving Visa debit and prepaid cards that do not meet CPS requirements (more on this later). The Transaction Integrity Fee will not apply to Visa credit card transactions. Transaction Integrity Fee The TIF will not affect a large number …
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Visa’s new Fixed Acquirer Network Fee increased credit card processing fees across the board.
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Merit 3 is Mastercard’s way of referring to a card-present transaction for most restaurants and retailers. It can actually apply to several different interchange categories based on card type and other details. It does not apply to card-not-present transactions, which will typically qualify for Merit I interchange rates. This article explains specific Mastercard interchange categories. …
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At CardFellow, we received this message from a curious business owner. I have a question about a specific company – [removed to protect the guilty]. They are saying the rate they can provide is 1.54% on qualified and mid-qualified cards (“flat wholesale rate”). The only other rate is “up to 4.61%” on non-qualified cards. Then …
