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Merchant Account ACH Delays and Their Effect

By Ben Dwyer

An ACH delay is not the most restrictive condition a processor can impose, but it’s still important to consider how it will affect your merchant account. Find out what this means for your business in this article. What is an ACH delay? An ACH delay is a temporary hold on an electronic deposit from an …

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Rolling Reserve

By Ben Dwyer

For example: If your merchant account has a 5% rolling reserve for 18 months, the processor will withhold 5% of your gross sales. The 5% of sales that are withheld will not be accessible to you for a year and a half. Why are rolling reserves imposed? Rolling reserves may be applied to high risk …

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Best Credit Card Processing: Define, Learn, Search

By Ben Dwyer

Define Best: What’s Really Important The problem with the word “best” is that it’s subjective. Its meaning is unique to the person using it, and when it comes to credit card processing, many people don’t really know what is truly best. For example, people generally feel the best credit card processing solution is the one …

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Credit Card Processing Companies: A Who’s Who

By Ben Dwyer

This article will give a sense of the players involved in keeping this system running smoothly, and shed some light on what credit card processing fees actually pay for. Card Brands (Visa/Mastercard) For all of the advertisements produced by major card brands, companies like Visa and Mastercard are in many ways the players furthest removed …

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Merchant Category Code: Reporting & Rates

By Ben Dwyer

Since interchange is the largest portion of credit card processing fees, it’s worthwhile to dig into the effect of MCC on interchange. I’ll go through the finer points of MCCs below. What is a merchant category code? A merchant category code (MCC) is a four-digit number assigned to a business by an acquiring bank or …

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What is a Monthly Minimum Fee?

By Ben Dwyer

A merchant account monthly minimum fee really isn’t a fee by itself — it’s more like a benchmark.

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Basis Points – The Basis for Fees

By Ben Dwyer

This article explains what a basis point is, how to calculate fees using basis points, and finally the role basis points play in credit card processing — specifically having to do with a processor’s markup. What is a basis point? A basis point is a unit of measurement that is equal to 1/100 of one …

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Are Credit Card Processing Fees Negotiable?

By Ben Dwyer

Before you can negotiate credit card processing fees, you have to know which fees are flexible. Credit card processing is like any other industry in that there are fixed costs and markups. Fixed costs are those that a processor can’t change, and markups are open to discussion. Understanding the components of credit card processing cost …

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