Paper money carries germs. How many people have touched that $1 bill that you just received as change? Using your credit or debit card limits touches to non-sterile paper money and limits exposures to viruses, especially the Coronavirus, which lives on inanimate objects for up to five days. Here are some small ways that merchants and consumers can use best practices to help prevent the
Payment processing fraud is erupting! According to a San Francisco digital trust and safety company, Sift, there was a 73% surge in online fraud in 2019. And most believe there is even more to come in 2020. Massive amounts of people are seeing their credit card and banking information exposed to massive data breaches day after day. Although Internet theft remains most prevalent, hackers and
Here is a list of merchant types that are considered high risk: Adult novelty, Alcohol (card-absent) Website, Bail bonds, Business Opportunity, Collection Agencies, CBD, Continuity Programs, Dating Sites, Finance Related Services, Firearms, Gentlemen’s clubs, Nutraceuticals, Paraphernal (Headshops, Smoke Shops), Tobacco, Vape, Nicotine, Ticket Brokers, and Travel Agencies. They are considered “High Risk” because these industries experience a lot higher incidence of chargebacks and fraud. When
Selling CBD is legal, so why is it so difficult to get set up for credit card processing? The answer is because Visa and MasterCard do not want to process credit cards for CBD small businesses because there are a lot of chargebacks and they consider it very high risk. So what are you to do if you are selling CBD? There are legitimate processors
I heard a talk last week from Ron Farmer, CEO of Fullsteam, a group of leading software and payments businesses across the United States focused on providing streamlined payments infrastructure and operational support to its subsidiaries. He spoke about the culture of trust and how that culture grows a business. He shared information from a book called, “The Speed of Trust,” by Stephen Covey, and
Trap 1: A Verbal Quote! Most of the time, a verbal quote only includes the rate, transaction fee, and monthly fee, which are just pieces of the equation. The rate usually reflects only the swiped rate or debit rate, and the salesperson often neglects to explain that if the credit card is a rewards card or a corporate card, of if the card is keyed-in
In today’s world of credit card fraud and data breaches, a merchant who has an Ecommerce site has to be doubly careful. More credit card refunds and fraud take place from Ecommerce transactions on websites than on card-present transactions inside a brick and mortar location. That is why the processing rate is higher for Ecommerce transactions than swiped transactions, because the risk of fraud and
One of my merchants, Sarah, has a tour company. She books tour events months in advance. She needs to reserve buses, restaurants, and hotels months in advance. She has cancellation penalties on those reservations. Her spots are limited on the tour as well, so if someone cancels at the last minute and she doesn’t refill the spot, she loses income. Sarah had a problem with
We, at Electronic Money Company, wanted to share this very important article written by Jaclyn Jaeger, Editor with ComplianceWeek.com. We have highlighted a paragraph regarding risk mitigation measures. Unlike many processors, Electronic Money Company protects your business with point-to-point encryption terminals and tokenization for Ecommerce and mobile merchants to prevent hackers from getting at your card holders’ data. We highly recommend PCI compliance, plus we
Interchange rates and fees are established by the issuing bank associations. The rate and transaction fees vary depending on the risk of the transaction. Corporate cards are higher risk than rewards cards, but somebody has to pay for the reward. Rewards cards are higher risk therefore than a regular credit card. Regular types of credit cards have a higher risk than debit cards run as
Only pay fees on debit card processing.
$0.00 transaction fee on credit card processing
