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What is an API?

API stands for Application Programming Interface. You may have heard the term API from a software developer, web designer, and other UI & UX developers. People often wonder why APIs...

What Is A Payment API And How Can It Benefit Your Business?

In this competitive business world, where e-commerce reigns supreme, enterprises must be at the top of innovation to ensure their success. As online shopping and mobile transactions continue to soar,...

NMI Payment Gateway Review

NMI or Network Merchants Inc. is a payment gateway company known for offering hardware and software components for businesses. Founded in 2000, NMI is not a merchant. It rather sells...

Why Does Your Business Need Its Own MID?

For all types of online transactions and card processing functions, you are supposed to have a MID. So why does your business need its own MID? Let us understand. With the...

Guide to Omnichannel Payments

In today’s evolving market, customers want choices. People want to do business with companies that offer them convenient ways to make payments, purchase goods, and engage with the brand. It’s...

How to Avoid eGift Card Fraud

Having an eGift card program is one of the best ways to foster a loyal user base and ensure repeat customers. A great aspect of eGift cards is that they...

What are Peer-to-Peer payments? And How Do They Work?

People are no longer carrying as much cash as they used to, and that trend is even more pronounced among younger generations. Technology also has a habit of improving life...

EMV, P2PE, or both?

Non Cash payments are increasingly making up a bigger portion of all the transactions conducted. This isn’t only prevalent because of more individuals making purchases online or via their mobile...

How to Integrate QuickBooks with your POS System

QuickBooks has been the accounting software of choice for well over 20 years. One of QuickBooks’ most outstanding features is that it can integrate with virtually all third-party apps. Whether...