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Olympic Payments: Cash Takes Gold

Today the Official Merchant Services Blog will take a look at the role Mobile Payments played in the 2012 London Olympic Games. Visa, the official Payment Payment provider of the...

Industry Terms: Discount Rate

This is the latest installment in The Official Merchant Services Blog’s Knowledge Base effort. Well we want to make the payment processing industry’s terms and buzzwords clear. We want to remove any and...

Industry Terms: Payment Gateway

This is the latest installment in The Official Merchant Services Blog’s Knowledge Base effort. We want to make the payment processing industry’s terms and buzzwords clear. We will eliminate any...

E-Commerce: Robust and Full of Life

Today The Official Merchant Services Blog keeps on rolling along with the topic of E-Commerce. We’ve recently been looking at some of the interesting individual aspects of the sector, such...

Industry Terms: CVV

Social Media Commerce: Tweet, Like, Buy

Today’s installment of the Official Merchant Services Blog is on the rise of E-commerce in social media. Last week, we covered the E-commerce offerings of the video game industry in detail. Today,...

Industry Terms: Debit Cards

E-Commerce and Video Games

Today I’d like to take a moment to venture somewhat further afield than I usually do — and then bring it all back home to settle into some insight about...

Ending Sales Tax Discrimination [2023 Update]

Today The Official Merchant Services Blog is taking a look at a bill being debated on the U.S. Senate floor this week. Senate Bill 1832, also known as The Market...

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The Official Merchant Services Blog

The Official Merchant Services blog is your definitive source for the latest happenings in the merchant services and credit card processing industry. This is an authoritative resource for merchants, small businesses, entrepreneurs, ISO's, merchant services agents, and payments professionals. Get the latest merchant services news along with strategies, tips, and tricks for entrepreneurs to differentiate and excel.