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The Best Solution for Nonprofits to Accept Credit Card Payments

Are you the owner or manager of a non-profit organization? If so, you may be eligible for lower credit card processing rates than regular businesses. This article will discuss the best solution for non-profits to accept credit card payments: let’s take a look!  As a non-profit, your goal should be to make it easy for

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What is Interchange Plus Pricing in Credit Card Processing?

To increase transparency in the pricing of credit card processing, credit card processors offer interchange plus pricing, which is often compared to a wholesale processing fee. Under the interchange plus pricing format, businesses pay interchange fees and processing costs separately. Visa, MasterCard, and Discover charge the interchange fee, and a business’s credit card processor charges

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B2B Payment Processing Solutions and Interchange Rates

B2B, or business to business, describes a transaction in which the customer is another business rather than of an individual. Whether it’s goods, services, or both, B2B payments include transactions such as purchasing supplies to do business, buying lunch for employees, or paying for travel expenses. Though the payment methods for B2B transactions are often

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Credit Card Networks Could Make Shopping More Expensive in the Near Future

The three largest credit card processing networks are preparing to increase their fees later this year, and this action could trigger a domino effect affecting banks, merchants and consumers. A report published by the Wall Street Journal on February 15 indicates that the increase could happen as early as April 2019, and it will be

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Interchange Plus vs Flat Rate Pricing

Two of the most common payment processing pricing models you will encounter today are flat rate pricing and interchange plus pricing. Here’s how they compare and why interchange plus pricing is the superior choice for most merchants. Choosing the right credit card processor can be a difficult task when you consider there are several types

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Interchange Plus vs Tiered Pricing

Interchange Plus vs Tiered Pricing No one wants to pay more than necessary for credit card processing, which can already eat into profits. When comparing merchant services, it’s important to understand how different pricing systems work. Many merchant account providers advertise very low fees as a teaser, even though most transactions do not qualify for

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Trump to Repeal the Durbin Amendment

President Trump may be gunning to reform the Dodd-Frank Act, in particular one of the most contentious policies of the act: the Durbin Amendment. The Durbin Amendment—passed as a stipulation of the Dodd-Frank Act—allows the government to set price caps on fees for card transactions. Before 2009, interchange rates were set by banks and merchants

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