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 all confusion merchants might have about how the industry works. Host Merchant Services promises: the company delivers personal service and clarity. So we’re going to take […]
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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 E-Commerce. Primarily what I want to look at is the evolution of video games in the past couple of years and how things seem to
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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 Place Fairness Act could be the cause of the next big debate in the Payment Processing Industry. The Law of the Land In 1992 the Supreme
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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 want to remove any and all confusion merchants might have about how the industry works. The Host Merchant Services promise, we deliver personal service and clarity. So we’re going
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Today The Official Merchant Services Blog is here to update our readers on the latest development in the lawsuit against Visa Inc., MasterCard Inc. — the largest antitrust settlement in U.S. history. We broke the story last week when we revealed that the card companies agreed to pay more than $6 billion to settle lawsuits from retailers claiming that the card issuers
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For today’s installment of The Official Merchant Services Blog, we are bringing you the most recent developments of the now infamous Global Payments Data Breach. Back in March When we first reported the breach, it had supposedly affected 50,000 cardholders and revolved around a taxi and parking garage company in the New York City area.
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Today The Official Merchant Services Blog brings an update on Mobile Payment Technology. The Mobile Payments Technology sector has been the topic of overt optimism for quite some time now. We’ve reported multiple times that industry analysts have predicted large gains in Mobile Payments profits over the short- and long-term future. Our article from 2011
Today, The Official Merchant Services Blog is going to tackle a big picture topic in the world of credit card processing. Two weeks ago there was a proposed settlement of a lawsuit against Visa Inc., MasterCard Inc. Lawyers involved in the case claim it is the largest antitrust settlement in U.S. history. The card companies agreed to pay more than $6
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HostingCon2012 is in full swing, and Host Merchant Services is in the thick of the action. Here’s a picture from today: That’s our very own dynamic duo Ken and Justin Hemmel working the booth with our partner OpenSRS. This partnership — which began in April — brings Host Merchant Services, the premier provider of payment
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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 all confusion merchants might have about how the industry works. Host Merchant Services promises: the company delivers personal service and clarity. So we’re going to take
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HostingCon 2012 is right around the corner. And The Official Merchant Services Blog is pleased to announce that Host Merchant Services CEO Lou Honick will be there to participate in a panel discussion on the topic of Best Practices for Payment Processing. The discussion, scheduled for 9 a.m. Wednesday July 18, offers hosting providers tactics for reducing payment
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Today The Official Merchant Services Blog wants to review the details of VISA’s new Fixed Acquirer Network Fee (FANF). On April 1, 2012, Visa began charging this new fee. But it has taken about this long for it to catch up to merchants and their statements. The process sort of knocked its way down like
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Today The Official Merchant Services Blog has learned of a new partnership agreement between Host Merchant Services and cloud hosting services provider. With HostingCon 2012 right around the corner, this partnership announcement is well-timed. Credit card processing firm Host Merchant Services has announced that it has entered into a strategic marketing partnership with ServInt. Servint is the latest provider
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Payment processing can be confusing even for the experts in the industry. The system seems to be purposely designed to be difficult to understand even the most basic things, like what exactly your rate is and what fees are associated with accepting credit cards. But accepting credit cards has become a necessity for businesses today.
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Today we just want to remind all of our readers and subscribers of the upcoming Host Merchant Services webinar. On Tuesday June 12, 2012, at 10 a.m., CEO Lou Honick will be giving a 30-minute presentation on the Host Merchant Services Partnership Program as well as a quick introduction on how credit card processing works. After the presentation
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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 all confusion merchants might have about how the industry works. Host Merchant Services promises: the company delivers personal service and clarity. So we’re going to take
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The Official Merchant Services Blog has some breaking news to report. Host Merchant Services is offering its very first Webinar. On Tuesday June 12, 2012, at 10 a.m., CEO Lou Honick will be giving a 30-minute presentation on the Host Merchant Services Partnership Program as well as a quick introduction on how credit card processing
Today The Official Merchant Services Blog is going to get a bit personal, for me at least. I’m going to take a moment to talk about print media, and its withering industry. Or, think of it this way: I’ll be talking about the rise to power of E-Commerce — the industry that has helped deliver
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