Today The Official Merchant Services Blog is going to give you a roundup of the latest news that is affecting merchants and payment processing. Our goal is to keep you informed and up to date on all the important news developments in the industry. Armed with that information you can make the decisions and the […]
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The Official Merchant Services Blog returns to a topic that it covered thoroughly throughout 2011: The Durbin Amendment. With the Stop Online Piracy Act getting most of the headlines lately, Durbin Amendment’s continued impact on the payment processing industry has gone into stealth mode. Until today that is. Stick with us as we offer a
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The Official Merchant Services Blog continues its far reaching and ongoing coverage of the Durbin Amendment and the aftermath of what this legislation brings. Just a quick recap of what the Durbin Amendment did: On October 1, the legislation put in place a cap on interchange fees from debit card usage. Prior to the legislation
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With the Holiday Shopping Season fast approaching –– Black Friday is 11 days away, Cyber Monday is 14 days away –– the payment processing industry is still getting the last pieces in place for a brisk rush in the use of credit and debit cards. The Official Merchant Services Blog continues its series focusing on
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The Official Merchant Services Blog tackles the topic of Debit Card processing today. While the blog has extensively delved into the Durbin Amendment and the affects the legislation is having on merchants, one topic we’ve overlooked is Debit Card processing –– specifically PIN Debit vs. Swipe Debit. Difference Between Credit, Debit, and Check Cards First
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The Official Merchant Services Blog brings you a breaking news story following the ongoing aftermath of the Durbin Amendment legislation. Yesterday, Bank of America announced it was going to cancel its $5 monthly debit card fee plan. This falls in line with similar announcements from Sun Trust, Regions Financial Corp., JP Morgan Chase & Co.
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The Official Merchant Services Blog has learned of the latest twist in the ongoing saga about the Durbin Amendment. The legislation, which was tacked onto the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, caps the fees banks can charge for the use of debit cards. It went into effect on October 1, 2011. Host
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Today The Official Merchant Services Blog will take you through a quick roundup of the backlash over the Durbin Amendment. Host Merchant Services has kept its finger on the pulse of this legislation as it weaved its way through congress and into reality. The HMS article section gives you a comprehensive analysis of the legislation,
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The people in Washington aren’t exactly popular these days, and mostly for good reason. Unemployment is high, the so-called economic recovery is weak, and small businesses are hurting. However, another round of stimulus is on its way, and this time it might just work. Even better, this stimulus comes at the expense of banks that
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Today is the day. October 1, 2011 the changes brought on by the Durbin Amendment take effect. The Official Host Merchant Services Blog has been running its Countdown to Durbin series leading up to today. We end our series with one last gallop through the media coverage of the law. Durbin Amendment Costs People Their
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On the last day of September, Durbin Amendment Eve if you will, The Official Merchant Services Blog is about ready to end its Countdown to Durbin Series. Today we take a look at the big news that has the media buzzing. Bank of America Reacts to Durbin Bank of America, the largest bank in the
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The Official Merchant Services Blog once again takes up the task of analyzing the media reports revolving around the Durbin Amendment and the changes it will bring to how banks do business with their customers because of its cap on debit card swipe fees. We continue to use Host Merchant Services‘ own analysis as the
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The Official Merchant Services Blog continues to keep its finger on the pulse of the Durbin Amendment media buzz. The legislation that marks regulation that caps debit card swipe fees begins to take effect on October 1, 2011. And there’s still a lot of scrambling from various media sources to try and predict how banks,
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Many of the features you find at Host Merchant Services are designed specifically to appeal to small business owners. A service oriented Merchant Services solution that lets the merchant know exactly what they are paying on their statement.
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The changes to interchange fees and debit card transactions brought on by the Durbin Amendment are just days away. The Official Merchant Services Blog is going to give its readers a quick hit of some of the chatter that is heating up the internet as we close in on the day the changes take effect.
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The Official Merchant Services Blog is staying on top of the Durbin Amendment. Today’s article that we analyze comes from the New York Daily News.The first thing that stands out about this article compared to many of the others on the impending Durbin date of October 1, is the casual, but easy to relate to
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Host Merchant Services has been ahead of the curve on the Durbin Amendment, and its impact on the merchant services industry. The amendment takes effect on October 1, 2011. Between now and then The Official Merchant Services Blog is going to link to and analyze a new article from an outside source that discusses the
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