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Once you complete a sale and sign an agreement with a merchant, it’s often easy to just move onto the next one and focus on finding more of them to sign. Merchants you’ve signed tend to stay happy and complacent as long as their hardware and software are functioning properly…
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4 Ways to Convince Merchants to Upgrade POS Hardware Regularly
Once you complete a sale and sign an agreement with a merchant, it’s often easy to just move onto the next one and focus on finding more of them to sign. Merchants you’ve signed tend to stay happy and complacent as long as their hardware and software are functioning properly…
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4 Ways Cash Discounting Benefits Both You And Your Merchants
In a society where fewer and fewer people are carrying around cash on a daily basis, offering cash discounting programs may seem antiquated or a waste of time to some merchants. When there are so many easier ways to pay, from credit and debit cards to just tapping a phone…
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4 Ways to Help Merchants Prevent Costly Outages
This past Father’s Day, one of the nation’s largest retailers, Target, experienced an outage in their point-of-sale systems which prevented them from accepting credit card payments for over two hours. While the timeframe seemed like an eternity for both employees in the store and their customers who just wanted to…
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3 Methods for Innovating in the ISO Payments Space
Sometimes in the payments industry it can feel like you’re one in a million other ISOs or agents just looking to make a buck. It can be very difficult to differentiate yourself and stand out from the crowd; why should a merchant choose you to handle their business? In order…
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Tips for Choosing the Best Merchant Services ISO Programs
When it comes to merchant service companies, there is a huge variety to choose from. As a result, finding the right one to do business with can be very challenging. Before getting started, make sure you fully understand how the service works. Finding a high-quality merchant service company is crucial…
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Master your Restaurant Inventory with an iPad POS System
Your inventory management system is a vital part of your business. If you don’t have a quality system to help keep track of your stock, it could put you out of business. You either buy too many food items that may not sell, requiring you to throw it away because…
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Patio Season: Prep for Your Busiest Days of the Year
Spring is finally here, which means summer is just around the corner too. As the weather starts getting nicer, people start coming out more, and your restaurant needs to be prepared for one of your busiest times of the year. This is especially true if you have a patio. Here…
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How to Choose A Point-Of-Sale System For Your Restaurant
A point-of-sale system is a software and hardware program that enables restaurants to keep up with competition by providing the best service despite a fast-paced environment. With the right amount of input, a POS system can be very handy for restaurants in minimizing waste, streamlining operations, maximizing payments accepted,…
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5 payment trends that matter in 2019
In the past, a majority of payments were made by cash or check. However, digitalization is the new way of overcoming the cumbersomeness of cash and offering a more seamless experience. We are now widely a cashless society as the volume of credit card transactions has significantly increased. According to…
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What is PCI Compliance & why is there a fine?
PCI stands for “payment card industry” or you may see it as PCI-DSS which stands for “payment card industry data security standards”, it sets the credit card payment standards that we, business owners, need to comply with. So if your business accepts credit card or debit card transactions that stores,…
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How payment processing should integrate with your business tools
Payment processing is a term used in describing processes and services that automate payment transactions used typically between merchants and customers. This is commonly a third-party service that verifies payments, and declines or accepts credit card transactions on behalf of the merchant using secure and reliable internet connections. Payment Processing…
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How a new POS system can give your customers more confidence in purchases
Instilling confidence in your customers when they visit your business, as well as providing them with what they want, is imperative. It’s especially necessary for today’s market where consumers do most of their shopping and ordering online. As a restaurant or retail owner, it is essential you be…
The world of payments is rapidly changing in front of our eyes. Massive consolidation is happening at a record pace, and this will inevitably impact your business as a merchant services agent.