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Why Merchant Acquiring is Consolidating Around Distribution, Not Technology

Why Merchant Acquiring is Consolidating Around Distribution, Not Technology

The payments industry has spent decades investing in technology. Processors built massive infrastructure platforms. Acquirers invested billions in connectivity, security, compliance, hardware certifications, and payment network integrations. The companies with the largest technology investments generally won because they could process transactions more efficiently, more reliably, and at greater scale than

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Tap to pay for contactless payments with dentists

What is Interchange?

When your business processes a credit card, you will be charged a transaction fee. The majority of that fee is the interchange fee. What is

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Contactless payments are safer with Clearly Payments

Payment Processing Companies

Payment processing companies provide the full service to allow merchants to accept credit cards or debit cards. Some of the more advanced payment processing companies

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Payment processing in Canada with Clearly Payments

Payment Processing in Canada

Payment processing is very geographical. Each country has its own regulations with their own banking system. In Canada, any payment processor that offers a merchant

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