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Accepting card payments is no longer optional for most businesses. Across North America, electronic payments now represent the majority of transactions, meaning nearly every merchant needs a reliable payment terminal. But while choosing a processor gets most of the attention, how you acquire your payment terminal can quietly become one
Payment processors and ISOs (Independent Sales Organizations) mostly sell the same products and services. In the end, ISOs resell products and services from processors and
When getting a merchant account, many payment processors will ask for a personal guarantee. There are some cases where this may not happen, for example
There are a number of different methods that payment processors charge for credit cards. Behind these pricing methods are costs which vary depending on numerous
It’s important to have both values and principles in your business. It allows you to build a strong culture and therefore wield the benefits of
PCI is an industry standard set by the PCI Security Standards Council. PCI stands for Payment Card Industry. Essentially, it provides a set of things
It is tough to determine the best payment processor. All merchants want the best and the best really depends on your business. We believe the
Chargebacks are a pain. If you get a chargeback, it means a customer of yours has got to the point where they don’t believe they
Payment processing feels simple on the surface. A customer taps a card. You get paid. Behind the scenes, however, multiple banks, networks, risk systems, and
It’s not laziness and it’s not procrastination. It’s something else. But, certainly there is a tendency for a project to use up all the time that
Clearly Payments is a payment processor based in Vancouver, British Columbia. That is our backyard. We help businesses accept credit cards. Even though we service
VANCOUVER, BC – March 12, 2018 – Clearly Payments, a new credit card processor based in Canada, has officially launched to provide merchants with a
A pattern shows up in the world. It’s a pattern that is difficult to prove but easy to observe. Even though it’s easy to observe