Payments Research and Industry Data
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Payment Processing for Accountants and Accounting Firms
An accounting firm can finish a tax return on time and still spend weeks collecting the fee. A client forgets a cheque, an invoice gets buried in email, or a monthly bookkeeping payment needs another reminder. Payment processing should make those moments easier without creating more reconciliation work for the
The Simplest Way to Add eCommerce to your Website
Online shopping and eCommerce is quickly becoming the new normal. Consumers have started to comfortably make purchases online from their computers or mobile devices. All
March 22, 2021
Generate revenue from payment processing
Payments is an industry that is evolving quickly. The rise of online and mobile shopping is one of the reasons for this rapid transformation. With
February 22, 2021
Top Payment Processors in Canada in 2021
There is no “one size fits all” in payment processing. If you’re looking for the top payment processor, figure out what is important to you.
February 4, 2021
The types of payments your business can accept
The types of payments that people use has continually been evolving. The first form of money came about around 5000 B.C., but modern payments have
January 21, 2021
How Clearly Payments offers low-cost payment processing?
It’s no mystery that Clearly Payments is on a mission to offer the lowest cost payment processing. It’s been written about many times and many
January 5, 2021
Small Business Payment Processing
Small businesses make up 85% of all businesses in Canada. They are the foundation of our economy. It’s so important that small businesses get reliable
December 13, 2020
What is EMV in Payment Processing?
EMV is a secure payment technology standard that is used worldwide. EMV is managed by a handful of credit card networks: Visa, American Express, Discover, JCB,
November 29, 2020
Flexible and low cost online payments in Canada
Online shopping and eCommerce is growing extremely fast in Canada. It has been growing around 20% per year and 2020 has seen an explosion of
November 14, 2020
Time to get a contactless payment system in Canada
When you pay for something at the store, it has become a relief for consumers, and the merchant, when the payment terminal supports contactless payments.
November 7, 2020
The best POS system for your business and how to choose it
This article is about helping you get the best POS system for your business. A POS system (point-of-sale) is the software and hardware allowing a
November 2, 2020
WordPress payment plugin
WordPress is the most popular platform to manage content on websites. If you’ve chosen WordPress, you’re in good hands. Hundreds of millions of other websites
October 18, 2020
Teaser rates in Costco credit card processing
Teaser rates are a part of marketing. Quite often they are used to acquire new customers by having a discount. For example, “join now and
October 4, 2020
How much does payment processing cost?
Many businesses don’t know how much they should be paying for credit card processing. However, we can guarantee you that the average merchant is paying
September 29, 2020
WordPress payments and online credit card processing
WordPress is one of the most common platforms to run websites. There are around 450 million websites that use WordPress. That means around 20% of
September 14, 2020
The best payment gateway for online payments
We’ve been working on our “best of” series for payment processing, such as the best credit card machines and best payment processors. In this article,
September 9, 2020
Dental credit card processing
There are specific needs in dental credit card processing that we have seen as we’ve worked with many dentists. First and foremost, low-cost is critical.
August 28, 2020
Put more energy into opportunities, not problems
One of our working principles is based on our belief that a successful company is opportunity-focused, not problem-focused. Opportunities produce results and growth. Problem-solving tends
August 11, 2020
Best credit card machines for business
Credit card machines have been around since around 1960. They started as credit card imprinters and moved to magnetic stripes in the 1970s. They’ve evolved
August 6, 2020
Getting the cheapest payment processing
Merchants are paying too much on payment processing. That’s a fact. Most merchants have the opportunity to save significantly on accepting payments if they follow
July 23, 2020
Continually Listen, Measure, Learn, and Teach
We believe the most important unit of success in a company is learning. That’s right, it’s not revenue or profit or growth rate. We feel
July 16, 2020
It’s time to get rid of MDR in payments – Merchant Discount Rate
Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) sounds like a good thing. Who doesn’t want a discount? But the term is highly misleading. Watch out. When you hear
July 2, 2020