You’re tired, it’s late and you want to go home. After an exhausting day you have just one task to complete on the Point of Sale terminal and that is your end of day settlement. Usually it is a two minute task but tonight when you go through the normal procedure the terminal is telling [...]
5 Things to Check for “Comm Error” Response on Your Tech Trex Terminal
It’s a Saturday afternoon, your store is filled with anxious customers and suddenly your terminal is not working. You’re doing everything the same as usual but when you attempt a transaction you are greeted with a response of Comm Error. Do not panic, many simple POS terminal communication issues can be resolved quickly by following [...]
POS Terminal & Common Technical Support Issues
Just like any piece of hardware used in the workplace, your POS Terminal may at one time or another, require some technical support! A POS Machine or Terminal may simply break down, stop working or may have some issues with regards to functions any time during the duration of its use. Every business requires the [...]
Learn The Difference Between a ATM Machine & a Debit Machine?
There are many different products available in today’s markets that allow consumer’s to pay for their purchases electronically. However, there are still some businesses that exist on cash alone. It is very rare to go into a business or obtain a service and find out there is no Debit Machine or better known as the [...]
Credit Card Machine Rental
Credit Card Machine Rentals Every business that wants to survive and be successful needs to accept Credit Cards as a Method of Payment. This is done through a Credit Card Processing Machine or Terminal, which a business owner can rent from the Bank or buy from an Independent Processor. In general, most people rent their [...]
Is Your POS Equipment Out of Date?
I was recently reading an article written by Ellen Roseman who wrote an article for the Toronto Star called ‘Protect Your Card Numbers‘ and it spark some really interesting conversations about out of date point-of-sale equipment in the Canadian Merchant Account industry. Ellen talks about how she received a receipt from a business with her [...]
Credit Card Machines For Small Businesses in Canada
Credit Card Machines for Small Business in Canada As large and small business around the world has undergone some very big changes in the last 20 years that will forever change the way we do business. Whether big or small, retail or service driven, all industry has one thing in common: in order to grow [...]
The Critical Canadian Merchant Services Guide – Part 2
Why Card Processing is Important Just look at Interac’s statistics on card processing in Canada: Sixty-five percent of all sales are paid through Debit and/or Credit Cards in Canada. From my five years of experience working with many different businesses this can be much higher. If you have an e-commerce business it’s basically 100%. And [...]
Retail Merchant Accounts
Retail Merchant Accounts are for brick-and-mortar types of businesses. They are systems that allow businesses to process credit and/or debit card transactions in real time with instantaneous approvals by swiping cards across the POS Terminal. Traditionally, Point-of-Sale Terminals similar to the one shown at the side here are used. However, some businesses use a PC [...]
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Canada Card Processing
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