Three Insider Money Saving Tips for Merchant Accounts Tip number one: If you run a business where you need to take a deposit (like a motel) or pre-authorization (as in a car rental biz) over the phone, then do the pre-authorization, but don’t close it out as a pre-auth because you will then be charged [...]
The Critical Canadian Merchant Services Guide – Part 5
Choose the ‘Right’ Merchant Service Provider by Avoiding these 3 Common Mistakes Made by Most Small Business Owners. You learn things several ways. One way is simply going out there and doing something and learning from your mistakes. Another way is to learn what others have done wrong and make sure you don’t repeat their [...]
The Critical Canadian Merchant Services Guide – Part 1
Let’s Make an Agreement I have written this guide because I have personally witnessed too many small business owners being taken advantage of when seeking merchant account services. It sickens me to watch good, innocent people being lied to and manipulated with unethical marketing and sleazy sales tactics-all for the sake of securing more business. [...]
Methods of Processing Credit Cards
Nowadays most of charge card transactions are usually delivered in electronic format to merchant processing banks for authorization, capture as well as deposit. Numerous methods exist pertaining to presenting a credit card purchase to the system. In every situations either the whole magnetic strip is read by a swipe through: Credit cards terminal/reader A computer [...]




