It is never a good idea to NOT tip your server or bartender. Just ask one sorry (and dumb) criminal in Key West. New Year's Eve was...

As America moves predictably toward a cashless society, the importance of updated credit card terminals is growing. The old fashioned...

Just like any other industry or organization, the merchant services/payment processing industry has a myriad of terms that can make your...

Yes, mobile point-of-sale systems are the biggest retail trend of 2014 but don’t dismiss it simply because of that. There are many...

For the seventh year in a row, gift cards are at the top of everyone’s gift list for gift-giving occasions. According to the National...

It happens everywhere to restaurant patrons in large parties (six or eight or more): the restaurant tacks on an automatic gratuity...

In 2009, a staggering 27.8 billion checks were written in the United States. Of these, only about 3.3 billion were converted to ACH...

The United States is finally catching up on the mobile payments and transaction trends that have been making inroads in other countries...

May Point-of-Sale registers and terminals have been quietly retired over the past couple years as the move to EMV (chip-enabled credit...

Processing transactions for payments due every month can be headache for you as well as for the business or consumer. As a merchant, your...

When I think about restaurants in the abstract, I most always picture my favorite sit down Cheers-like restaurant where everyone knows my...

Since billions of personal and business checks are still written around the world each year, it has been incumbent on the electronic...

From public markets, farmers’ markets to weekend summer festivals and street vendors, you’ll see more iPads, iPhones and other mobile...

Our business mission is to be in a class by ourselves when we’re compared with other merchant services providers. We believe in honesty,...

Since billions of personal and business checks are still written around the world each year, it has been incumbent on the electronic...

While your customers were driving the kids through fast food restaurants, playing short order cook or turning out comfort food at home,...

There are seemingly so many types of fees charged against a merchant for every credit card processing transaction that you understandably...

Most people believe the price of credit card processing (also called non-cash payment processing) is complicated. Taken as a whole, it...

Starting in Europe in the Sixteenth Century, paper currency supplanted direct barter as a way to transfer and pay for agricultural...

One of the factors within a merchant’s control in determining their interchange rates is the merchant category code under which they are...