iPhone Credit Card Processing Apps
What You Need to Know About iPhone Credit Card Processing We are addicted to our phones and smart phone technology like the “iphone” is getting better and better every minute. It only makes sense...
View ArticleShould Visa & Mastercard Allow Merchants to Surcharge on Credit Card...
On December 15, 2010, the Competition Bureau in Ottawa launched a lawsuit against credit card giants, Visa Canada Corp. And MasterCard International Inc. to argue the credit cards’ company’s policies...
View ArticleContactless Payment Processing in Canada
Contactless Payments Payment processing has seen some major advances over the last few years. Long gone are the days of the old imprinter and the manual slips… the days where you would call your...
View ArticleMobile Payments
With the launch of Google wallet, there’s been a lot of buzz about mobile payments. Visions of paying for that hamburger at lunch by a wave of your mobile phone dances through the minds of Canadians...
View ArticleVisa Debit – A Reality That’s Coming to Canada
One of Canada’s largest department stores made a huge announcement today that may start the change in tides for the Canadian market place as it pertains to payments. Sears Canada did a joint press...
View ArticleGoogle Wallet – What Does This Mean to Canadian Businesses?
A few days ago, Google sent out a note to their customers using Google checkout to advise that they will no longer be supporting this service. In return, they were changing their customer accounts to...
View ArticleWhat You Need to Set Up a Merchant Account
It seems we’re still getting a lot of questions on our forum around what is required to set up a merchant account. So let’s take it back to the basics today and we’ll go through the requirements of...
View ArticleIs Your Merchant Account Prepped For The Holiday Season?
With only 2 shopping weeks left until Christmas, it’s usually around this time that the malls and shops around town start to get a little chaotic. Last minute shoppers are fighting tooth and nail for...
View ArticleCanadian Interchange Fees: The Cost of Premium Credit Cards
In our never-ending quest to ensure small merchants in Canada are well informed and educated on the payments industry, I think it’s time to put a focus on what is the heart that drives merchant...
View ArticleSecurity Against Credit Card Fraud is Not Guaranteed
How Serious is Credit Card Fraud? Fraudsters, as we know, will target any entity that has access to cardholder data. They steal this data in order to: make counterfeit cards that can be used to either...
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