Accept Credit Cards in Your Business

Almost every business must accept credit cards in order to be competitive in today's business world. If you are not accepting credit cards, you are losing sales. Having a merchant account is the key to accepting funds from the majority of today's consumers. Our credit processor is BBB accredited too!

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Merchant Accounts 101

There are countless reasons why a business should add credit card and electronic payment processing capabilities — transactional speed, convenience, increased customer satisfaction, improved cash flow, views into sales data and more. But perhaps the most important consideration is the sheer volume of consumers who use non-cash methods as their primary form of payment.

In 2005, credit card and electronic transactions accounted for an overwhelming $3.4 trillion of total U.S. payments, according to The Nilson Report. That’s 50 percent of all transactions nationwide for that year. More recently, Visa USA estimated that nearly 60 percent of U.S. consumers aged 18 to 25 use cards as their primary payment method.

So while the reasons for adding payment processing are clear, understanding all your options and which are right for your business is far more complex. This article will give you the information you need to get started in setting up payment capabilities for your business, and it will provide some of the essential details you need to consider when selecting a provider.  [ More... ]