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Your Business Should Consider Going Cashless [2025 Update]
The long-lived standard of paper and coin currency is nearing its end. The simple truth is that debit and credit cards, mobile wallets, and various other ways to pay are bringing ...
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Five Tips to Help You Get a Merchant Account [2023 Update]
If you are lucky enough to be a business owner that has trained your customers to pay in cash or personal check, bravo. For the remaining 99% of entrepreneurs out there, the ha...
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National Small Business Week Guide
At Host Merchant Services we know that while Fortune 500 companies may get the national spotlight and most of the media attention, small businesses are what really powers our commu...
Read MoreShould Nonprofits Accept Donations on Credit Cards?
Larger charities such as the American Red Cross and the American Cancer Society are easily recognizable. People like to donate to charities that have a reputation for doing meaning...
Read MoreSteps Can Help Merchants Meet Visa CPS Requirements
Every merchant who accepts Visa debit or credit cards is subject to transaction and processing fees. The determination of what those fees, known as custom payment services (CPS) fe...
Read MoreEleven-letter Dirty Word: Chargebacks
If you surveyed everyone in the payment processing world, both merchants and processors, what they wish they could do away with for good, I would venture a guess that 8 out of 10 w...
Read MoreThe ERR Pricing Trap
In recent weeks I have personally spoken with numerous merchants who want to try and understand their monthly statement better. It seems like some providers of credit card processi...
Read MoreTop 5 Myths About Credit Card Processors
It’s no secret that credit card processing is not a favorite topic of my business owners. Yet in the current economy consumers are trending toward more of a “cashless” societ...
Read MorebPay Gaining Momentum in Newark, Wilmington
In the last update regarding the bPay mobile wallet initiative we covered the fact that Host Merchant Services is now partnered with Barclays to grow the adoption of this very inno...
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