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HMS Free Webinar!
The Official Merchant Services Blog has some breaking news to report. Host Merchant Services is offering its very first Webinar. On Tuesday June 12, 2012, at 10 a.m., CEO Lou Honic...
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Print Media's Death Knell [2023 Update]
Today The Official Merchant Services Blog is going to get a bit personal, for me at least. I'm going to take a moment to talk about print media, and its withering industry. Or, thi...
Read MoreGlobal Data Breach Update
Today The Official Merchant Services Blog is updating its coverage of the Global Payments Data Breach. The current update revolves around the expansion the duration of the breac...
Read MoreReminder: Hypercom Name Change
Host Merchant Services wants to take a quick moment to remind readers of The Official Merchant Services Blog, as well as its own merchants of a change that took place in 2011 with ...
Read MoreIndustry Terms: Point of Sale
This is the latest installment in The Official Merchant Services Blog's Knowledge Base effort. Well we want to make the payment processing industry's terms and buzzwords clear. W...
Read MoreMerchant Services Assemble!
Today we're going to take a flight of fancy with The Official Merchant Services Blog. It is Friday after all, and with a long holiday weekend about to start, we figure it's just th...
Read MoreIndustry Terms: Card-Not-Present
This is the latest installment in The Official Merchant Services Blog's Knowledge Base effort. Well we want to make the payment processing industry's terms and buzzwords clear. W...
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MasterCard Site Tools
Today The Official Merchant Services Blog takes a close look today at card association juggernaut and industry titan MasterCard. A card association is a network of issuing bank...
Read MoreIndustry Terms: Capture
This is the latest installment in The Official Merchant Services Blog's Knowledge Base effort. Well we want to make the payment processing industry's terms and buzzwords clear. W...
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