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Mobile Commerce Concerns [2023 Update]
Today The Official Merchant Services Blog turns its tech-obsessed eyes once again to the Mobile Payment Solution sector. Recently, Host Merchant Services became fully mobile and ab...
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HMS News: For Our Merchants [2023 Update]
Today The Official Merchant Services Blog is just going to offer a quick update on some services Host Merchant Services provides directly for its current customers. Today our site ...
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Industry Terms: Partial Authorization
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 MoreIndustry Terms: Level I, II and III Data
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 MoreIndustry Terms: Interchange
Interchange Interchange is a term used in the payment card industry to describe a fee paid between banks for the acceptance of card based transactions. Usually it is a fee ...
Read MoreIndustry Terms: MO/TO
MO/TO MO/TO is an acronym that stands for Mail Order, Telephone Order, specifically referring to a merchant or a sales environment in which mail or telephone sales are the primary...
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What to Do with $17 Million Every Day
The parent company of American Airlines announced this month that the company had lost $1.7 billion in the previous quarter. A quarter is three months and somewhere around 90 day...
Read MoreVisa Investigation Update
On May 2 it was revealed by Visa CEO Joe Saunders that the credit card giant was being investigated by the Department of Justice for violation of antitrust laws. One of the key ele...
Read MoreIndustry Terms: FANF
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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