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Credit Card Processing for Small Business: Everything You Need to Know

Stax

The company facilitates the transfer of information and funds between the customer’s bank and your business’ bank. It also ensures that data security best practices, particularly PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards) requirements , are followed to the letter to prevent any breach or loss of sensitive customer data.

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How Refunds Affect Your Merchant Account

Cardfellow

I’ll get into best practices to minimize refunds later in this article. They may be concerned about your funding availability to issue the refunds. Refund Best Practices So how do you avoid having to provide excessive refunds? Additionally, increasing refund rates can sometimes precede increased chargebacks.

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U.S. Faster Payments Council Launches New Work Groups Focused on Financial Inclusion and Real-Time Recurring Payments

Faster Payments Council

The group plans to develop a real-time recurring workflow for faster payments by identifying current approaches, applicable use cases, best practices, and guidance for implementation. "As By design, the FPC encourages a diverse range of perspectives and is open to all stakeholders in the U.S. payment system.

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U.S. Faster Payments Council Releases Consumer Bill Pay Research White Paper

Faster Payments Council

Our research highlights the opportunity for additional industry collaboration on the development of guidelines, best practices, and supporting tools that will help all stakeholders engage and participate in faster payments for consumer bill pay," said Beth Horowitz Steel, partner at Glenbrook Partners. payment system.

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A Guide to Bad Check Collection

Payment Savvy

Merchants who processed a bad check shouldn’t redeposit them before contacting the bank that they were written on for fund availability. If the cash is available, make sure you redeposit it right the check immediately. Miscalculations can happen on both the part of the customer and the bank.

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Mastering the Basics: How to Do Accounts Receivable

Nanonets

Accounts receivable refers to the money owed to a company by its customers for purchases made on credit, and managing this process involves tracking unpaid invoices, monitoring payments, and implementing best practices for effective  accounts receivable management.

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What Are the Benefits of Outsourcing Accounts Receivables?

EBizCharge

When AR departments perform efficiently, the company has more funds available for core business functions, which fosters business growth and sustains operations. AR outsourcing firms often staff highly trained, experienced professionals who stay current on the latest best practices and regulatory requirements.