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NOVEMBER 14, 2024

This article on the best credit card processing companies providing payment processing services will help you reach a better understanding of credit card processing. Here are the inside details about what defines a payment solutions provider, how processing works, the credit card processing fees , risks, and more.

Credit Cards

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JULY 7, 2025

The ubiquity of smartphones allows shoppers to make secure in-person and online transactions in real-time, without the need for cash or cards. In this blog, we’ll explore the benefits of mobile payment solutions and what types of mobile payment systems are currently available on the market.

Mobile Payments

Clearly Payments

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Contactless payments , such as tap-to-pay, grew by 25% year-over-year in 2023 , making up a significant portion of in-store card transactions. Accepts contactless and EMV chip cards , which are more secure than magnetic stripes. This method uses payment gateways integrated with websites to facilitate transactions.

Credit Cards

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2016

The single integrated payments solution is already benefiting some of the most recognized brands across industries, including retailers, such as World Duty Free and Monsoon Accessorize, and from PrioTicket to The Whisky Exchange and iconic sports venues, such as Twickenham Stadium. 2014 for its largest U.K.

PCI DSS

PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2016

The EMV certification process is a confusing one to say the least – with merchants having to decide between a myriad of choices and certification methods to figure out the type(s) of certification(s) needed to actually accept EMV-enabled chip cards and to then face the long lines of other merchants doing the same.

EMV

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NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Since the first plastic credit card was issued by American Express in 1959 , payment tech progress has been growing exponentially. Magnetic stripe payments enjoyed a 30-year reign between the ’70s and ’90s. EMV chip card technology had a good two decades or so, beginning in the mid-’90s.

Contactless Payments

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NOVEMBER 6, 2023

By using near-field communication (NFC), Apple Pay, and Samsung Pay services turned each company’s mobile devices into highly secure digital payment wallets. Instead, they can tap their mobile devices against supporting POS terminals to process their payments securely and efficiently by way of a digital wallet.

Mobile Payments