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The Rise of Contactless Payments and Tap on Phone

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Tap on phone (or tap to phone as Visa calls it and tap to mobile for Amex and Discover) is a contactless payment method where customers tap a sellers smartphone instead of a credit card machine to pay. In this article, well go over contactless payments and specifically tap on phone. What are contactless payments?

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How are Interchange Fees Calculated?

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Swipe fees fund these initiatives and cover the maintenance costs. To improve the payment experience for consumers, card networks must innovate and incorporate the latest technologies. Think AI-powered anti-fraud measures and contactless payments such advancements are funded by interchange fees. Contact us

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How One Small Business Saved $10,000 a Year on Payment Processing

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Analyzing Payment Processing Costs Many business owners assume they are paying lower fees than they actually are. The effective rate is the total processing cost divided by total sales volume and is the true measure of what a business is paying. We’ve seen some merchants pay 10%.

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EMV Chip Cards: What You Need to Know About PIN or Signature Cards and How They Work

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EMV (Europay, Mastercard, and Visa) chip card use has continued to expand in use since its tumultuous rollout in 2015. The EMV standard has now become a global standard for cards equipped with computer chips and the technology used to authenticate chip-card transactions. The chip does not affect the price of processing payments.

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Everything You Need to Know About Credit Card Processing

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It’s important for small business owners like yourself to understand the pricing plans offered by various credit card processors (or merchant service providers) in the market, so you can compare their processing costs before you decide who to sign up with. Chips uniquely encrypt the card information each time it is used.

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The Ultimate Guide to Accepting Credit Card Payments

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Credit cards are a staple in the wallets of consumers today, and they will undoubtedly be a payment method of choice for years to come, particularly as the adoption of mobile and contactless payments continues to grow. In fact, ResearchAndMarkets.com forecasts the global credit card payment market to grow to $762.16

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All You Need to Know About Internet Credit Card Payment Processing

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They also often provide the actual equipment you need to accept credit card payments, like the point of sales (POS) terminal. These devices read the data on the EMV chip of a customer’s physical card, or securely accept the data being transmitted by NFC for a contactless payment.