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Free Credit Card Machine = An Expensive Proposition

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To illustrate how, let’s pretend that two retail businesses both processing $10,000 a month in sales volume sign up with two different processors. Multiply this scenario by five years, and the free terminal that Business B received actually costs a total $5,700 ($95 in excessive fees * 60 months = $5,700).

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How are Interchange Fees Calculated?

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Security technology Additional security measures like EMV chip cards and contactless payments can both influence interchange fees. Since EMV chip transactions are harder to counterfeit, they often come with lower fees than traditional magnetic stripe payments. One way to do this is to encourage card-present transactions. Contact us

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

Clearly Payments

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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Both dipping and tapping require an EMV chip card that generates a unique one-time code for every transaction. In tap-to-pay transactions, EMV combines with another technology called NFC (near-field communications) that makes it possible for the card terminal to read credit card information from contactless cards.

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Essential Guide to ISV Integrated Payments: Benefits and Best Practices

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EMV, NFC, etc). enrollment status, credit card processing activity, payment processing costs, etc.) to be able to resolve customers’ payment processing issues. Stax Connect can provide a frictionless onboarding process while offering peace of mind.

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