Category Archives: General Merchant Account Strategies

27 Ways to Reduce Your Merchant Account Chargebacks

When your merchant account provider reverses a customer’s transaction as a result of his disputing the charge, then, unless you successfully challenge the reversal, you lose the sales proceeds, incur any shipping & handling costs and are levied a chargeback fee of $25 to $50.
And, an excessive history of chargebacks may result in the [...]

Improve Your Business With Telecheck

Offering checks as a payment method requires a solution that provides security, speed and ease. First Data powers electronic payments and solutions through proven technology and relentless ingenuity. We have the capabilities and expertise to serve as a single source for multiple services and solutions. Throughout every step of the check transaction process, First Data’s [...]

Are you paying too much for your merchant account fees?

Most business owners have no idea how much they are actually paying for their merchant account. Not because they don’t want to know but because it is a confusing proposition for the average business owner. We at First Data want to take the mystery out of your credit card processing fees. We work with all [...]

Simple Solution for Accepting Credit Cards – CreditCardMachineRentals.com

Want to increase your profits significantly AND make it easier for customers to purchase your products? Start accepting credit cards today! Credit Card Machine Rentals.com gives you everything you need to start accepting credits cards, whether it be permanently or for a couple days at the trade show or exposition. We have both wired and [...]

First Data Secures Major Processing Contract with Samba Financial Group

Five Year Contract with Leading Credit Card Issuer in Saudi Arabia
Dubai, May 23, 2007 – First Data International, a global leader in electronic commerce and payment services, today announced a major new card processing contract with Samba Financial Group, and the successful conversion of Samba’s portfolio to First Data’s issuing platform.
Samba Financial Group is the [...]

Customers force restaurants to deal with identity theft issue!

According to Visa, the most common place for credit card information
to be stolen is at a restaurant.
“We have seen a recent spike in requests from restaurants who want
merchant accounts with wireless technology that will support credit
card processing at the table…” – Says Doug Olsen of Cardservice International
“…It turns out that restaurants are the most likely [...]