The Impact of Accepting Credit Cards and Mobile Payments
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April 30, 2013
Did you know that the majority of business in America today do not accept credit cards? What is the economic impact of avoiding credit cards and mobile payments for these businesses? Merchant Warehouse has developed the following presentation to help more clearly define how...
The Impact of Accepting Credit Cards and Mobile Payments versus Cash Only
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February 19, 2013
Personal finance experts have long claimed that paying electronically leads us to spend more money. The ease, convenience, and intangibility, they say, all make us more likely to overspend, which for a business owner looking to increase the revenue generated by each customer is...
The Evolution of the Consumer Checkout Experience
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January 28, 2013
Every business needs to accept payments from their customers, but over the years, the form of those payments have changed. Credit cards have replaced a substantial percentage of cash transactions, and smartphone-enabled digital wallets are slowly replacing credit cards even for...
Credit Card Surcharging: It’s Bad for Business
Henry Helgeson | VIEW PROFILE
September 25, 2012
In July, card issuers and banks reached a 7.25 billon dollar settlement with merchants. As a result of the settlement, nearly seven million merchants will receive paid damages and lower processing interchange fees for a period of eight months. The settlement, which is viewed as...
Merchants Shift to Mobile Payments
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September 6, 2012
Since first opening their doors, business owners across the country have worked to find the best possible payment method for their goods and services. While the barter system once reigned supreme, evolving methodologies and technologies would lead to uniformed monetary...
Why Accept Credit Cards?
Shannon Andrade | VIEW PROFILE
May 31, 2012
In today’s competitive marketplace, it is almost a necessity for any business to accept credit cards. 80% of all retail customers pay with their credit and debit cards, and they will go to one of your competitors if you don’t accept credit cards.To accept credit cards, what you...
"Cash is King" and Your Small Business
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September 20, 2011
We’re roughly two weeks out from the Oct. 1 deadline that will see the new interchange, or “swipe”, fee regulation go into effect, and we’re starting to see activity in regards to what is being said - good, bad and indifferent - about this change. Merchant Warehouse ran across...