Category: Payments

Visa and Mastercard: Unpacking the Rates Changes

Know the story already, but want the advice? Click here to scroll down to fee mitigation strategies for small businesses.  Businesses across America are experiencing a significant interchange rate increase from the nation’s two biggest card networks: Visa and Mastercard, with an estimated impact of $475 million in annual increases between the two companies.  For … Continued

Small Businesses Strike: It’s Getting More Expensive for Sellers on Etsy.

For Etsy’s bottom line, 2021 was a good year, and 2022 sees additional changes to redouble the e-commerce giant’s success – but it’s not good news for its 2+ million sellers. Etsy announced in February it would be making changes to its fees and payments policy with far-reaching implications for its sellers. Etsy’s transaction fee … Continued

Digitizing Education – How to Diversify Payment Methods and Adapt to the Digital Age

The pandemic pushed us all indoors and pushed our world even farther into the Digital Age. Schools and other educational institutions switched to online tools and helped shape the “new normal”. We needed new tools to help us learn and make payments online. The online courses and e-learning market blossomed as the need for accessible … Continued

Getting the Best Out of Your Merchant Services: Top 5 Things to Look Out For

When it comes to Merchant Services (credit card processing), we know that it’s not the top of everyone’s bucket list to negotiate a new deal with providers. Processing is notoriously difficult to understand (get a handle on the basics here). In addition, the endless array of pricing, promotions and hardware options are enough to leave … Continued

3 efficient new methods of accepting payments to keep at your veterinary practice post-COVID 19

When it comes to taking payments for animal health services at a veterinary practice, it’s not an exaggeration to say that the process has remained unchanged for a long time: Fido’s pet parents entered the clinic, Fido was examined, and the pet parent checked out and paid by cash, credit card, or check at the … Continued

The Cost of Accepting Credit Cards: 4 Variables that will Affect your Rate

The ability to accept all forms of payment is crucial to the financial health of your veterinary clinic. But did you know that the cost to accept a credit or debit card for your services varies not only by card type, but also by the business you’re in? In this article, we break down some … Continued

Chargebacks: What Every Business Owner Needs to Know

Chargebacks: inconvenient to manage, a red flag for fraud and can hurt a business’s bottom line and reputation.  All things you might hear when when discussing the topic of chargebacks with a business owner. To understand a little more about Chargebacks, we’ve answered some key questions we always get about chargebacks as a payment processor. … Continued

How to prepare your eCommerce site for online payments

For businesses looking to establish themselves with an eCommerce website, there are steps to take before you can accept the first customer payment. Card brands, like Visa and Mastercard, take their customer security and shopping experience seriously, and following their guidelines will be the first step to setting up a successful eCommerce site.

Top 8 Most Common Support Calls for Clover® POS

You’ve invested in a reliable and easy to use system, but how do you make sure that everyone is using it properly? Here are the top eight questions our merchant support team receives from merchants using the Clover POS.

5 Things You Should Know When Starting with Clover® POS

Quickly learn some of the most valuable tips and tricks for getting your business up and running on Clover POS.