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When you launch a new business, you can usually get away with accepting cash and checks. You might even consider accepting PayPal or Apple Pay if you sell products and services online. 

Topics: Getting Started with Payments, Merchant Accounts, Awareness

Customers still like visiting stores and retail locations to engage in a little retail therapy or to take care of purchases they prefer to make in-person. 

Topics: Due.com Partner Posts, EMV, Small Business Tips, Payment Trends, Awareness

As the name implies, an electronic funds transfer (EFT) describes the process by which parties send and receive money (i.e., “funds”) through electronic channels. Although the term is often used interchangeably with Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments, EFTs encompass a much broader range of payment options, including wire transfers, e-checks and even PayPal. 

Topics: ACH/eCheck Payments, Financial Institutions, Consideration

If you’re still sending paper-based statements to your customers, you’re probably not a fan of the monthly invoicing ritual. After all, the process is: 

Topics: Recurring Billing and Electronic Invoicing, Mobile Payments, Small Business Tips

Payment integration can work a number of ways with your small business to make sure you can provide as many payment options as possible while delivering a great customer experience, high security, and full compliance.

Topics: Software and Payment Integration, Due.com Partner Posts, Payment Technology, Small Business Tips, Getting Started with Payments, Consideration

Most brick-and-mortar retailers use point-of-sale (POS) terminals to capture and process credit cards. However, what if you don’t have the resources to invest in a system? Many smaller businesses and home-based freelancers want the ability to process credit cards; yet they don’t necessarily need or want the hassles and costs involved with purchasing equipment and having it implemented. 

Topics: B2B, Payment Technology, Small Business Tips, Awareness

Small businesses often struggle to compete with the bigger competitors out there that have significantly more infrastructure and resources at their disposal. However, the online environment and technology that has developed from it has leveled the playing field for many small businesses, helping them reach the same target audiences as the larger firms and provide significant growth opportunities. Technology continues to change how we can pay and accept payments. Albeit much more positive, challenges do remain for small businesses particularly in the area of payment processing.

Topics: Due.com Partner Posts, Guest Blog Posts, E-Commerce and Online Payments, Payment Technology, PCI Compliance and Fraud Prevention, Small Business Tips, Awareness

When you relay credit card data to your payment processor through a terminal, that information is usually sent over an unsecured network. With the right tools, anyone can theoretically intercept this information and begin racking up fraudulent charges.

Topics: Payment Technology, PCI Compliance and Fraud Prevention

When a criminal obtains a stack of stolen credit cards or credit card data, one of the first things he or she will do is run a series of test transactions to determine which individual cards work. The purchase amounts usually range from a few pennies to a few dollars — transaction sizes small enough to go unnoticed, the thief hopes.

Topics: PCI Compliance and Fraud Prevention, Small Business Tips

Part of an exceptional customer experience is to make the payment process as easy and convenient as possible. The faster customers can get their transaction completed in a secure and accurate way, the more likely they are to return for future purchases and recommend you to others. Easier also means greater convenience, variety, and security with every transaction.

Topics: Due.com Partner Posts, Guest Blog Posts, E-Commerce and Online Payments, Payment Technology