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As a merchant, you can expect to pay a range of processing fees every time customers use their credit or debit cards to buy whatever you’re selling. 

Topics: Getting Started with Payments, Awareness

It can be a struggle finding the right credit card processing service — especially as a small business owner. Many startups base their decision on price, going with whichever provider charges the lowest fees. 

Topics: Small Business Tips, Getting Started with Payments, Awareness

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

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

Choosing a merchant processor for your business isn't easy. There are so many providers out there that it’s sometimes hard to know exactly where to start. 

Topics: Getting Started with Payments, Merchant Accounts, Awareness

There was a time when cash was king. Then along came checks, credit cards, ACH and countless other payment options.

Topics: Small Business Tips, Enterprise Business Tips, Getting Started with Payments, Payment Trends, Awareness