PCI Compliance for Small Businesses
What’s PCI Compliance? What’s PCI compliance? The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliance includes 12 security standards created by the PCI Security Standards Council to help small businesses with protecting customer credit card data. These 12 PCI security standards are enforced by the major card networks including Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and American Express. Below are the […]
Merchant Services: How to Avoid Unnecessary Processing Costs
Setting up merchant services is an important step for any business owner looking to collect one-time or recurring credit card payments at your business. With the right merchant service account set up, you will be able to easily accept credit card payments at your retail store, on-the-go, or through your software. However, if you’re not […]
Overview for Merchants to Avoid Payment Processing Chargebacks
A chargeback is essentially a disputed transaction initiated by the consumer after a product or service has been purchased. The credit card chargeback happens when the customer contacts the card issuer to dispute the charge. Either way, the chargeback process is supposed to protect consumers from unauthorized transactions, however, this system is sometimes abused in […]