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Venmo Fees and PayPal Fees (2025)

Jan 3, 2024

Venmo Fees and PayPal Fees (2025) Venmo and PayPal are two popular platforms for both merchants and individuals. Each offers mobile payment system, making it easy to send money from anywhere. Whether you’re using Venmo or PayPal payments for personal use or for your...

How to Lower Credit Card Processing Fees (2025)

Jan 2, 2024

How to Lower Credit Card Processing Fees (2025) Accepting credit cards is a must for every business in the modern era. But payment processing fees can add up quickly—and most companies are paying more than they should be to accept credit cards. That’s why we created...

Payment Processing Industry News – December 2023

Dec 27, 2023

Payment Processing Industry News - December 2023 As the year comes to a close, we’re still keeping a close eye on the latest happenings in the payments space. This month, we’ve highlighted some new partnerships, new technologies, expansions, and some noteworthy...

How to Become PCI Compliant

Dec 26, 2023

How to Become PCI Compliant (and Maintain PCI DSS Compliance) PCI DSS compliance—or PCI compliance for short—refers to a set of payment security standards that merchants must follow when accepting card payments, transmitting sensitive information, and storing...

12 Requirements of PCI DSS Compliance

Dec 23, 2023

12 Requirements of PCI DSS Compliance To become PCI compliant, you must follow the requirements set forth by the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards Council—an independent organization that was created by the card networks to help manage and improve payment...

15 Payment Processing Tips and Best Practices

Dec 22, 2023

Payment Processing Best Practices Accepting credit card payments has become a normal part of business operations for companies large and small worldwide. But not every business processes payments in an optimal way—which can lead to higher processing fees, compliance...

What is Payment Processing and How Does it Work?

Dec 19, 2023

What is Payment Processing and How Does it Work? The term “payment processing” is something that sounds relatively straightforward. Yet there are so many nuances and components that happen behind the scenes for payment processing to work. Payment processing makes it...

ACH vs. Wire Transfer: What’s the Difference?

Dec 18, 2023

ACH vs. Wire Transfer: What's the Difference? In addition to credit card processing, cash, and checks, there are other ways of getting paid. Two alternative methods include ACH payments and wire transfers. If your business sells large ticket items, such as machinery,...

What to Know About Switching Merchant Services

Dec 17, 2023

What to Know About Switching Merchant Services Every business wants to save money on credit card processing. So if you feel like you’re paying high rates and there’s room to cut costs, switching merchant services providers may sound like a viable option. However,...

Credit Card Networks Explained: How Credit Card Networks Work in 2025

Dec 16, 2023

Credit Card Networks Explained: How Credit Card Networks Work in 2025 Credit card networks help power the global economy. Millions of credit card transactions are processed every day—all of which would be impossible without the card networks. From small businesses to...