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Merchant Services and Credit Card Processing

Toast Credit Card Processing – Rate Increases and Updates (2025)

Jul 15, 2024

Toast Credit Card Processing - Rate Increases and Updates (2025) Toast is a restaurant POS (point-of-sale) system. In addition to its POS software, Toast also provides payment processing as an integrated solution with its platform. If you're using Toast for payment...

Illinois Credit Card Surcharging Laws

Jul 11, 2024

Illinois Credit Card Surcharging Laws: Everything You Need to Know in 2025 Illinois allows merchants to legally surcharge credit card transactions. For the most part these laws are pretty similar compared to the other states where it’s legal to surcharge. Here’s a...

American Express Assessment Fees

Jul 8, 2024

American Express Assessment Fees (2024) In addition to the interchange fees charged by American Express for each transaction, there are other fees imposed at the card network level by Amex. Also known as pass-through fees, assessments are paid directly to American...

EVO Payments Interchange Rates and Fee Updates (2025)

Jul 7, 2024

EVO Payments Interchange Rates & Fee Updates (2025) If you’re using EVO Payments to process credit and debit card transactions, you need to read and bookmark this resource. We’ll keep you updated with all of the latest interchange rates, updates, and relevant...

California Surcharge Laws

Jul 1, 2024

New California Surcharge Laws - Updated For 2025 California has some of the most unique credit card surcharge rules in the country. Home to roughly 40 million residents, the Golden State has gone through three significant changes governing how merchants can impose...

Payment Processing Industry News — June 2024

Jun 27, 2024

Payment Processing Industry News — June 2024 Our team is constantly monitoring the latest news stories in the payments world. From new fees to mergers, acquisitions, regulations, and beyond, here’s a summary of the latest headlines from June. Worldpay Announces $9.95...

Visa/Mastercard Interchange Fee Settlement: Everything You Need to Know

Jun 25, 2024

Visa/Mastercard Interchange Fee Settlement: Everything You Need to Know Disclosure: This page is for informational purposes only and is NOT legal advice. We are just presenting facts associated with the settlement, and we are in no way making suggestions or...

What is an Aggregated Merchant Account?

Jun 24, 2024

What is an Aggregated Merchant Account? Finding the right payment processor that allows your business to accept card payments is one of the most important decisions you’ll make. But with so many options on the market, it can definitely be overwhelming to filter the...

Worldpay Review: Payment Processing (2025)

Jun 21, 2024

Worldpay Review: Payment Processing (2025) Worldpay is one of the largest payment processing companies globally, and it’s the second-largest non-bank merchant acquirer in the United States. Using Worldpay to accept card payments comes with its fair share of pros and...

What is the Visa Base II Transmission Fee?

Jun 19, 2024

What is the Visa Base II Transmission Fee? Making sense of the assessment fees on your monthly credit card processing statement can be daunting for any business—especially since the name of each assessment isn’t always self explanatory. What’s even more confusing is...