by Brian Manning | Oct 30, 2014 | EMV
While EMV Smart Chips may sound like the tasty new snack of the week, they’re actually a teeny-tiny microprocessor embedded in newer credit and debit cards. And they represent something of an infinitely greater value to both you and your customers – to the tune of $14...
by Brian Manning | May 1, 2014 | Terminals & Equipment
Everyone has their favorites and mine is the Verifone VX570. The VX570 is a go-to countertop style credit card terminal solution that is more than capable of handling your day to day transaction needs at your retail business. It is capable of using a dial up or an IP...
by Brian Manning | Feb 20, 2014 | Online/Internet/Ecommerce
You know those all important “oh, I never knew that” moments that we all come across from time to time? We get lots of questions about internet merchant accounts and they usually fall into one of three categories: 1- Internet Merchant Accounts 2- Payment Gateways 3-...
by Brian Manning | Jul 19, 2013 | Terminals & Equipment
Update 9/20/2020: Since 2018, credit card terminal leases have come back and are becoming more and more common again with the advent of merchant cash discounting programs. If you’re looking as setting up one of those special merchant accounts and want an...
by Brian Manning | Jul 15, 2013 | Terminals & Equipment
Choosing a credit card terminal can be confusing. Should you go with a Verifone VX510, or maybe a Hypercom T4100? There’s also Ingenico, First Data, Dejavoo, and Nurit models to choose from. Do you want the dual comm or the dial-up connection? What if you want both?...