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Ten ways to reduce your cost of accepting credit cards

by amspcs

In tough economic times, small businesses seek out ways to cut expenses. One of the best places to start is to lower the cost of credit card processing.

Here are ten proven ideas that every merchant can and should implement. To learn more about each item, please refer to the resource links provided below.


1.) Minimize surcharges Circumventing terminal prompts such as bypassing Address Verification (AVS) or failing to settle b...

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Credit Card Processing For Business

Rate Reduction Strategies That Work

By amspcs

Has this happened to you? A credit cards merchant account salesperson sold you on a really low credit card discount processing rate. You thought you negotiated a pretty good deal. But lo and behold, you realize that you're paying much more than expected! What happened? And what can you do about it?

The culprit in the above scenario is merchant lack of understanding of "Interchange", the price struc...

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Evaluating Vendors to Minimize Expenses

Many small business owners wait until the end of the year to reevaluate the services they currently use and to decide what new services they are going to implement in the coming year. Here are some tips you can use to evaluate financial and insurance services for your business.
By Chris Freeburn

Payroll
When you have employees who need to be paid, the one business function that must run error free is payroll. Accountants and companies like ADP or Paychex al...

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