Visa USA has begun helping a number of merchants process their proprietary gift cards over VisaNet, the card association's switch that routes transactions between merchants and card issuers or their ...

Merchant accounts are essential if you want to run a business that accepts debit and credit card payments. Not doing so can impede on your ability to attract customers and grow your business. Luckily, ...

Storing your credit card information makes it easier for merchants to facilitate future and recurring transactions. For data security or consumer privacy purposes, however, you may not want merchants ...

Accepting credit cards requires a payment processor like Square or Stripe, a merchant account, and hardware like POS ...

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Learn how credit card posting affects your transaction timeline, the differences between transaction and post dates, and how it impacts your account balance and payments.

ISOs and prepaid card vendors may encounter merchant resistance to "virtual" gift card services because of their lack of understanding about the products, observers note. Typically, consumers purchase ...

If you are a patron of a particular merchant, you might find that it makes the process smoother, enabling faster future transactions, if you allow it to store your card information. That's well and ...