Cost saving

Global Payments has now written to merchants advising of new pricing starting 1 January 2016. Many observers and merchants had expected material fee reductions in light of the EU’s new interchange cap legislation effective 9 December 2015.  What we are seeing … Continued

  All Saints Eve is upon us and I’m wondering if it will be “trick” or “treat” for card accepting business this Halloween from their merchant acquirers ?  Definetely trick for Barclaycard customers judging by the onslought of emails we’ve … Continued

We all know by now that the EU legislation to reduce card acceptance charges has failed spectacularly with respect to Visa debit, with most merchants facing increased costs.  But all is not lost – heres some tips on how to … Continued

Barclaycard has become the latest of the merchant acquirers to increase its fees in 2015.  On Tuesday, Barclaycard wrote to merchant services customers advising of fee increases becoming effective on 1 October 2015.  We can always tell when merchant acquirers … Continued

Most new businesses still go to their high street bank for card processing services without realising this is the most expensive place to go and that the exact same product is available elsewhere at a fraction of the price. Here’s a … Continued

Shopping around for merchant services quotes is a pain, but we’ve now added a new feature to Cardswitcher which takes away the pain, forever! What have we done ? Our Cardswitcher website was an industry first.  Nowhere else in the … Continued

Hot on the heels of MasterCard’s announcement, Visa Europe have also announced their long over-due plans to reduce interchange costs on consumer credit cards. These reductions in interchange were brought about following the EU’s long running anti-trust investigation into charges levied … Continued

At the end of last month, MasterCard announced a revision of its plans to reduce interchange costs on consumer credit cards. These planned reductions in interchange were brought about following the EU’s long running anti-trust  investigation into charges levied by Visa … Continued

Terminal hire agreements are the most contentious issue for merchants judging by the complaints and calls for help we get.