The way we pay for goods and services has changed dramatically over the last few decades. Good old fashioned cash is rapidly approaching death’s door in the UK. Those old £1 coins hidden down the side of the couch are … Continued
In 2019 there will be the first significant changes in interchange fees since the EU’s 2015 intervention to cut consumer credit and debit fees. Some of these changes will be beneficial for merchants, some not. The first of these is … Continued
In 2015, Laura launched her new business: a bespoke wedding invitation design studio. It was her first business and everything proved a steep learning curve. Early on, she bought a mobile point of sale device (also called a card reader) … Continued
Last month the Payment Systems Regulator launched a review of the UK card acquiring market in order to assess whether it’s working well for merchants.
With non-secure transaction fees creeping up, I conducted a small investigation to discover which acquirers represent the best value for merchants.
In this article, I’m going to look at five popular sales channels for merchant services. I’ll touch on how competitive their pricing is and quickly explain whether or not I’d recommend you use it.
In this article, we’ll look at some of the alternatives to PayPal, which do exactly the same thing but at a much cheaper price.
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Christmas should be season of goodwill to all, so why are merchant acquirers acting like Scrooge at Christmas? WorldPay has become the latest merchant acquirer to fail to pass on the full 0.5% EU reduction in consumer credit card interchange to its customers.
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[mp_row] [mp_span col=”6″] 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 … 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
