The 15 Best Card Processing Services
Is your business looking for new way to process card payments? Fear not, our list of card processing services has solutions tailored to all business needs.
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Cardstream Review: Features and Fees
It can be hard to tell who you’re actually dealing with when you sign up for a merchant account. The illusion of ‘independence’ is often used to make customers feel more exclusive, and better looked after. Take BrainTree for instance. Seems like a small, independent merchant account, right? Nope, owned by PayPal. Somerset-based company Cardstream […]
Read post Card Cutters Review: Features and Fees
It’s fairly obvious why small merchants aren’t getting the best deals for their payment processing services. Bigger companies (obviously) make more money, and as such, they tend to get offered better rates and lower fees from their card payment solutions provider. Card Cutters is a popular UK-based merchant account that’s looking to buck this trend […]
Read post Checkout Review: UK Features and Fees
In 2009, Guillaume Pousaz hedged his bets; he split from his business partner at NetMerchant to pursue his own strategic vision - a truly transparent payment solution for the global internet economy. He bought a bunch of domain names for his new business, not wanting to waste his best domain name on a business model […]
Read post Cardsave Review: UK Features and Fees
Founded in the UK by current Payzone chief executive and Travelex founder Clive Kahn, Cardsave has become one of the most reputable brands in the business - and you’d certainly hope so, since they’ve been running since 1999! You can be forgiven for not hearing the name 'Cardsave' too often now, as the company was […]
Read post 10 Best eCommerce Platforms for UK Merchants: The Definitive Comparison
In this blog, I've collected the most popular eCommerce platforms in the UK and put them to the test in this definitive comparison!
Read post Retail Merchant Services Review: Features and Fees
If you haven’t heard of Retail Merchant Services (RMS), their name should be pretty self-explanatory. The Milton Keynes-based payments service provider supplies small and medium sized businesses with affordable card payment solutions. Founded in 2007, it has already signed up over 36,000 merchants across the UK and Ireland in the short time that it has […]
Read post AIB Merchant Services Review: Features and Fees
Operating out of Dublin, AIB (Allied Irish Bank) is one of the most popular merchant services in the UK - it's one of Ireland's largest providers of payment services. With big-name partners like the First Data Corporation, AIB offers everything you could want in a merchant account. However, with so many merchant services available, is […]
Read post Lloyds Bank Cardnet Review: Features and Fees
Lloyd’s is one of the biggest names in banking. You may already have one of their debit or credit cards, so you should also consider whether a Lloyds Cardnet merchant account is right for your business. Lloyd’s Bank Cardnet merchant services is actually a joint venture by Lloyds Banking Group and First Data. We’re going […]
Read post Card Not Present Transactions - What You Should Know
One of the main benefits of using a card is that you don't have to be physically present. Who wants to drag themselves into town to wait in a painfully long queue when you could get a 2 hour delivery from an online retailer? This perk is the reason that online businesses are doing so […]
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