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Stax vs Riverside Payments: Which Solution Should You Choose?

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You may not be able to control the rates set by the banks and card providers, but what you can do is manage those fees through your payment processor. There are many processors out there that claim to save you money, and in this post we’ll take a look at two of them: Riverside Payments and Stax.

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What is a Payment Management System?

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Look for a PMS that can serve as an all-in-one platform for payment processing, integrates with other technologies, offers appropriate POS equipment, and prioritizes security compliance. Your PMS is a central hub to manage payment requests and store banking information (like your routing and bank account number for ACH payments ).

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How Adopting Mobile Payments Can Help Your Business Grow in 2024

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Customers can pay with their watch or phone just by tapping it on a card reader, and businesses can host an entire POS system on a mobile phone. Thanks to these modern payment solutions, credit card, and debit card users can now complete their purchases without swiping or inserting their cards at the point of sale (POS) terminals.

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Understanding Credit Card Processing Fees for Merchants: How Much Does Processing Credit Cards Cost?

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For a merchant to accept credit cards, they need to pay both credit card processing fees to the banks involved and for the soft and hardware required to process cards. Acquiring Bank (Merchant Bank): The financial institution that establishes and maintains the merchant’s account, enabling them to accept credit card payments.

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Understanding the Payment Terminal: Integrated vs. Semi-Integrated vs. Non-Integrated Payment Terminals

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Your payment terminal can be fully or semi-integrated with your POS system. Fully-Integrated Semi-Integrated Non-Integrated POS Requirements The POS and terminal are one and the same. As such, there is a 2-way sync between the devices The POS system offers One-way communication to the physical terminal. Card-present rate.

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Tap to Pay: What It Is and How It Works

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In 2015, many merchants switched to NFC-enabled terminals; by 2019, most banks were issuing contactless cards. Visa, Mastercard, and the customer’s bank) for authorization. NFC even enables smart packaging to provide customers with product and usage information at the point of sale.

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Demystifying Credit Card Interchange Fees: What You Need to Know [2024 Rates and Updates]

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Set rate processing Subscription rate processing TL;DR Interchange fees are not collected by your payment processor or bank; they go directly to the card-issuing banks. Interchange fees vary significantly depending on the card issuer, the issuing bank, type of transaction and/or merchant type.