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Accepting Credit Cards Can Help Merchants With Reconciliation And Accounting

Accepting Credit Cards Help Merchants With Reconciliation

Reconciliation is the process of matching financial records to ensure they align correctly. Credit card statements, with their detailed transaction records, simplify the reconciliation process.  Businesses can easily cross-reference credit card statements with internal accounting records, such as receipts and invoices, to ensure accuracy. This helps identify any discrepancies or

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How a Credit Card Transaction Works in Payment Processing

How a Credit Card Transaction Works

There is a lot that happens in a credit card transaction. There is consumer identity verification, merchant status verification, fraud detection, and bank communication. All

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What is a virtual terminal in payment processing?

What is a Virtual Terminal?

A virtual terminal is a web-based application that allows merchants and business owners to accept credit card payments using an internet browser on a computer,

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Interchange fees by country in credit card processing

Interchange fees by country

The growing use of credit cards is a global phenomenon. The internet continues to explode, the ability to have your credit card on your phone

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What is a Payment Gateway?

What is a payment gateway?

Somewhere around 75% of adults shop online at least once per month. Shopping over the internet has grown into a big business. The internet is one

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Tokenization in Credit Card Processing

What is Credit Card Tokenization?

The quick explanation of credit card tokenization is that it is the process where a “phrase” (or token) is used to represent credit card information

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Visa Debit in Canada

How Visa Debit Works in Canada

Both debit cards and credit cards are very popular in Canada. Credit cards are currently the most popular transaction method in Canada, accounting for 31%

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