by PayProTec West Coast | Jan 19, 2021 | Credit Card Processing, Retail Sales
The numbers are in, and it turns out the holiday shopping season was not only better than expected, but also better than the one in 2019, weeks before the coronavirus pandemic struck in the United States. Retail sales in November and December totaled $789.4...
by PayProTec West Coast | Jan 9, 2021 | Credit Card Fraud, Credit Card Processing
Verifone and Ingenico customers should install the latest patches for their POS terminals now Security vulnerabilities have been discovered in POS terminals from Verifone and Ingenico that could have allowed cybercriminals to steal credit card details, clone...
by PayProTec West Coast | Jan 7, 2021 | cash, chargebacks, Credit Card Processing, Processing Fees
At the start of 2020, contactless payments were constrained. In countries like the U.S. and India, they were either lacking adoption or actively opposed; and in other parts of the world, contactless payments were held to strict transaction limits before requiring...
by PayProTec West Coast | Nov 5, 2020 | Credit Card Processing
As a business owner, you understand that you are going to have to accept credit cards. However, accepting credit cards costs your company money and you hate accepting that fact. Unfortunately, without a merchant account, you will not be able to accept credit cards and...
by PayProTec West Coast | Oct 9, 2020 | Credit Card Processing
PayProTec West Coast is a “merchant services provider.” But what does that mean exactly? At the most basic level, a merchant services provider helps to process credit card payments and provides credit card readers or online portals for e-commerce credit card...
by PayProTec West Coast | Sep 10, 2020 | Credit Card Processing, Processing Fees
Businesses and merchants that currently use credit card processing from either smaller local companies or larger, national credit card processing brands can all benefit from asking this crucial question: Am I paying too much for credit card processing? Credit card...