by Pay Pro Tech West Coast | Aug 4, 2022 | Credit Card Processing
The following is a warning going out from nearly every merchant acquirer about cash discount merchants and services: “Visa has implemented a process of conducting on-site audits of businesses through the use of secret shoppers. This is to determine if a merchant...
by Pay Pro Tech West Coast | Jul 18, 2022 | Credit Card Processing
In today’s day and age, contactless payments have become wildly popular not only because of their convenience but also because of their ability to give people the option of not having to touch anything during a pandemic. One of the most popular types of...
by Pay Pro Tech West Coast | Jun 21, 2022 | blog, Credit Card Processing, Mobile Payment Options
Online payment apps are very popular in today’s day and age. These types of apps make it very easy for people to send and receive money on a daily basis. However, there are many pros and cons to using these types of apps, so we will be reviewing them here for...
by Pay Pro Tech West Coast | Jun 6, 2022 | Credit Card Fraud
I have a confession to make. As a merchant services professional who helps others avoid fraud, I recently fell for a phishing scam. Yes, me! And I’m here to tell you that some of these scams are incredibly hard to detect…until the fraudulent charges start to go...
by Pay Pro Tech West Coast | May 31, 2022 | blog, Merchant Services Contract
I recently contacted a gentleman who owns and runs four restaurants. I told him that I could switch his merchant services contract processing, provide guaranteed savings and still enable him to keep the Aloha POS that he loves. When I suggested that we should do the...
by Pay Pro Tech West Coast | May 16, 2022 | blog, contactless payments, digital, electronic check, Uncategorized
Electronic check processing is a solution that offers both speed and reliability when it comes to making secure payments electronically. This process makes it much easier for merchants so that they can have full confidence about receiving the funds (in forms of...
by Pay Pro Tech West Coast | Mar 11, 2022 | digital, E-Commerce
Many business owners assume that if they have an e-commerce site, they must use either PayPal or Stripe to process their credit card payments. After all, that seems to be what everyone else does. So these two options must be the only viable choices, right? ...
by Pay Pro Tech West Coast | Mar 11, 2022 | Credit Card Processing
If you look at Intuit’s fees for processing credit card transactions, it’s clear they believe they have a captive audience. Want to create invoices in QuickBooks, hit “send” and have a payment link automatically included with the invoice? Most businesses believe their...
by Pay Pro Tech West Coast | Mar 11, 2022 | Merchant Services Contract
I recently contacted a gentleman who owns and runs four restaurants. I told him that I could switch his merchant services processing, provide a guaranteed savings, and still enable him to keep the Aloha POS that he loves. When I suggested that we should do the...
by Pay Pro Tech West Coast | Feb 17, 2022 | Credit Card Fraud
I have a confession to make. As a merchant services professional who helps others avoid fraud, I recently fell for a phishing scam. Yes, me! And I’m here to tell you that some of these scams are incredibly hard to detect…until the fraudulent charges start to go...