Business

How My Massage Therapist Cuts Healing from Surgery by 50% (And still gets hosed by her bank)

11/23/2015

| Categories:Business, Credit Card, Merchant Account, Rate, Savings, Service, Taking Plastic, Training

I have a friend that is a massage therapist. No, not like the ones you see on billboards for truck stops, but a real, licensed massage therapist. She is the real deal and if you have never met someone from this industry, you are missing out. There’s a reason these men and women work in resorts and spas. Seriously,…

Read more →

How a 90-Year-Old Woman Was Being Billed for her Closed Business

11/23/2015

| 35 Comments

| Categories:Business, Credit Card, Leases, Merchant Account, Service, Terminals/Equipment

If you’re in business, you take plastic. If you do, you’re probably not happy with it. One issue businesses often face that upset them is a lease for their credit card terminal. We’ve all seen loan sharks in gangster movies, but the way some lease contracts read, loan sharks would be a nicer thing to experience. However, before I…

Read more →

The #1 Trick the Credit Card Industry Pulls on Seniors Who Are Businesses Owners

10/30/2015

| 1 Comment

| Categories:Business, Credit Card, EMV, Merchant Account, Rate, Taking Plastic, Training

If you’re not taking plastic at your business, you’re the exception. It is the cost of doing business, and unfortunately, many groups make it more of a hassle than it needs to be. I am just going to blurt it out: Contract fees are completely bogus. When I say contract fees, what I want you to hear is ‘snake…

Read more →

Women Business Owners Charged More (For an item that can and should be free)

10/30/2015

| No Comments

| Categories:Business, Credit Card, EMV, Merchant Account, Rate, Savings, Taking Plastic

There are several abuses of women business owners that I have seen over time when it comes to taking plastic at their businesses, but among the worse must be the fee for a terminal. That is their credit card terminal. I don’t mean a little bit more, but instead whopping high fees for a simple machine. Here’s what you…

Read more →

EMV- It’s not the end of the world.

08/31/2015

| No Comments

| Categories:Business, Credit Card, EMV, Merchant Account, Rate, Security, Taking Plastic

A lot of folks have been running around lately scaring merchants, businesses and the world about the dangers of not switching to EMV. Your card credit machine will stop working, cutting into your profits, shutting down business and maybe even exploding. Don’t worry, none of this will happen. With those fears set aside just what is EMV? What does…

Read more →

How My Massage Therapist Cuts Healing from Surgery by 50% (And still gets hosed by her bank)

How a 90-Year-Old Woman Was Being Billed for her Closed Business

The #1 Trick the Credit Card Industry Pulls on Seniors Who Are Businesses Owners

Women Business Owners Charged More (For an item that can and should be free)

EMV- It’s not the end of the world.

What Banks Don’t Want You To Know

Find What You Are Looking For

Contact Info

Site Map