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Payment processing guides

Plain-English guides to card fees, pricing models, merchant accounts, POS systems, chargebacks and high-risk processing.

Chargebacks Explained: Costs, Ratios and Prevention

What chargebacks cost, why your ratio matters, and the simple habits that prevent most disputes.

How to Read Your Merchant Statement

Find your effective rate and spot hidden fees in five minutes with this walk-through of a typical processing statement.

How to Choose a POS System

A step-by-step checklist for picking a point-of-sale system that fits your business and budget.

What Makes a Business High-Risk for Payment Processing?

The industry, chargeback and business-model factors that lead processors to label a business high-risk, and what to do about it.

10 Ways to Lower Your Credit Card Processing Fees

Practical steps to cut what you pay to accept cards, from pricing models to surcharging rules.

Merchant Accounts

What Is a Merchant Account?

How merchant accounts differ from payment facilitators like Stripe and Square, and when you need one.

Flat-Rate vs. Interchange-Plus vs. Tiered Pricing

The three main pricing models compared, with guidance on which one costs less for your business.

How Credit Card Processing Fees Work

Interchange, network fees and processor markup: the three parts of every card fee, explained in plain English.

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