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	<title>The Merchant Services Blog &#187; Credit Card Processing</title>
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	<description>Everything you ever wanted to know about Merchant Processing Accounts!</description>
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		<title>Travel Agency Merchant Accounts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Travel Agencies and related travel-oriented businesses are considered high-risk merchants as far as credit card processors are concerned, and therefore are among the most challenging business types to get successfully approved for a Merchant Account. . The reason is that &#8230; <a href="http://www.merchantservices-help.com/blog/travel-agency-merchant-accounts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Seasonal Merchant Accounts</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credit Card Processing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the first time, merchants who only need a merchant account for the short-term   are able to obtain reasonably-priced short-term seasonal merchant accounts. This relatively new concept in the payment processing industry is an ideal solution for Christmas season &#8230; <a href="http://www.merchantservices-help.com/blog/seasonal-merchant-accounts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Major companies start to sour on Durbin amendment</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember the so-called experts who pushed through the Durbin amendment with the promise that merchant and consumers alike would benefit by lowering debit transaction costs and fees?  We in the payment processing industry long questioned these promises, and our doubts &#8230; <a href="http://www.merchantservices-help.com/blog/major-companies-start-to-sour-on-durbin-amendment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Short Term Temporary Mobile POS Rentals</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:28:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credit Card Processing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes merchants need a short-term temporary payment processing solution. It makes no sense to buy and maintain expensive equipment and pay monthly service fees year-round when not needed or used.  Weekend craft fair vendors,trade show merchants, Christmas tree and July &#8230; <a href="http://www.merchantservices-help.com/blog/short-term-temporary-mobile-pos-rentals/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Paypal??</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:24:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credit Card Processing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are often asked about the wisdom of smaller merchant having a &#8220;traditional&#8221; merchant processing account instead of just going with Paypal. Let&#8217;s address that issue. First of all, we have long proposed that there is no reason for Paypal &#8230; <a href="http://www.merchantservices-help.com/blog/paypal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A SQUARE deal???</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credit Card Processing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newest developments on the Verifione vs Square battlefield: Respected researchers at a recent trade show have discovered and demonstrated how easy it is for even non-skilled thieves to use the Square payment processing device to easily commit credit card fraud. &#8230; <a href="http://www.merchantservices-help.com/blog/a-square-deal/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>PAYware for Smartphones Now Integrates with QuickBooks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credit Card Processing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.merchantservices-help.com/blog/?p=1368</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just announced:   VeriFone is pleased to announce the added functionality of PAYware Direct and PAYware Connect&#8217;s integration with QuickBooks. This new QuickBooks function allows merchants  to seamlessly export transaction data processed with their Iphone, Droid, or Blackberry smartphones  into merchants’ &#8230; <a href="http://www.merchantservices-help.com/blog/payware-for-smartphones-now-integrates-with-quickbooks/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>MasterCard Announces Increases for Spring 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 19:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MasterCard Worldwide has announced some changes to Interchange rates and assessments,  scheduled to take effect later this spring. ANY_ITEM_HERE Included among them is an increase in the Interchange rate for World Merit III, a MasterCard branded Rewards card, from 1.73% &#8230; <a href="http://www.merchantservices-help.com/blog/mastercard-announces-increases-for-spring-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Free POS System</title>
		<link>http://www.merchantservices-help.com/blog/free-harbortouch-pos-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.merchantservices-help.com/blog/free-harbortouch-pos-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credit Card Processing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.merchantservices-help.com/blog/?p=1292</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CALL TODAY FOR FREE INFORMATION 1-877-689-1691 The FREE Point of Sale System that will Revolutionize Your Business The perfect POS solution for Casual Dining Quick Serve Restaurants Cafes Bars Retail, Bookstores Clothing Stores Supermarkets, C-Stores Wine and Liquor Stores  Hair &#8230; <a href="http://www.merchantservices-help.com/blog/free-harbortouch-pos-system/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>IRS Changes Affect Merchants</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Credit Card Processing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Housing Assistance Act of 2008 included the enactment of Section 6050W of the Internal Revenue Code. Section 6050W made it a requirement for ALL processors to report merchants’ gross sales amount from settled transactions (Visa, MasterCard, Discover, PIN &#8230; <a href="http://www.merchantservices-help.com/blog/irs-changes-affect-merchants/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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