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	<title>The Merchant Services Blog &#187; eCommerce</title>
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		<title>Travel Agency Merchant Accounts</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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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>MasterCard Announces Increases for Spring 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 19:06:19 +0000</pubDate>
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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>IRS Changes Affect Merchants</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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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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		<title>Merchant Tax Reporting</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 23:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Housing and Recovery Act of 2008 included Amendment 6050W, Merchant Tax Reporting.  The purpose of this Amendment is to encourage accurate tax reporting.  The Amendment requires all payment processing organizations to report gross sales,  collect and verify TIN numbers, &#8230; <a href="http://www.merchantservices-help.com/blog/merchant-tax-reporting/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wal-Mart Credit Card Processing Outage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 22:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Wal-Mart Stores data system failure left shoppers unable to use some credit and debit cards on 9/23/2010, a spokesman for the world&#8217;s largest retailer said, according to CNN.com. The outage lasted about 90 minutes at Wal-Mart and Sam&#8217;s Club &#8230; <a href="http://www.merchantservices-help.com/blog/wal-mart-credit-card-processing-outage/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Dodd-Frank Act:  What it might mean to Merchants</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANY_ITEM_HERE The Dodd-Frank Reform and Consumer Protection Act, signed by President Obama in July 2010, is now law. Included in the act is the Durbin Amendment, a provision in the bill dealing with debit card Interchange fees and other issues &#8230; <a href="http://www.merchantservices-help.com/blog/the-dodd-frank-act-what-it-might-mean-to-merchants/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>QuickBooks Merchant Services Announces Fee Increases</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 23:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most QuickBooks Merchant Services customers may expect rate and fee increases as of October 1, 2010, according to a memo distributed to their sales agents today. Increases will include a monthly fee increase for terminal, gateway and POS customers, rate &#8230; <a href="http://www.merchantservices-help.com/blog/quickbooks-merchant-services-announces-fee-increases/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Used Verifone Vx510 for Sale-$240.00</title>
		<link>http://www.merchantservices-help.com/blog/used-verifone-vx510-for-sale-219-95/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accepting Checks Safely]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ANY_ITEM_HERE We have a  limited number of refurbished Verifone Vx510 dial-out credit card machines on sale for the low price of $240.00. And unlike many of our competitors, you do NOT have to apply for an overpriced merchant account in &#8230; <a href="http://www.merchantservices-help.com/blog/used-verifone-vx510-for-sale-219-95/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>ReceivePay Click &amp; Pay Email Invoices</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.merchantservices-help.com/blog/?p=686</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Automated Merchant Solutions and Priority Commerce, makers of  ReceivePay,  have teamed up to market a new line of innovative software business tools to current and future AMS merchants. ANY_ITEM_HERE ReceivePay integrated software for  QuickBooks®  &#38; Microsoft Word allows businesses to &#8230; <a href="http://www.merchantservices-help.com/blog/receivepay-click-pay-email-invoices/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Authorized Agent for North American Bancard</title>
		<link>http://www.merchantservices-help.com/blog/authorized-agent-for-north-american-bancard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Automated Merchant Solutions, Inc. is an  authorized  Agent for North American Bancard ,  a registered Independent Sales Organization/Merchant Service Provider for HSBC Bank USA National Association, Buffalo, NY; and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,Walnut Creek, CA ANY_ITEM_HERE ANY_ITEM_HERE We specialize in &#8230; <a href="http://www.merchantservices-help.com/blog/authorized-agent-for-north-american-bancard/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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