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	<title>The Merchant Services Blog &#187; Healthcare</title>
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		<title>IRS Changes Affect Merchants</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 19:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Verifone Acquires Hypercom</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Verifone has announced plans to acquire Hypercom, a major competitor   in the credit card terminal industry. To view the press release announcement Click here]]></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>
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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>
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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>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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		<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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 23:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
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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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		<title>Visa Acquires Authorize.Net</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:29:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Visa, Inc. has announced completion of their acquisition of Cybersource Corporation, providers of Cypersource and Authorize.net payment management services. To apply for or learn more about Authorize.net, click here]]></description>
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		<title>Visa and MasterCard Announce Merchant Fee Increases</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 13:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Visa and Mastercard announce increases <a href="http://www.merchantservices-help.com/blog/visa-and-mastercard-announce-merchant-fee-increases/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Merchant Services in Canada</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We field lots of questions from Canadian merchants  about credit card processing  in Canada.  Ecommerce in Canada is a particularly popular subject.    So we have put together the following collection of basics  Q and A&#8217;s on the subject. Why chose &#8230; <a href="http://www.merchantservices-help.com/blog/merchant-services-in-canada/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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