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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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				<category><![CDATA[Credit Card Processing]]></category>
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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>
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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>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>A SQUARE deal???</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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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>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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		<title>Merchant Tax Reporting</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 23:09:38 +0000</pubDate>
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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>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>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>
				<category><![CDATA[Accepting Checks Safely]]></category>
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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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		<title>MasterCard and Discover Announce New Processing Rules</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:36:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[MasterCard and Discover announce new debit processing requirements. <a href="http://www.merchantservices-help.com/blog/mastercard-and-discover-announce-new-processing-rules/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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