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New Law Goes into Affect Today
In a previous post, we told you about the new laws slated to go into effect on July 1, 2010. That day has arrived and every payment processing application should be in compliance with this new federal law. Ensuring compliance is important for business owners for many reasons. The repercussions for those who are not [...]
Safer Online Credit Card Processing Services
Processing online credit card transactions are about to become even safer both for you as the merchant and your customers. These new safeguards are courtesy of the U.S. Government and its efforts of further reducing safety breaches such as identity theft and other vulnerabilities sometimes found in various cyber environments. While you rely on FDIS [...]
FDIS – Meeting all of Your Credit Card Processing Needs
FDIS has been a leader in the merchant credit card processing industry for many years. Built on commitment to customers and transparent policies, our goal is to continue the tradition of quality services, the best technology offers in security and the most advanced credit card processing terminals.
Regardless of whether you’re a long time client or [...]
New Trends for Grocery and Convenience Stores
Are you still accepting paper checks from your customers? Maybe your store policy is to cash payroll checks? If your business is a grocery store, there’s a good chance you’ve already begun to ask yourself if this is still a policy you wish to continue. In fact, many grocery and convenience store chains are beginning [...]
What is a Credit Card Processor?
Sometimes, in the credit card processing industry, terms and descriptions can get lost in the translation. Before long, you’re more confused than you were before you began your research. As part of the FDIS commitment to its customers, we answer routine questions via our blog entries. Lately, and with so much going on in the [...]
New Payment Trends in the Medical Sector
If you’re a physician, odds are, your credit card processing suite is receiving a lot of action these days. Patients, unable to afford co-payments or other out of pocket expenses, are turning to their credit cards. This is resulting in a growing number of doctors around the country updating their business credit card processing networks [...]
The Latest in Threats and Fraud
A report released in April 2010 by our parent company reveals some of the trends in fraud in the financial sector; and specifically, within the credit card processing industry. We know that fraud is responsible for $200 billion in the U.S. every year.
The new threat revolves an “underground economy”. Predators are now using their intelligence [...]
The Business of Chargebacks
If you’ve been in business for more than a day, odds are, you’ve had to deal with the occasional chargeback. This happens for any number of reasons, but bottom line is the charge is reversed, in effect, canceling your sale and sometimes sending profits down the drain.
While technology has propelled the merchant card services industry [...]
More Tips for Choosing a Merchant Credit Card Processing Provider
Occasionally, and in an effort to keep our customers current on what is sometimes an industry that changes on a dime, FDIS puts together some tips, suggestions and other helpful information. The vast majority of businesses now have merchant credit card processing services. Still, there are those times when what they have doesn’t meet their [...]
The Business of High Risk Business
There are many ways a business is considered high risk, but being classified as such doesn’t mean your business is a credit risk. Actually, there are several reasons for this classification. While it’s true a small business can be considered high risk due to credit problems, other reasons include the industry itself or certain criteria, [...]