Looking to accept credit card payments but you’re not sure what would be the best for your business? Whether you are a new business or just shopping around for new or updated technology, it can get pretty overwhelming. A lot of small business owners get...
Hey small business owners, as the saying goes, you never have a second chance to make a first impression. This is especially true in the competitive world of business, where a single negative review or bad experience can send prospective customers (and their dollars)...
When choosing a bank for your small business, there are many factors to consider. While it may be tempting to go with the bank down the street from your office for convenience, they may not offer the best services for your small business or startup. That’s why...
If you’ve ever visited a store and tried to purchase something, but realized that they only take cash when you get to the register, you know how frustrating the experience can be. While many businesses offer the option to pay with a variety of methods, some...
If there’s one thing you hear a lot these days, it’s probably that retail is changing. For a while, people believed online shopping would mean the end of in-person or brick-and-mortar stores. What’s instead happened is that the line between online...
In response to a then-growing number of fraudulent credit card purchases, major credit card issuers like American Express, Mastercard, Visa and Discover began transitioning to EMV chip cards in the United States in 2015. EMV is shorthand for Europay, Mastercard and...
If you’re a local business, you might feel that your standing in the community and local marketing strategies are enough. While that might be true, if you ever want to grow and protect yourself against the threat of larger competitors, you need an online...
America’s supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) helps ensure 20 million households — about 40 million people — have food to put on their tables. More than two-thirds of those 40 million SNAP recipients are households with children. In fact, children...
Even if you’re too young to remember, we can assure you — debit and credit cards haven’t always been the preferred way to pay for things. Cash used to be king at the register — even though it’s been largely displaced from its throne in favor of credit and debit cards...
Small, independently owned businesses continue to be the backbone of the American economy — as they have been for generations. While startups led by Millennials may be quick to adopt technology—which may be the basis for their very existence in some cases—more...
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