Merchant Services is a word that is generic to the financial industry and you are more likely to here it mentioned among people who work specifically with payment processing rather than the small businesses that require these features. Despite this you are likely to come across the term if you are a business owner yourself Read More… »
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» PDQ
Many small business owners often question ‘what is PDQ?’ the short answer it is an acronym for ‘Processing Data Quickly’, however, it is most popularly used and applied to credit card machines such as the one pictured above. A PDQ machine will not only process your credit card transactions more quickly, but it also makes Read More… »
» Credit Card Payment
Edward Bellamy was the first to describe the use of a card for making purchases in his novel ‘Looking Backward‘, written in 1887. The book tells the fictional story of a young American from Boston who falls into a deep sleep only to awaken a hundred and thirty years later in the same city but Read More… »
» Boysfood – Guy Related Topics – Cars Etc
There are many stereotypical interests which are linked to things guys are supposedly all meant to enjoy, including going to the gym, bimbo women who resemble Barbie or guzzling beer at all times of the day. I decided to write this article to help narrow down the main topics and areas which guys do all genuinely share Read More… »
» Card Readers
Card readers are probably the most well known part of credit card processing within business, you see them every time you enter a large retail store and even when you purchase a service or product at small outlets. However, a merchant account is the most important factor that should be taken into consideration when researching Read More… »
» PCI Compliance
PCI compliance applies to every small business that wants to accept credit cards, these are the regulations that have been put in place to ensure that if a company stores credit card details of a customer, they remain in a secure environment. Most banks will charge businesses extra to assist them in meeting the requirements Read More… »
» Chip and PIN
Those of you reading this in the U.S will not know exactly what Chip and PIN means, it actually refers to EMV, the technology which allows small businesses to accept credit card payments securely and efficiently withing their stores. If you are a retailer you have probably seen how PDQ machines have taken the U.K Read More… »
» Merchant Account Services
I wanted to discuss the subject of ‘Merchant Services’ within the financial world, the term itself is generic and therefore anybody who runs a small business and needs the credit card processing solutions it provides would have a hard time finding out the best options available in the market. In the UK alone 600,000 retailers Read More… »
» Funny Facebook Status Diary
Have you ever wondered where your friends get those cool and funny Facebook status messages from? I used to think that maybe my friend had heard a joke during the day and simply entered it into his status bar but I later realized he had been searching for lists of Facebook statuses on the Google. Read More… »
» Clip in Hair Extensions – Types of Hair Extensions
Until only recently I was absolutely unaware of the vast variety of Hair Extension types available on the market for women to buy and have attached to their own hair. It was only through research for a website I was working on for a friend that I got to see photos she had taken of Read More… »