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Web and Ecommerce 7.10. Ecommerce: Payment Gateways and Merchant Accounts

Posted on 22 July 2010. Tags: authentication, Authorize.net, bank, bricks-and-mortar retail stores, business, card issuer, cashier, cellular telephone, check processing, Commerce, credit card, credit card transaction, credit card transactions, credit cards, Debit card, e-commerce, Electronic commerce, financial institution, Internet auction services, ITransact, iTransact gateway services, lower-level payment gateway services, M&A, mail order, medium-sized Web businesses, merchant account, merchant accounts, merchant bank, Merchant services, mobile phone, mobile phone e-commerce, online auction sites, partial list, payment gateway, payment gateway services, payment gateways, Payment systems, personal account, reconciliation services, resellers, signature account services, Starbucks, taking credit card payments, verisign, web developer, Web e-commerce, Web payment gateway, Web payment gateway services, Web-based transactions, Word processor

Ecommerce: Payment Gateways and Merchant Accounts Unless you’re willing to have customers send you checks through the mail (perish the thought!), your Web site needs to process credit card transactions if you want to sell people anything. Taking credit card payments is a complicated affair. Credit cards need to be authenticated, the payment needs to [...]

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FINANCE, TAXES, AND BANKING 2.7. Business Banking

Posted on 20 June 2010. Tags: banking accounts, banking solution, bricks and mortar, business expenses, Citi, citibank, cred, credit card transactions, many compelling reasons, merchant account, merchant accounts, personal bank account, personal banking, risk web, small business owners, virtual banking, web payment, Web sales

One of the most common mistakes new small business owners make is to use their personal banking accounts for their business. There are many compelling reasons to do this: it’s less hassle, it’s cheaper, it’s easier. However, it’s actually more hassle, more expensive in the long run, and harder. Why? Taxes―the government lets you deduct [...]

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