Cause for Advocacy

Cause for Advocacy

Have you ever heard the saying, “One bad apple spoils the barrel?”  It’s true, ya know.  An overripe, spoiled apple will emit significantly higher levels of ethylene gas causing other apples around it to overripen as well.  We often use this saying or variations of it...
High-Dollar Declines

High-Dollar Declines

There are a number of reasons your customer’s card is declined. Maybe they don’t have the funds available. Perhaps you keyed in the card number wrong. It’s possible that the AVS (address verification service) failed because the billing address...
Sometimes You Have To Work For Free

Sometimes You Have To Work For Free

Now, I didn’t say you have to like it. But you should definitely learn from it. As a payment processor, I work in a retention industry. So, while getting a sale is great, maintaining a relationship and keeping a client is much, much better because we make money...
What Is Visa’s EIRF?

What Is Visa’s EIRF?

If you’ve ever taken the time to read through a credit card processing statement in it’s entirety, it’s often reminiscent of Shakespeare in high school English. It’s not quite a foreign language, but it feels like it is, and just when you think...