) June 4, 2009 -- Why a merchant may need an offshore merchant account - Merchants, especially those that transact business internationally may find it beneficial to use an offshore or non-domestic bank to process their credit card transactions. This can benefit the merchant because many non-domestic banks have a lot of experience in multi-currency transaction processing and have high volume merchant account processing capabilities.

The Merchant Solutions is a leading credit card processing and merchant services provider company. As a provider of an extensive range of payment processing services, the company establishes The Merchant Bills of Rights to help the small and mid-sized business owners to manage fairly the cost and complexity of debit and credit card processing practices. Well-planned as an industry standard, the Merchant Bill of Rights provides clear and simple presentation of processing cost of debit cards and credit cards.
The Merchant Bill of Rights provides following rights to debit and credit card holders.
The right to know exactly who is charging fee for every card payment transaction
The right to know the fee markups
The right to know the fee reductions

) October 2, 2009 -- 100 Best, Inc., a leader in providing information on ecommerce services, recently recognized Merchant Warehouse as the best merchant account provider for businesses that accept credit cards. This recognition is given to the merchant account provider that has demonstrated its commitment to providing the best merchant accounts and merchant services possible.

) March 29, 2009 -- Themerchantmaven.com is a new blog launched by a former American Express, retail and credit card processing industry veteran. He's also a marketing guy that likes taking a creative approach. The Merchant Maven is the advocate for retailers, restaurants and small businesses throughout America. He is on a mission to find the best credit card processing deals for small business merchants. He searches the web, the world and local neighborhoods to find these deals and publishes his research on his merchant maven blog.

If you own or operate an online store or a personal store then you are probably looking for how to open and secure a free credit card merchant account. There are two varieties of merchant accounts.

Paynet Systems, an established and trusted name in the credit card processing industry has added website services to its suite of Merchant Account services. If you want to get your business online via the medium of a professionally designed business website, Paynet Systems can now help you get started with free design and setup ($300+value), free domain name registration, free 30 mail accounts, free 300 MB email storage, free 5 GB of web storage, free business cards, free website tracking, free website editing software, free website edit training, and 24/7 customer support. There are two pricing options that allow you to save over 15% by paying $299 for one year or $29.95 per month.

) September 8, 2009 -- Merchant Warehouse, a premier provider of merchant accounts and credit card processing solutions, today announced the release of a free payment module extension for the eCommerce platform Magento, a Varien company. Developed as an Open Source solution for the eCommerce marketplace, Magento is easy to use and simple to customize, allowing developers to create plug-ins and extensions to expand the platform`s capabilities for online merchants.

) December 15, 2008 -- Nodus Technologies, Inc. (www.nodus.com), a leading electronic payment solution provider is pleased to announce the completion of VISA PABP 2008 certification for their Credit Card Advantage product line, the leading integrated credit card payment application software platform in Microsoft Dynamics GP market.

) October 21, 2009 -- It is such a great accomplishment for enCards to be announcing five successful years in Card Issuing and Merchant Processing. enCards reached the five year landmark with great success, and looks forward to the many recent changes for the company. Along with a brand new website that was recently launched, www.ecards.com, enCards is also utilizing social media to create buzz and increase brand awareness. Some of the social media marketing tools enCards employs include: Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, YouTube, and LinkedIn. Along with following in the direction of the future of marketing, enCards also hopes to utilize web developers and web designers to integrate more technology into its business.

) June 25, 2009 -- Merchant Data Systems (merchantdatasystems.com), a full service payment processing company, has joined forces with ControlScan (controlscan.com), a leading provider of Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance and security solutions exclusively focused on small- to medium-sized merchants, to help its merchants meet mandatory requirements set forth by the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC).

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) February 9, 2009 -- Merchant Warehouse, a premier provider of merchant accounts and credit card processing solutions, this month announced the release of their new and ground breaking Merchant Account Affiliate Program. This is the first affiliate program in the Merchant Services industry that is fully capable of tracking offline phone call conversions, significantly increasing the earning potential of the program.

Verifi and Merchant e-Solutions (MeS) announced they will jointly deliver a next-generation technology solution for risk management and payment processing. Integrating Verifi's suite of fraud prevention services with Merchant e-Solution's innovative payment platform equips card-not-present (CNP) merchants with a powerful set of risk mitigation and business management capabilities. (PRWeb Nov 3, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/11/prweb3140344.htm

) November 1, 2008 -- Integrity Payment Systems today announced that bankcard security expert, Mr. David Press, has joined Integrity Payment Systems full time, reinforcing that merchant services company's commitment to controlling the fraud risk associated with credit card processing for merchants. David Press is a highly experienced credit card consultant, investigator and expert witness who has an extensive background in credit card operations, risk management, chargeback and collections, and fraud detection/investigation He has worked with numerous financial institutions and also possesses extensive experience working with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies.

) July 30, 2009 -- Addison, TX based Encore Payment Systems, www.EncorePS.com, a leader in the electronic payment processing industry, is proud to introduce the Encore Payment Systems iPhone Mobile Application.

This new application gives small business merchants, independent contractors and mobile merchants the ability to utilize Encore's payment processing solutions without a need for hardware processing equipment or a dedicated internet line.

) April 28, 2009 -- Signature Card Services (signaturecard.com), a leading provider of credit and debit card payment processing services, has joined forces with ControlScan (controlscan.com), a leading provider of Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance and security solutions. The partnership allows Signature Card to take a proactive approach in assisting their small and medium-sized merchants in meeting the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard.

) November 11, 2008 -- IP Commerce, Inc. and PaySimple today jointly announce the launch of Commerce Enrollment™, an automated online merchant account application. IP Commerce and PaySimple co-developed the online merchant application, and PaySimple completed its beta launch, finding that the process to qualify and approve its merchants for a merchant account was much more efficient than legacy processes. In addition, PaySimple found the application improved overall customer experience.

) June 25, 2009 -- Element Payment Services announces the launch of the PCI Compliance Quiz Widget, created to help widen the knowledge base of Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance.

The PCI compliance standards were developed by the major payment card brands, under the umbrella of the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council, in response to a recent growth in data security breaches. They apply to all businesses that handle payment cards.

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An innovative credit card processing system for taxis using Credics Technologies' patented processing platform, has recently be installed in Barcelona and Luxembourg with great success.

) February 10, 2009 -- Merchant Capital Options has launched a new product, Electronic Payment Advance. Electronic Payment Advance is an upfront cash advance payment against all forms of future electronic processing, such as credit cards and checks. It allows multi-unit restaurant companies to access quick capital for an array of initiatives including unit or asset expansion, initiating equipment renovation programs and creation and execution of a marketing campaign.

Arrangement will provide innovative, leading-edge credit card processing solutions to merchants of all types and sizes. (PRWeb Jan 21, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/01/prweb1886984.htm

) September 5, 2009 -- On Aug. 31, with the release of Magellan Merchant, Magellan Commerce became the first one-stop shop for businesses looking for Web site, marketing and online-payment solutions. No company has ever offered an integrated ecommerce platform and merchant services until now.

"Online businesses don't have to go to several different companies to meet their basic business needs anymore," said Cameron Urry, Director of Marketing at eHarbor, Inc., Magellan Commerce's parent company. "We discovered a big need for low-cost merchant services, combined with superior Web design, which Magellan Commerce is already an expert at. Magellan Merchant fills this gap that most small businesses struggle with."

) July 14, 2009 -- T-Gate LLC, a pioneering provider of PCI PA-DSS secure payment platforms announces the launch of the final components of T-Gate Payment Gateway. Combining a powerful back-end platform, secure data centers and industry leading choices to any processor, any payment channel and any payment type; T-Gates partner integrators and customers can now leverage a solution that delivers superior transaction processing and extraordinary reliability without the legacy challenges that lock down payments options by partner or technology limitations.

) September 16, 2009 -- Latisys, a leading provider of colocation, managed hosting, managed services and disaster recovery solutions, today announced that BluePay, one of the leading full-service providers of credit card processing and merchant accounts, has selected Latisys for data center colocation and managed services.

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) May 14, 2009 -- PDG Software, Inc., a leading provider of internet storefront and eCommerce shopping cart solutions, announced today the certification of PDG Commerce Version 5 as a PCI PA-DSS certified payment application. PDG Commerce now becomes the first internet shopping cart and storefront solution currently recommended for new deployments to achieve validation and certification with the Payment Card Industry Standard Security Council's (PCI SSC) Payment Application Data Security Standards (PA-DSS) program.

No matter the size of your business or the type of products and services that you offer, you will need to provide convenient manners for your customers to pay for these services and products.

) June 22, 2009 -- PayLeap is proud to announce its partnership with Interspire, a leading provider of ecommerce software with North American headquarters in Austin, Texas and offices in Sydney, Australia and London, England. Interspire has achieved a Preferred Reseller Status with PayLeap, offering the PayLeap solution to clients across the U.S. and world.

September 11, 2008 --
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We at Paynet Systems offer you a once in a blue moon opportunity to make $100 for every approved merchant account that your website generates or you can also refer to us verbally. If your application is approved by us, you simply have to place a link to our website or verbally refer someone to us by giving them your Affiliate ID with our contact information. After we approve your referral sign ups for a merchant service account we install a processing solution. Now you don't have to do any thing just get ready to receive checks for $100 per referral.

) October 14, 2009 -- In order to better serve the needs of it's customers, BillingOrchard.com today announced full support for and integration with the FirstData Global Payment Gateway, giving customers more options for securely accepting and processing credit card payments online.

"BillingOrchard has been online since 2002 and has automated the electronic invoicing and credit card payment processing for hundreds of thousands of client's around the world." said Robyn McDevitt, Vice President of Customer Care for BillingOrchard.com.

) March 8, 2009 -- SafPay Inc. (www.safpay.com) announced today that it has released a cash-based virtual mall card called Virtucard that gives customers greater control over their privacy when shopping online. Using Virtucard, shoppers can prevent personally identifiable information from being transmitted to online merchants when making purchases. Mimicking cash-only transactions in brick-and-mortar stores, Virtucard lets shoppers shop anonymously if they so choose.

) August 17, 2009 -- For business owners looking for debt collection services to recover profits quickly and easily while maintaining customer relationships, gotoBilling™, www.gotobilling.com (GTB), the software solution for a complete, paperless office, today announced they have teamed with Sterling Recovery Management Inc.'s MyCollectionAccounts.com at www.mycollectionaccounts.com.

) July 3, 2009 - ILD Teleservices, as the industry leading Local Exchange Carrier ("LEC") clearinghouse and as part of its comprehensive effort to inform and assist consumers with the Bill to Phone alternative payment method, has launched the Self Help Center on its website at www.ildteleservices.com/self-help-center.html.

) April 30, 2009 -- iVeri Payment Technologies (pronounced "ivory"), a leading provider of multi-channel e-payment solutions, has licensed its Payment Gateway and MiCard™ e-payment processing solution to Dashen Bank SC, a private commercial bank in Ethiopia. iVeri's Payment Gateway will help Dashen Bank to become the first bank in Ethiopia to acquire mCommerce, eCommerce and Mobile merchant transactions. The bank has also chosen iVeri's MiCard™ software which for the first time will enable Dashen Bank account holders to interact with the bank via SMS.

) December 18, 2008 - Element Payment Services™, Inc. (Element) announced today that Marathon Data Systems has adopted Hosted Payments, the first payment processing solution to take software providers out-of-scope for PA-DSS (PABP) compliance requirements.

) March 1, 2009 -- Merchant Card Services, a division of Columbia Bank (merchantcardsvcs.com), a leading provider of card deposit processing, has joined forces with ControlScan (controlscan.com), a leading provider of PCI compliance and security solutions exclusively focused on small- to medium-sized merchants, to help its merchants meet mandatory requirements set forth by the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC).

) September 1, 2009 -- First American Payment Systems, L.P. ("First American"), one of the fastest growing electronic payment processors in the U.S., announced it has just released a tool that will revolutionize the way its independent sales offices and agents do business.

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) August 4, 2009 -- CRE Secure, the first cloud-based security payment system that is fully compliant with new credit card security rules, announces today that it has expanded its PCI compliant credit card processing security service with a new integrated connection to Authorize.net, the most popular payment gateway in North America. Online retailers and web based applications who take credit and debit cards using Authorize.net as their payment gateway can now sign up for CRE Secure PCI Security and still keep their existing connection to Authorize.net and their existing merchant banking relationships.

) November 10, 2008 -- CEO America Inc. (PINK SHEETS: CEOA - News) announced today that it intends to additionally pay consumers to log into www.creditz.com and also to enter authorized Creditz merchant websites. This new feature will be available December 1, 2008.

The site demonstrates that Creditz is truly a 21st century loyalty payment system that can work in tandem and co-operation with the loyalty and payment industry.

) September 18, 2009 -- As a premier provider of the Miva Merchant Hosting online shopping cart program, WebNet Hosting is equipped to provide all online merchants with exactly what they need in order to be fully PCI and PA-DSS compliant. To be fully compliant with the PA-DSS is extremely important because those that are found to be non-compliant can be leveraged with serious fines ranging from $5,000 to as much as $100,000 per month.

) September 4, 2009 -- Electronic Payment Exchange (EPX), an industry-leading provider of secure, end-to-end payment solutions for merchants across all distribution channels, and ClaimLogic, a leader in providing revenue cycle management products and services in the healthcare industry, announced a partnership today that enables ClaimLogic to provide PCI-compliant credit card processing services to their client base.

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