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On July 1, the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) properly ruled against the Federal Reserve...
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It is our priority to ensure that you are kept up to date with changes that might impact your...
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MRA member shares their personal experience.
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I was grateful but dismayed to recently receive an article from former MRA employee, current MRA...
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The Visa/Mastercard Class Action Settlement claim filing deadline of May 31, 2024, has been...
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In early 2002, the international shipping company UPS rolled out a new marketing campaign with the...
What is a chargeback? A chargeback, also referred to as a payment dispute, occurs when a cardholder...
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As a small business owner, it’s important to stay on top of payment industry regulations and trends...
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By: Thomas Clement, Vice President, Operations and General Counsel
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Is your business PCI Compliant? If not, you might be at a higher risk for security breaches and/or...
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Contact Customer Service at 800.563.5981, option 2, with any questions.
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By: Thomas Clement, MRA Vice President, Operations and General Counsel
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Protect your business and avoid payment disputes. For a step-by-step guide, use the Reason Code...
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What is a valid credit card number worth to the bad guys? A lot, it seems.
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BY: Dave Kelly, CTO, SensCy
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According to Michigan Retailer Association’s study of retail sales presented in its 2021 Buy Nearby...
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General Tips for Credit Card Processing MRA’s customer service representatives, such as Tamara...
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The answers may lie in your POS system. Top five ways your POS can eliminate problem areas in your...
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National Payment Processing Expert John Mayleben offers tips By SHANDRA MARTINEZ
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If you don’t process with a Verifone terminal, or if you have already completed this update, please...
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Getting a business loan is made easier, thanks to a new partnership between Michigan Retailers...
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We all went through the semi-annual ritual of changing our clocks recently, “springing forward” one...
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Recent news reports and the accompanying CCTV video show how quick and easy it is for thieves to...
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2015 is the year of big change in the credit card processing world…
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Apologies to William Shakespeare for that headline. But it makes a dramatic point that can have...
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As most of you are aware (perhaps painfully), there has been a big change in the relationship...
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First, credit card truncation means that electronically printed credit card receipts will print...
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Because they are usually called “gift cards,” it’s easy to think that their main function is to be...
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Visa and MasterCard, in their merchant agreements, do not allow merchants to set a minimum amount...
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Failure to follow Visa and MasterCard regulations exactly can leave retailers out in the cold when...
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The widespread distribution of EMV/Chip payment cards and the October 1 shift of liability away...
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“2015: Year of Change” keeps living up to its billing.
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Early signs point to ApplePay indeed becoming the predicted “rising tide” that floats all payment...
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Apple’s much-anticipated announcements of the iPhone 6, iPhone 6+ and the Apple Watch rekindled...
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Until recently, the fees associated with your merchant processing account were a cost of doing...
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I mentioned in a previous blog that all of us can learn from the massive retail data breaches that...
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Our biggest problems with customers involve merchandise returns and refunds. We have a fairly...
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As almost everyone has heard, a number of large retailers suffered massive data breaches over the...
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