Health care providers and medical billing companies have been accepting card payments for a long time.   Yet, it is surprising how few health care organizations or medical billing firms accept payments online.In this day and age, offering patients the ability to pay online seems like a "no..

The economic downturn has resulted in fewer consumers using credit cards. The number of consumers actively used credit cards dropped to 56% last year, down 31 percentage points from 2007.  Predictions for 2010 indicate further drops, with only 45% of consumers using credit cards for..

Chargebacks and High Risk ProcessingBusiness applying for high risk merchant accounts accounts frequently ask questions about chargebacks.Card brands consider chargeback percentages over 1% to be excessive.  Other elements that are considered when examining chargebacks are the number of..

Payment processing security is important to all businesses to guard against breaches and safeguard payment processing operations.  Here are the top 10 best practices list to secure payment processing:Perform background checks on new employees and contractors before hiring.  This is simply common..