By Teri Sicard As an Account Manager at Instabill, a global payment processor, I get asked this question often. The fact is, many merchants google ‘payment processor for high risk merchant accounts’ or ‘start-up’ merchant accounts and find Instabill. They assume we are the bank that will provide a direct gateway. When this happens, we get…
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Ensure Customer Trust Online With These Simple Steps
Do your customers trust you? When you’re selling your product online, it can be difficult to create the same personal connection, or customer trust, brick-and-mortar stores can provide, so you need to find other ways to show that you are a trustworthy business. We’ve got some tips from PCIComplianceGuide.org that can help you build trust with your…
It's Tradeshow Season: 5 Rules of Exhibition Stand Etiquette
Instabill attends 10-12 payments tradeshows a year, both in the U.S. and Europe, and we do our absolute best to make the most of them. In fact, we’re heading to Las Vegas next week for the Affiliate Summit West conference Jan. 10-12, then back to Boston for the Northeast Acquirers Association trade show Jan. 13-15. We may attend another…
4 Annoying Things About Online Shopping (And One Awesome Thing)
It was a couple days away from Christmas, and luckily I’d bought all my gifts. However, instead of visiting stores for my gift shopping, I’d done most of my shopping online. I’m one of those 20-somethings you could call a millennial, and like a lot of my peers, I prefer online shopping for a few reasons: I…
4 Ways to Improve Your Checkout Process
The busiest shopping period of the year is upon us as millions of people around the world hit the stores to buy gifts for their loved ones. For both retail and e-commerce merchants, this time of year can be fruitful as it is hectic—holidays mean higher sales, but there is a greater desire to keep…
3 Things Debt Collection Merchants Can Do About Complaints
It is probably safe to say that the industry of debt collection is never going to have the best reputation. A massive – though necessary – industry, collections merchants are most often dealing with disgruntled consumers who are a lot of things: generally unhappy, sometimes selfish, unresponsive, struggling to pay off debts and irritated at typically high…
5 Safeguards to Take on Cyber Monday
It is warfare between consumers, merchants and credit card issuers against fraudsters this holiday season. With more consumers using the more secure EMV microchip credit cards than ever – but still not enough – fraudsters are looking to capitalize on e-commerce businesses. Cyber Monday, the day where online shopping reaches one of its peaks in…
Startup Credit Card Processing with Instabill
The Internet Boom of the 21st century has proved to be the perfect habitat for startups to operate in. Everything from social media to ride-sharing got its start as an internet startup, and some of these companies are now multi-million dollar organizations. People are constantly coming up with great ideas, but often struggle when trying…
More EMV Transition Resources Open Ahead of Deadline
Reports are showing that barely 25% of retail merchants will be fully ready by the time the EMV transition is made in October of this year. With time running out and pressure mounting, more resources are being made available to merchants across the country to help with the liability shift. Where to Find Information on the…
Bitcoin Education Needed for More Consumer Use
Businesses have warmed to Bitcoin – the proof is in the growing number of merchants and companies that recognize it as currency. Unfamiliarity, loyalty to physical currency and even suspicion has resulted in slow consumer adoption. Alas, Bitcoin use by consumers has been slow. The solution could be Bitcoin education. Where Can Consumers Learn About…