We once read about a study that found that more than 55 percent of communication is nonverbal, signs such as facial expressions, gestures, posture, and pauses in speech. For us, the vast majority of our business — offering high risk credit card processing — is done over the telephone. But we know when we’ve caught…
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It’s crazy NOT to partner with us for internet merchant account processing
Even though we’ve been in the internet merchant account processing industry right about since online shopping became a thing, we constantly marvel at the nuances of navigating the high risk processing ecosystem. Acquiring banks may offer merchant accounts for some high risk industries such as collectibles and antiques, but not for others such as online…
We’re on a roll of fast merchant account approvals – 3-4 days
We’re on a roll here lately at Instabill: We won’t divulge any numbers, but the month of February is proving to be one of our best months in years in getting fast merchant account approvals for high risk merchants — in fact, within three and four days. Thus, we have a simple question for the…
High risk echeck processing: The most underrated way to accept payments
If it were up to us, every merchant we board for credit card processing would have a high risk echeck processing solution as well. For the good folks here at Instabill, offering high risk merchant account processing often means pressing the outer reaches to find solutions for the highest of high risk merchants. Obviously, every…
High Risk Merchant Solutions are Often a Disappearing-Reappearing Act
Domestic high risk merchant solutions come and go. There are industries and business types for which we once had payment processing that we no longer have. Conversely, we’ve seen acquiring banks shun the highest of high risk industries for little or no reason. Then, perhaps six months to a year later, we’ll be notified that…
Domestic High Risk Merchant Account Options are still out there (If you know where to look)
We’ve said over the past few years that a domestic high risk merchant account can be generally difficult to obtain. In fact, there was a time when we would advise between 75-80 percent of high risk merchants who contacted us to utilize an offshore merchant account solution. One could make a valid argument that finding…
With Cannabis Payments in Limbo, Instabill Offers Alternative Payment Solutions
It’s no secret that Cannabis payments remain elusive while merchants and dispensaries are unsafely hoarding large amounts of cash. As long as marijuana possession, use and sale remain illegal by US federal law (which supersedes state law), the credit card brands will likely maintain their distance from the cannabis industry. It has forced cannabis merchants in…
Instabill to Attend MJBizCon 2018 Nov. 14-16 in Search of Cannabis Payment Solutions
While cannabis payment solutions remain elusive, the serious players in the industry are searching for possibilities and establishing partnerships with other payments entities. This is precisely why Instabill, a provider of merchant accounts for high risk industries since 2001, is attending MJBizCon 2018 in Las Vegas Nov. 14-16. Instabill is seeking to schedule meetings with…
Internet Credit Card Processing Tokenization by 2020? A Credit Card Giant Says Yes
Recently we posted a blog about a days-long search to find any good news regarding the war on fraud in internet credit card processing and protecting one’s personal data. We found a few positive things –how consumers and merchants are more aware than ever, how counterfeiting is down, and how incidents and monetary losses have…
An Online Merchant Account Services Conundrum: To Self Manage or Delegate Chargebacks?
We’ve come to know countless online merchants in our near 20 years of offering online merchant account services, well into the thousands. But we’ve only seen a handful of them self-handle their chargeback rates exceptionally well. There are only a few merchants among them — less than 20, we’d say — that are absolute professionals…