What are the Common Causes of Friendly Fraud?

What are the Common Causes of Friendly Fraud?

Friendly fraud continues to wreak havoc on e-commerce businesses and, for several reasons, the e-commerce landscape is getting more stringent with new chargeback and fraud thresholds. In the seminar entitled, Reduce Friendly Fraud Damage Through Merchant-Issuer Collaboration by Kristian Gjura at MPE 2016, the causes of friendly fraud are examined as well as how the…

Why do I need a payment processor?

Why do I need a payment processor?

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…

How Online Payment Processing Can Rock Your Small Business World

How Online Payment Processing Can Rock Your Small Business World

We understand that not all small businesses are also e-commerce businesses. Maybe you own a storefront, but no website. Maybe you own both a storefront and a website, but you don’t want to sell your goods or services online. Maybe you tried applying for online payment processing services, but the acquiring bank denied your request…