Credit Card Processing ? The key to savings is starting from zero Business Articles | December 1 Chris Godwin Hat , 2009 Credit card processing is one of the greatest expenses that a business has. Consumer related businesses are especially affected by processing charges. That's why it's so important to have a low cost processing solution, and why it's so unusual that many people shop for and compare credit card processors with a backwards approach.
Credit card processing is one of the greatest expenses that a business has. Consumer related businesses are especially affected by processing charges. That's why it's so important to have a low cost processing solution, and why it's so unusual that many people shop for and compare credit card processors with a backwards approach.
Many people shop for a new credit card processor by using their existing service provider as a benchmark from which to compare new providers. Instead of asking prospective providers how much their processing services will cost, they ask what the savings will be over their existing merchant account rates and fees.
This approach is fundamentally flawed for a number of reasons, the biggest of which is that it allows prospective providers to perpetuate any exorbitant fees charged by the last. The correct way to shop for a compare credit card processors is from the bottom up. In other words, don't compare processors against each other - compare all of them to the actual cost to process credit cards.
Interchange fees published by the card brands such as Visa and MasterCard dictate the underlying costs of all credit card processing charges. Interchange fees are essentially the wholesale rates and fees charged to process credit cards Justin Evans Hat , and they're readily available for download from Visa and MasterCard's websites.
Knowing the underlying interchange costs that your business pays to process credit cards will make it possible for you to find the least expensive merchant account. If you're not sure what the interchange costs are for your business, get an audit from your existing credit card processor or from a website like CardFellow that offers such audit services free of charge. Once you know what the true costs are, you can accurately compare merchant account rates and fees from new providers.
Deciphering the underlying interchange costs that your business pays takes knowledge and practice. Luckily, if you're in the market for a new merchant account you can have prospective companies do the work for you. Ask each company for a comprehensive evaluation of your existing service broken down into actual interchange and association fees versus provider profit. The amount of profit is where you have room to work.
I believe that this is the most asked question in todays world. As mankind races toward Armageddon and the end of Days. Many are seeking a place of peace and safety, not knowing what is on the rise for tomorrow. The general conception of God may be said to be that of an infinite being who is supremely good, who created the world O. J. Howard Hat , who knows all and can do all, who is transcendent over and immanent in the world, and who loves humanity.
By the majority of Christians God is believed to have lived on earth in the flesh as Jesus. To find out who God is we must also look at who He isn't. Lets Read from Gods word.
Exodus 3:14-15; And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.
And God said moreover unto Moses Carlton Davis Hat , Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever Vita Vea Hat , and this is my memorial unto all generations.
I am, that I am ? That is, ?I am what I am.? The words express absolute, and therefore unchanging and eternal Being. The Eternal, who passes not away. I am he who exists.
John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. God is;
1. The Eternal.
2. Spirit.
3. Lord Jehovah.
4. The Holy One of Israel.
Isa 45:21-23; Tell ye, and bring them near; yea Lavonte David Hat , let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? Who hath told it from that time? Have not I the LORD? And there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me. Here we see the absoluteness of God.
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.(A declaration from God on His of Being the only God that there, was, and is Gerald McCoy Hat , and ever will be.)
I have sworn by myself,( God cannot swear an oath to any one that is higher in power, so He must swear to Himself.) the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return,( All mankind shall hear the word of God. Being preached by those that He, has and will call unto Himself.
There will be no excuse as to mans state when he dies.) That unto me every knee shall bow Mike Evans Hat , every tongue shall swear.( This includes the saved and the unsaved.) God is all power and His demands will be required by everyone born upon this earth and those spirits in Heaven and under the earth. This includes Satan.
Col 2:15 And having spoiled principalities and powers ( These are those that Christ took captive after the resurrection.), he made a shew of them openly( These are the unrighteous, Devils, Demons also including Satan. Which were paraded before God in Heaven, as a defeated foe.), triumphing over them in it.( making Death Jameis Winston Hat , Hell and the Grave his to control.)