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Contactless Payments: Touch to Pay? Here’s What It Is

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It’s easy to implement contactless payments if you are working with a payment provider who offers the service. Touch to pay (also called tap to pay or touchpay) payment services allow you to make a payment simply by tapping your card, wearable device, or smartphone on a contactless payment terminal.

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EMV Chip Cards: What You Need to Know About PIN or Signature Cards and How They Work

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EMV (Europay, Mastercard, and Visa) chip card use has continued to expand in use since its tumultuous rollout in 2015. The EMV standard has now become a global standard for cards equipped with computer chips and the technology used to authenticate chip-card transactions. What Types of EMV Chip Cards Are There?

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What Is Debit Card Processing & How Does It Work?

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Debit cards have become an indispensable part of our financial lives, with the majority of American adults, spanning all demographics, now possessing at least one debit card. Consumer Payment Choice, an impressive 85% of adults in the United States use them as a payment method. What Is Debit Card Processing?

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Tap to Pay: What It Is and How It Works

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Magnetic stripe payments enjoyed a 30-year reign between the ’70s and ’90s. EMV chip card technology had a good two decades or so, beginning in the mid-’90s. And the winner of the 2010s and beyond is the NFC-powered, contactless sensation that is tap-to-pay.

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How to Find the Right Credit Card Terminal for Your Business

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Let’s take a look at some payment terminal options and the types of businesses that best match their features. TL;DR A credit card terminal is a device commonly used by businesses to handle credit and debit card transactions. There are many different types, including some that can take payments on the road.

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The Most Popular Credit Card Machines in Canada

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Ingenico Move/5000 Ingenico Move/5000 is a global leader in payment solutions, and their Move/5000 terminal is a popular choice in Canada for its advanced security features and versatility. It supports a wide range of payment options, including NFC/contactless, EMV chip, and magstripe.

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Understanding Credit Card Processing Fees for Merchants: How Much Does Processing Credit Cards Cost?

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Accepting credit card transactions is no longer a decision of whether to but rather how to. With cashless now BEING king, credit and debit cards are the primary method for your customers to make payments. of consumer payments came through card payments. Pre-pandemic, 62.3% per transaction.