That’s why you need a carefully constructed plan that addresses your infrastructure, funding, staffing, payment processing, and goals for growth. This plan will serve as your proverbial roadmap, and will help you better anticipate any challenges and prepare for them.
Category: merchant account services
How To Find Best Merchant Account For A New Business
Starting a new business is always a stressful endeavor. As entrepreneurs try to transform their passions into success, they often realize that life as a business owner is not at all what they expected. They focus so much on bringing their products or services to the public that they fail to understand the finer logistics that are required to thrive. From setting up a merchant account for a new business to training employees, they deal with a wide variety of issues that are sometimes completely outside of their skill-sets.
Merchant Cash Advances At A Glance
We are now halfway through the calendar year—and at the start of the fiscal year—which means many businesses are taking stock of their performance, and deciding how to best position themselves to come out of 2016 feeling successful and fiscally confident. For some, however, they are realizing they may need an injection of capital to stay on track. Perhaps they need immediate inventory, or now is the time for much-needed expansion or repairs
Preparing Seasonal Business Merchant Accounts Processing
Small, seasonal businesses enrich our communities and provide valuable contributions to local economies. However, this unique business model can be tricky to execute successfully, as budding entrepreneurs do not realize that they require the same planning and resources as traditional businesses. Whether you want to run a snack stand at a water park, or design Christmas light displays, you need to approach your new business with the same consideration and commitment as a brick-and-mortar operation
Let AVPS Help Your Payment Processing Grow With You
However, how do you know what equipment you need, or how it will integrate into your day-to-day operations? Whether you need on-site solutions, mobile processing utilities, or payment options for your website, Advanced Payment Solutions is here to help you make the most of your retail merchant account. Our team can help you select the services and equipment you need, and provide the training so that you feel confident in your payment processing.
If Even Buskers Take Cards — Shouldn’t You?
A sweet holiday-themed news item comes our way from overseas, and not only is it too good not to share, but it may be a harbinger of things to come: Cards, and contactless and e-payments will increasingly be taken in places where no one ever expected the words “chip-and-sig” or “swipe” to be uttered.
Small Business is Optimistic — But Is It Ready For EMVs?
Shopkeep is a cloud-based technology company used by more than 18,000 different small businesses, to keep track of things like payroll, inventory, etc. They are also prone to surveying their customers and compiling the info in what they called their “ShopKeep Small Business Index,” or SSBI They just announced the release for their survey for the second quarter of 2015, and the good news is that “survey respondents reported their highest revenue and optimism to date.”
The Back to School Rush—Are Your Payment Processes Ready For the Challenge?
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Well, for parents it is. While kids are bemoaning the inevitable return to homework and early bedtimes, parents are remembering what it’s like to not be 24/7 entertainment directors. For retailers, this period is also a huge sales boost across most industries. While school supplies, electronics, sports gear, and apparel top most school sales, we also have plenty of college-bound students who need household wares, cars, and gift cards.
The CFPB Wants You! (To Have Faster Payments, And More Protection)
Earlier this month, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (or CFPB) issued its 9 “Guiding Principles” for faster payments, and payment protection. As they bureau states, they “want to ensure any new payment systems are secure, transparent, accessible, and affordable to consumers. The systems should also have robust protections when it comes to fraud and error resolution.”
There and Back Again! Plus: Is Your Password As Strong as the Dollar?
As we mentioned before, we’ve been getting some brush-ups — a lot of digital brush-ups – -done to the AVPS website. Much as you can’t drive your car around when it’s in the shop, we haven’t been able to blog on our same schedule while our web presence is made more secure and more visually friendly to mobile devices.
