Category Archives: Payment Processors

Visa Outlines Plan to Recoup Revenue After Durbin

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Tom Mahoney

The card brands won’t let a little thing like Federal Legislation stand in the way of profit. A 40% gain wasn’t enough for them. Continue reading →

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Chargeback Reason Codes

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Tom Mahoney

From time to time, someone gets a chargeback and don’t understand the chargeback codes. Here’s the Visa and Mastercard list. Continue reading →

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PCI Compliance Flaw

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Tom Mahoney

You may be certified as PCI compliant but it doesn’t mean that you are PCI compliant. Continue reading →

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Mystery: Who supports my POS terminal

Posted on September 26, 2010 by Tom Mahoney

If you do business with Chase PaymenTech or First Data keep a very close eye on your deposits. I mention both because neither I nor my acquirer are sure which it is at the moment. Continue reading →

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Chase PaymenTech merchant support – not

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Tom Mahoney

Good support to merchants is worth noting. So is bad support. This one is bad. Continue reading →

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