FAQs: E-Commerce
Acquiring banks, merchant account and payment gateway? What does all this mean?
PCI Compliance: Protecting the Customer’s Credit Card Information is Your Responsibility
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Did you read the fine print in your merchant account agreement? The part where it says that you have to be compliant with all the rules and regulations and – more importantly – that if you’re not, you are subject to (repeated) fines and might lose your privileges if you’re found to be in violation of any of the above
Read more →Internet Merchant Account Requirements
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All Merchant Providers require your website to be active, or at least (if it is not publicly accessible yet) a link to the working demo site to even consider processing your Merchant Account Application
Read more →What is a Payment Gateway?
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A Payment Gateway is a service that processes electronic transactions; Most importantly it handles the communication between a customer’s credit card company or issuing bank and the merchant’s bank to [&hellip
Read more →How to get a Merchant Account/Requirements
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To get a Merchant Account, you must have and/or be able to provide at least the following: *Depending on regional legislation and requirements, you might need more than one business [&hellip
Read more →Do I absolutely need a Merchant Account?
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If you want to do it right – yes. It’s almost like asking "Do I need a business license?" or "Do I need to pay taxes?" You might get away [&hellip
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