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Visa, Mastercard Settlement Represents Major Victory in Merchants’ Fight Against Swipe Fees

Retail TouchPoints

merchants worth an estimated $30 billion that will lower the interchange fees (commonly referred to as swipe fees) that merchants are charged when customers use credit or debit cards. After nearly 20 years of litigation, Visa and Mastercard have reached a settlement with U.S. per transaction, according to Bankrate.com.

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How This B2B Merchant Tripled  Revenue With BigCommerce

Groove

The Challenge: Ballard Industrial is an online and in-person business that offers industrial supplies, services, and solutions both to businesses and directly to consumers. Foremost was increasing consumer awareness of their high-pressure hydraulics portfolio, safety equipment, and services such as gas detection.

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Everything You Need to Know About Achieving PCI Compliance [Checklist Included]

BigCommerce

If you’ve been contacted by your bank or financial institution lately only to discover that your credit card information has been compromised, then you’ve felt the growing frustration many consumers face today. Dealing with a compromise is a time-consuming hassle from a consumer’s perspective. Level 1 PCI Compliant Hosting.

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Choosing A Shopify Payment Gateway in 2022

Groove

Choosing the correct Shopify payment gateway is a decision that eCommerce retailers should not take lightly. Each payment gateway has its own series of benefits and challenges associated with the service. Before diving into the five payment gateways on this list, let's briefly discuss what a payment gateway is.

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January Product Update: PSD2 Compliance, Live Quotes for Sales, and Faster Onboarding

FastSpring

Some of the updates to our platform include faster seller onboarding, support for more languages, and a play-by-play rundown of how we’ve made PSD2 compliance effortless for our sellers. Made PSD2 Compliance Easy for Global Sellers. In fact, we’ve already made the required changes on your behalf.

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WooCommerce Merchants to Beta Test TikTok Shop in the U.S.

Retail TouchPoints

Merchants on the WooCommerce platform will be among the first to integrate directly with TikTok ’s new Shop feature, which allows brands to sell directly on the social media platform. Now, through the beta program, WooCommerce merchants can bring their entire inventory to TikTok Shop. as well as in the UK and Southeast Asia.

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FAQs on Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance and the 4 steps to ensure ecommerce complaisance

GetElastic

With the increase of consumer online shopping and less cash payments, the importance for businesses to choose the right payment processing solution cannot be overemphasized. and MasterCard to come together and form the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council ( PCI SSC ). What is the PCI DSS?