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How To Accept ACH Payments For Your Small Business: Everything You Need To Know

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Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments are direct bank transfers of payments between people and businesses. Accepting ACH payments is a great way to offer customers additional convenience. If you already accept credit cards, you will likely be able to accept ACH payments easily. How to accept ACH payments?

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IoT in Retail: Top 5 Use Cases and Real-Life Examples

Retail TouchPoints

The malfunctions of these systems in retail food stores happen unexpectedly and can lead to food spoilage, energy overconsumption, and loss of revenue. Supply chain and cold chain optimization. IoT technology is especially relevant in managing the supply chain of sensitive products like food with short shelf life or medicine.

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Retailers Need to Close Active Directory Security Gaps

Retail TouchPoints

The growth of online shopping, self-checkout systems, point-of-sale transactions and other digital processes has created numerous opportunities for attackers. However, reducing the time it takes to recover can limit the damage by bringing business operations back up to speed quickly.

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Three Requirements For Successful Retailers Post-Pandemic

Retail TouchPoints

As we move forward, these capabilities are critical for all retailers: Accept Contactless Payments. In 2019, the global contactless payments terminal market was valued at $13.23 consumers have not pushed retailers to accept contactless payments as they have in Asia and Europe, but in April, U.S. Traditionally, U.S.

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Retail, POS Finance and the Quest for ESG

Retail TouchPoints

Accusations of “greenwashing” can lead to irreversible damage to reputation and consumer trust, and with environmental social governance (ESG) now high on the agenda for public and private organizations worldwide, it’s changing how many retailers think about their businesses.

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eCommerce and Cryptocurrency: Helping SMBs Navigate a Changing Payment Landscape

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Major brands such as Home Depot and Microsoft have begun accepting crypto as part of their eCommerce payment options. Also, processors like Paypal now have crypto gateways accepting many different coins. But how does this affect small businesses? What eCommerce Platforms Have Integrated Crypto Payment Plugins?

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The PR Perils of Inaccurate Sales Tax

Retail TouchPoints

On the flip side of the equation, companies that charge too little tax are subject to Qui Tam/False Claims litigation, where a private party sues on behalf of the government for revenue losses associated with under collection. Frontline customer service staff should have a reasonable understanding of sales tax.