A merchant account allows small-business owners to accept credit and debit card payments. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate us when ...

Many businesses want to expand the payment methods they accept, so they obtain a merchant account from a payment processor or work with a payment facilitator like PayPal. Below, we’ll explain the ...

Merchant accounts are essential if you want to run a business that accepts debit and credit card payments. Not doing so can impede on your ability to attract customers and grow your business. Luckily, ...

Have you ever wondered what all the numbers mean on the front – and on the back – of your credit card? For a set of numbers millions of people encounter close-up on a daily basis, many of us have ...

Jennifer Simonson has spent more than 20 years writing for newspapers, magazines and websites. Her journalism career started in a Denver-area city council building as a government newspaper reporter.