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U.S. District Court approves multi-billion settlement between merchants and credit card companies

Posted on February 28, 2019 by Christine Speedy
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The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York has given preliminary approval to a settlement reached in a lawsuit between merchants and credit card companies. Merchants alleged Visa and Mastercard, separately, and together with certain banks, violated antitrust laws and caused merchants to pay excessive fees for accepting Visa and Mastercard credit and debit cards. Both groups agreed to the settlement.

The original settlement, worth up to $7.25 billion for merchants who accepted payments from 2004 to 2012, was vacated by the Second Circuit. The new settlement includes all merchants who accepted Visa or MasterCard branded debit or credit cards from January 2004 to January 25, 2019, the date the agreement was reached.

Unless merchants want to opt-out by the July 25, 2019 deadline, there’s nothing to do right now. It’s too early to file a claim and merchants will automatically be notified later.

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Paymentcardsettlement.com is the official site for merchant information and future claim registration.


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Is your industry association merchant services partner deal, really a deal?

Posted on July 28, 2015 by Christine Speedy
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Industry associations bring a lot of value to their members, but are selected partners the best for their customers? Merchant services partners are a perfect example of what’s wrong with some relationships designed to increase buying group power. On the surface the ‘rates’ are great, but there are other factors at play that impact profits. This article addresses the needs of the omnichannel merchant in the building supply industry, including plumbing, electrical, lumber, windows, doors, stone, marble, flooring, insulation, lighting, fencing, roofing, gutters, appliances and more.

Negotiated Merchant Fees and Merchant Discount

The associations usually put together an excellent package for merchant services fees. This includes interchange plus pricing as a standard, with no surprises. More and more include a processing partner that supports level III processing, critical for the commercial side of building supply sales.

The problem is interchange rate qualification, which can impact profits far more than the negotiated merchant discount.  Examples:

  • Merchants need level III processing for retail. Virtually no companies have a solution to support this. The commercial side of the business will have a very high number of transactions that benefit from level 3 interchange rates.
  • Merchants need mandatory payment processing rules. Most solutions rely on employee optional actions to reduce fees; history shows this doesn’t work.
  • Traditional desktop terminals are inappropriate for this industry, if for no other reason than NOT ONE supports level III processing.VX520 emv NFC verifone terminal

PCI Compliance For Building Supply Industry

This industry historically is not PCI compliant. While many commercial customers are on account and pay via check, there’s also a huge need for tokenization for variable payments. Most virtual terminals support that, but what about the authorization form to store the card and use for billing on demand?

  • Merchants want a signed record of the customer authorization to use the card. Virtually none have a solution for this critical need.
  • Eliminating salespeople from collecting credit card numbers by offering customers alternative ways to self-pay and self-store their card data is crucial to improve compliance.

Cash Flow and Collections

Everyone has a story about collecting from their customers. The typical merchant processor has no solution to help merchants manage this. Examples of solutions:

  • Hosted pay page
  • Electronic bill presentment & payment
  • Scheduled variable billing with tokenization

SaaS Technology Partners

A payment technology partner with end to end payment engine, can bring exceptional value to the building supply industry, driving profits, mitigating risk, and creating efficiencies. With a processor neutral solution, merchants have the flexibility to change financial partners at will, without disrupting operations. As the industry expands the point of payment acceptance to include mobile, online and other sources, merchants with a technology partner are able to more quickly adapt and change to meet customer needs.

The Future of Association Partnerships

By selecting both a technology vendor and a merchant services vendor, associations can deliver more value to their members and increase their profits. Associations must address the end user need to maximize profits, which extends beyond a negotiated merchant services agreement.

Posted in industry news, level 3 processing, managing costs, Payment Gateway, PCI Compliance, security | Tagged best merchant rates, credit card processing, merchant account | Leave a reply

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