For the past several years, American Express has sponsored an event called "Small Business Saturday." This is a day to encourage shoppers to focus on smaller, local businesses, rather than the big, corporate shopping mall they stumbled through in a post-turkey, tryptophan haze the day...
Our friends at Investors Observers brought it to our attention through their newsletter that Visa might very well be announcing a dividend increase this week. Visa continues it's upward growth as more and more consumers use credit cards for everyday transactions. Make sure you're profiting...
Big congrats to our friends at FlexTrip on being acquired by Nor1! FlexTrip offers the aggregation of tours & activities for travellers into single, unified source, offering location-specific booking by anyone at any time. Nor1 is the technology leader in upsell solutions for travellers, meaning they help hotels...
Erin DuganSept 21, 2013It’s a few minutes before work, and I’m standing in line at the coffee shop. Still blurry around the edges and stumbling through the initial thoughts of the day. Did I respond to that email? Did I remember to do that edit?...
As our happy clients already know, AdvoCharge goes against the industry norms by using transparent interchange pricing with a low, flat monthly fee. This approach alone helps our clients save hundreds if not thousands of dollars each month over other pricing models. On top of...
For over 20 years now, the Boulder County AIDS Project (BCAP) has helped support Coloradans who have been living with HIV/AIDS. Recently, BCAP rolled out a coordinated effort to join forces with the other Colorado AIDS Projects (CAPs) to increase their efficiencies and expand their reach across...
AdvoCharge just learned that it has earned an "A" rating from the national merchant service monitoring organization, CardPaymentOptions (CPO). CPO examines several categories and ranks credit card processing providers according to their findings. AdvoCharge ranked as follows: Sales & Marketing Tactics - A Cost & Contract Terms -...
The Boulder County Business Report's 2013 IQ Awards nominees were announced today and we are thrilled to share that three of our clients (Orbotix, Skratch Labs, and 7D Imaging) are all nominees. Big congrats for making it this far and best of luck bringing home the gold! Orbotix: The maker...
Washington state has filed a complaint against Merchant Services Direct, a Spokane, WA-based merchant service company for alleged scams against business owners. The scam included many unsavory techniques that are unfortunately all too common in the industry. They include: - Posing as the business owners' current...
As a merchant, you might have heard some buzz over the past year or so about EMV (Europay, Mastercard, Visa), but really don’t have a handle on what it’s all about. EMV is a standard established by the three global credit network providers for the...