Compliance & rules
10 guides written so a business owner can act on them, not so a processor looks good.
Signage and Disclosure Rules at the Point of Sale
The rules are dull, cheap to follow, and expensive to ignore.
3 min read Compliance & rulesRefund Policies That Reduce Disputes
A restrictive refund policy does not prevent chargebacks. It causes them.
3 min read Compliance & rulesIf You Suspect a Card Data Breach: First 48 Hours
What you do in the first two days determines the size of the bill.
3 min read Compliance & rulesLevel II and III Data: The B2B Discount Most Miss
The same transaction, priced up to a full point lower, for filling in more fields.
3 min read Compliance & rulesInterac Debit: Rules Canadian Merchants Should Understand
The cheapest transactions in Canada, and the ones most often mispriced.
3 min read Compliance & rulesQuebec: Payment Rules Every Merchant Should Know
Quebec is not a translation of the rest of Canada. It is a different rulebook.
3 min read Compliance & rulesCash Discount vs Surcharge vs Dual Pricing
The difference is where the price starts, and that difference is the whole compliance question.
3 min read Compliance & rulesCredit Card Surcharge Rules Across the United States
A national surcharge program applied everywhere is non-compliant somewhere.
3 min read Compliance & rulesSAQ-A vs SAQ-A-EP vs SAQ-D: Which One Applies to You?
Filing the wrong one turns twenty minutes into three hundred questions.
3 min read Compliance & rulesPCI Compliance for Small Businesses: A Plain Guide
A twenty-minute form that costs merchants hundreds a year when ignored.
3 min readEvery fee named in 4 hours. Or call now and we quote you on the spot.
Everyone else in this industry says twenty-four hours. We say four — and if that is still too slow, pick up the phone and get your numbers while you are on the call. No contract, nothing to cancel, no pressure.