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Category: Payment Processing

Per Item Fee

Payment processors charge a Per Item Fee for each transaction a merchant processes.  Along with the Discount Rate, the Per Item Fee is part of the ‘Plus’ of the Interchange ...

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Discount Rate

Payment processors charge a type of fee called a discount rate, for each transaction processed. Using an Interchange Plus pricing model, the discount rate is consid...

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Internet Gateway Fee

Host Merchant Services offers one of the most affordable gateways with its processing services.  The HMS Internet Gateway Fee amounts to $5 per month. This allows a merc...

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PCI Compliance Fee

Host Merchant Services knows that your business needs secure transactions to function. And we’re here to make the process of PCI Compliance easy, understandable and consist...

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HMS Monthly Statement Fee

Host Merchant Services charges a $10 per month Statement Fee.  Also known as an Account On File Fee, this is charged to cover the costs associated with mailing out a paper stat...

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How Credit Card Processing Works

Credit Card Processing Host Merchant Services can guarantee its customers savings at the lowest rates possible. By understanding how credit card processing works, where the ...

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MasterCard’s Merchant Location Fee

In 2016, MasterCard announced it will start charging a higher annual fee to merchants. Also known as the merchant location fee, this additional cost comes directly from the networ...

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Payment Aggregation

Typically, Merchant Aggregators or Payment Aggregators are service providers through which e-commerce or mobile payments merchants can process their payment tr...

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Merchant Cash Advance Explained

A Merchant Cash Advance is a lump sum payment to a business in exchange for an agreed upon percentage of future credit card and/or debit card profits...

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