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Ecommerce Risks Of Accepting Credit Card Payments

The world is in the internet age, where e-commerce has boomed in the last few years. It is estimated that one in three people are concerned to shop online due to security risks while business loses 5% of revenue due to credit card frauds. While half of the small businesses are victims of the frauds, it takes around $100,000 spent on resolving these frauds.

Ecommerce Risks Of Accepting Credit Card Payments
The loss of revenue and cash flow isn’t the only concern for companies, but the brand liability. A brand is seen unsafe if the company/customer becomes a victim of fraud. However, traditional companies must move to e-commerce to compete with the giants of the industries. In the age of internet companies can use the below methods to receive payments.

Traditionally, the business needed a merchant account and a payment gateway was required for payment using credit cards, with companies specializing in payment gateways that are highly secure in payments. There are charges with merchant accounts with the bank and payment gateways. It must be noted that a business requires both merchant accounts and payment gateways.

In recent developments, companies offer complete solutions offering merchant accounts and payment gateways. They offer quicker and easier setups along with acceptance of all credit cards with favorable transaction fees. The payments can be paid/received in most of the countries which gives these companies an edge over the traditional payment gateways.

However, using any of the above services, businesses need to ask the merchant if the low rates are for all cards. Along with the merchant, it is also important to know the gateway charges, in addition to the transaction fees. In case of a refund by the business to a customer, many merchants offer store credits rather than the refund of the transaction fees.

In terms of an agreement, traditional companies tend to have a one or two-year contracts with an early termination whereas all in one solution companies, usually don’t have contracts. Also, it is important for businesses to have live customer support 24×7 rather than an automated system.

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