Merchant accounts are essential if you want to run a business that accepts debit and credit card payments. Not doing so can impede on your ability to attract customers and grow your business. Luckily, ...

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Payment options continue to expand and customer preferences continue to shift. It’s important to work with a merchant service provider that offers the convenient payment options your customers want, ...

TROY, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Small business owners are optimistic about the future, with 88% indicating the financial state of their individual businesses is about the same or better off than a year ...

UPI continues to remain free. The new MDR is a merchant-side cost and cannot be passed on to the customer as a UPI ...

Overview: A new 0.4% MDR applies to eligible UPI merchant payments above Rs. 2,000 from October 15, 2026, capped at Rs. 300 for transactions of Rs. 75,000 or mo ...

Debit-card Merchant Discount Rate (MDR) can be as high as 0.90 percent, compared with 0.4 percent for eligible UPI transactions above Rs 2,000 under the new framework. Credit-card MDR typically ranges ...