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Costs and/or Fees involved in Credit Card Processing.

The only thing constant in this world is change, and with the rapid technological changes happening and the requirement to go digital has become the need of the hour. You can be a novice or an old timer merchant in your industry, to sustain we have to adapt to the changes. 

This is the place where we Radiant Pay step in, we provide our clients with up to date services by keeping up with the new technological advancement. Before selecting any processing service provider you should know what you are getting into. Below are the different fees or charges which come into the pictures that a merchant should be aware of: 

  • Merchant Discount Rate

A merchant is charged to process debit or credit card payment transactions. One shouldn’t not consider this charge because you compulsorily have to comply with those and can affect the end profit margin. These rates typically range between 1% – 3%.

  • Interchange fees

This fee is paid to the card issuing bank by a merchant with every credit and debit card transaction.The rate at which fees are supposed to be paid is not fixed and revised at regular intervals of time. The rates are different for debit card and credit card and on every financial transaction it is charged respectively.

  • Assessment/Service Fee

It is charged depending upon the total number of monthly sale transactions.This fee is paid to the credit card networks. It usually is a small percentage but is affected by factors like your monthly sales volume or risk involved.

  • Mark up fee/processing fee

As the name suggests, it is the fee charged for covering the cost of processing by credit card processing companies. It changes depending upon the plan chosen.

  • Chargeback Fee

It is the fee charged by acquiring banks to cover the administrative expenses incurred when processing the chargeback. A credit card chargeback occurs when the cardholder disputes a previous credit card charge and wants to nullify the sales transaction. Essentially the customer asks the card issuing bank to return those funds to the customer’s bank account.

It is the charge which is pressed by acquiring banks to cover administrative expenses which were incurred while processing chargeback. 

It might seem chaotic but Radiant Pay has a wide range of solutions and services for seamless operation and will add value to your business 

Crucial Criteria to Categorize Credit Card Service Processor

Merchant Account SolutionsThere are over 200 million online customers in Europe alone, so the number of people using credit cards for the transaction is really high and as they are comfortable with the usage of the card the proportion is continuously increasing. As a result, merchant often appoints a processor to handle transactions of credit cards for merchant acquiring the bank.

As business depends on credit card processor to handle all the detail related to credit card it becomes very difficult to categorize processor but, some of the criteria which help to define the quality of credit card processing are:-

 Speed of transaction As customers love to pay from their cards and even a short delay can create a big problem so, it is always suggested to the provider in order to make the customer happy they should always increase the speed of transaction.

Security of transaction – Speed is one of the important criteria but not the only criteria along with speed customer wants the security of the transaction and provider should try their best to make a customer feel secure about the transactions.

Strong uptime record – Credit card outage makes a business untrustworthy and inconvenient. However, credit card processing outages are rare, but all complicated interdependent system is vulnerable to downtime.

Transparent rate structure – Though rate and fees vary with the category applicable to business but processor must make sure they have quoted and charged appropriately without tricking the customers as it is unethical.

Customer support – In today’s era of online payment customers are king of the market and in order to stay for longer period in the market, the processor must try to win the heart of customer by providing best after service to the customer because happy customer makes a business happy.

Payment Gateway – Points To Checkout before Integrating

payment gateway integrationA payment gateway is essential for any business owner that needs to accept online payments from customers. Without a gateway application, securely requesting online payments from purchasers and clients will become impossible. The gateway performs certain functions like verifying the billing information of the customer, verifies the funds of the payment method of the customer and most importantly ensures that the payment owed to you reaches you safely. While the payment gateway application is necessary, there are certain points that you need to check out before integrating.

Typically there are two categories of payment gateway options you can choose from. There is the modern payment gateway option and the classic payment gateway option. Depending on your use and personal requirements, you can analysis the various benefits of both and opt for the one that suits your needs.

Modern Payment Gateway
In the recent past, in order for one to be able to accept credit card and debit card payments online, it was essential that he or she had a merchant bank account. Accepting payments without merchant bank accounts wasn’t possible. However, with the introduction of the modern payment gateway option, you no longer need to have a merchant bank account to accept payments. Credit card payments can be accepted with just a regular banking account. Further, modern payment gateways charge a payment fee that is larger in amount than the classic payment gateways. Customers will also be redirected to another page in order to make payments.

Classic Gateway Payment
The classic gateway payment method is the old school method of online payment acceptance. In this method having a merchant bank account is essential. Without the merchant bank account you will not be able to accept any online payments through debit and credit cards.

The payment fees charged for classic gateway payments is much more than that charged for modern payment gateways.