Credit Card Companies make money in a variety of ways. Here are the four most common:
One: The most common way credit card companies make money is through fees, such as the annual fee, overlimit fee and past due fees.
Two: Another way credit card companies make money is through interest on revolving loans if the card balance is not paid in full each month.
Three: As explained above, the card issuer (the bank that issued the card and/or the issuer network, be it Visa, MasterCard, Discover) makes a percentage of each item you purchase from a merchant who accepts your credit card. The rates range from 1% to 6% for each purchase.
Four: The card issuer can also make money through ancillary avenues, such as selling your name to a mailing list or selling advertisements along with your monthly billing statement.
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What Are Merchant Services?
If you have merchant service status, you can accept credit card payments from your customers. Merchant services may be offered by your bank or by specialized merchant service providers or independent sales organizations that offer payment processing. If you go through a merchant service provider rather than a financial institution, you may have the ability to buy or lease your credit card processing equipment, establish both a merchant account and an Internet Merchant account, take a wide range of credit and debit cards, and offer a wide range of other services such as telephone and mail services and mobile services.
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Internet merchant accounts and brick-and-mortar merchant accounts are two different animals. If you are going to operate an e-commerce business (online), then you need at least one Internet merchant account. An Internet merchant account is simply designed to process online credit or debit card payments, which usually involves higher fees to you, the merchant. There are online payment processing services that can handle setting up Internet merchant accounts for you. Alternatively, you can get your Internet merchant accounts through your bank or independent sales organization where you got your brick-and-mortar merchant account.
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- No cancellation fees: Brad Franzen says that owners should never sign a merchant account contract that charges cancellation fees. Without these fees, business owners can cancel their accounts and go with a lower service provider without having to pay a hefty cost to do so.
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