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Cash App Income is Taxable – IRS Changes Rules in 2022

Mar 18, 2022

Digital Payment platforms such as PayPal, Zelle and Venmo were originally intended to allow friends to quickly transfer money between each other. Cash apps provide a quick and easy method for splitting the check in a restaurant, loaning a friend money or even paying for Girl Scout cookies. The History of Cash Apps The original […]

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Risk Holds: What’s safe and what’s risky?

Jul 8, 2021

Who decides if your bank account  is funded for a transaction that you process? Remedy Payments engages with a partner bank (funding bank) that agrees to provide funds to you immediately on behalf of the bank that issued your customer’s credit card. Let’s say your customer used a Wells Fargo Visa to make a $10,000 purchase. […]

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CREDIT CARD TERMINAL SHORTAGES

Jun 25, 2021

By now you have probably heard that a shortage of electronic components is delaying the production of everything from vehicles to credit card terminals that read the electronic chip of a credit card. The severity of the global chip shortage has gone up dramatically over the past few weeks and it appears that it is […]

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Credit Card Transactions You Should Never Complete

May 19, 2021

Your Merchant Account is a powerful tool in your business. You have the ability to post charges and credits to credit card accounts. Just because you can perform a transaction, doesn’t mean that you should. Here are some examples of transactions you should stay clear of to avoid having your merchant account suspended or closed […]

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Interchange Fees Increases Delayed Until April 2022

Apr 29, 2021

Interchange fees are set by each card brand (Visa, MasterCard etc.) as a transfer fee between acquiring banks and issuing banks for every credit card transaction. These fees are used to assess charges for merchants and are usually adjusted each year in April and October. The April 2021 scheduled increase has been postponed to April […]

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