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Payment processing tips, payment trends, and industry observations shouldn’t just languish in our heads. At North, we have a lot to say about payment processing best practices, and we love to share.

Welcome to the new North.

Welcome to the new North.

North American Bancard is now “North.” A new brand with a shorter, simpler name, yes, but those five letters stand for much more.


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Here's one crucial tool that will improve your business' inventory management in the New Year

You don’t have to wait until January 1 to make a New Year’s resolution that will change the ways your physical or online store can succeed. Make …

How your merchant account can help you reap rewards on Black Friday 2024.

The leftover turkey is barely in the refrigerator when the frenetic rush of Black Friday is upon merchants and shoppers alike. As a business owner …

What to look for in invoicing software for home healthcare agencies

You pride yourself on providing your patients with the highest standard of professional medical care. To make that happen, you hire premium staff …

Why older Americans are slow to adopt P2P payment apps

It is safe to say that most of us have at least heard of payment apps such as PayPal and Venmo. Odds are that you have probably also used one of …

What credit card terminal features should you look for?

Whether you sell online, in-person or both, no modern company can survive without being able to take credit card payments. In order for that to …

5 ways a POS should be helping you identify inventory pain points

Thriving retailers have one quality in common: They all run a tight ship when it comes to tracking and optimizing their inventory.

Payment processing for merchants: what it is, and how it works

Payment processing is how your business moves money securely from a customer’s payment method to your bank account. This guide explains the …

How to optimize your online checkout experience

Your checkout page is where the rubber meets the road. Your customer will either complete the process or click away, perhaps never to return.

The ins and outs of switching your merchant services provider

If your current merchant service provider is charging too much, withholding funds, losing transactions or failing to meet your current business …

How to get approved for a high risk merchant account

For whatever reason, traditional lenders such as PayPal have declined to partner with your business because they have deemed you to be a so-called …

4 benefits of adding a retail merchant account to your vape store

Whether your vape shop does business in a physical store, sells exclusively online or operates in both ecosystems, it is crucial that you partner …

6 signs it's time to switch your telemedicine businesses' merchant account

Although some people may have thought that telemedicine was just a temporary stopgap solution that grew popular by necessity during the pandemic, …

Best practices for creating invoices as a freelancer

Freelancing gives you the ability to control how and when you work as well as the ways in which you get paid.

Why automating payments will provide customer reassurance and reduce payment confusion

What a feeling it is to log into your payment processor’s dashboard and see that some healthy deposits from resolved customer invoices have flowed …

7 innovative point of sale marketing tips for your retail store.

If you accept payments from customers in any way, you probably already use a point of sale terminal to facilitate their in-store, phone, mail …

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