Tag: Transaction Safety - Part 2

Cybersecurity Tips for Small Businesses

We’ve all seen the recent headlines about large scale data breaches at major retailers. These types of data losses can happen to small businesses as well, although they don’t always lead to national headlines. In fact, Verizon reports that approximately 40% of data breaches in 2012 occurred among companies with fewer than 100 employees. Small…

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Card Payments Have Changed The Small Business Landscape for the Better

Take it from someone who has been in business since 1953: credit and debit cards are a tremendous boon for small businesses. When I started my property rental and construction company, William E. Overbey and Associates, credit and debit cards weren’t even available. Now, they’re everywhere, and it’s not hard to understand why. From a…

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Introducing Anita Campbell as CMUSA’s Small Business Advisor

We are excited to announce that Anita Campbell as the new CMUSA Small Business Advisor. As our Small Business Advisor, Anita will be continuing to answer your questions about running your small business, but will also help Community Merchants USA bring the most interesting and useful content to you through our constantly growing website. Anita…

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Questions to Ask Credit Card Vendors

Q: Art Goudey, Compass Consulting asks: When I get new clients who are just starting a business, they ask me what questions they should ask credit card processors or vendors to make sure they get the best rate and the system that is best for them. Since I’m not well-versed in that area, can you…

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