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Match List Explained The Member Alert to Control High-risk Merchants list, known more commonly as the MATCH list, is a database of merchants who've had their payment processing accounts terminated in the past. This list was created by MasterCard to help acquiring...

Declined Transactions by Issuer When credit card issuers decline transactions, the loss to merchants is substantial. In most cases, when a transaction is declined by issuer, the customer abandons the transaction. While in many cases, the issuer decline is due to...

High risk merchants are often automatically disqualified for processing accounts for a variety of reasons. Most often though, the goods or services that they're selling are the very reason that the merchant is considered high risk. Those that aren't denied processing...

High-risk businesses who are unable to obtain a payment gateway through their bank or a traditional payment processor are often left searching for an alternative way to process credit card payments. While searching for the right payment gateway, high-risk merchants...

Credit Card Processing Processing credit and debit card payments is crucial to maintaining adequate sales in any industry. In a world where everything is done electronically, cash is becoming a rarity for many consumers and by providing another option to pay,...

Improving Your Business Credit Score Maintaining a good credit score is important for any business, but when you're considered high-risk, it's absolutely crucial. Good credit is necessary for any business that wishes to receive a loan, pay fair interest rates, and...

For many businesses, opening a payment processing account through traditional means is impossible. This is due to the high-risk designation that's assigned to many industries as a result of the merchandise or services they deal in or the methods by which they conduct...

High risk nutraceuticals merchants can attest to the difficulties involved in obtaining payment processing accounts when dealing in vitamins, supplements, diet, and weight loss products. The industry has a bad reputation for conducting business dishonestly and those...