Retail Merchant Accounts (Card-Present)

The term retail merchant account is used to describe any type of credit card processing account where the customer and the credit card are both present when a transaction is processed. Retail merchant accounts are also referred to as card-present merchant accounts or swiped accounts. The last name refers to the action of swiping a customer's credit card in order to process a transaction. This subcategory of the merchant account knowledge base covers topics related to various types of retail merchant accounts. If you can't find what you're looking for, please contact us.

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Grocery Merchant Account

Grocery merchant accounts are merchant accounts that are specific to retail businesses in the grocery industry.Complete article...

Lodging Merchant Account

Lodging merchant accounts are accounts that are tailored to businesses within the lodging industry such as bead and breakfasts, hotels, motels, etc. Complete article...

Retail Merchant Account

Retail merchant accounts carry the least amount of risk to the credit card processor. Because retail merchant accounts are considered low-risk, they are given the lowest merchant account rates and fees. Complete article...

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