by Mike Valentine on October 19, 2009
October 19, 2009
The Honorable Julius Genachowski, Chairman
Federal Communications Commission
445 12th Street, SW
Washington, DC 20554
Dear Chairman Genachowski:
We write to express our support for your announcement that the Federal Communications Commission will begin a process to adopt rules that preserve an open Internet. We believe a process that results in common sense baseline [...]
by Mike Valentine on September 26, 2009
Where do I start?
=> Definitions
=> Lesson One-(1) – Begin! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
WHERE DO I START?
You’ve come to the right place! WebSite101 will give you the tools you need to get started on the internet. A thorough review of these suggestions will have you geared up for your own [...]
by Mike Valentine on September 12, 2009
Avoiding Merchant Account Chargebacks
Copyright © Scott Burke iMAX Business Solutions http://www.cmscreditcards.com/ A chargeback is a transaction that an Issuer returns to a merchant bank and most often, to the merchant – as a financial liability. In essence, it reverses a sales transaction, as follows:
The card issuer subtracts the transaction dollar amount from [...]
by Mike Valentine on September 3, 2009
DALLAS, Sept. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Illustrating its ongoing commitment to nurture the growth and success of small business, AT&T* today announced another free one-hour webinar aimed to provide small business owners with the resources needed to run a successful business. As part of a series of instructional webinars and training courses available on AT&T’s small [...]
by Mike Valentine on September 2, 2009
Merchant Account Glossary of Credit Card Terms
Credit Report A credit report is ordered for every signing principal on the application, and is used by under-writers to make approval decisions. Humboldt Bank purchases Experian Reports.
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CVV2 CVV2 is a three-digit security code that is printed on the back of most credit [...]
by Mike Valentine on August 30, 2009
How to Design An Active Commercial Web Site & How to Avoid the Hamlet Effect
How many times have you entered a commercial website and been immediately overwhelmed by chaos, by a seemingly random morass of disorganized content and graphics? If you’re like me, the first thing you experience when encountering such a site is [...]
by Mike Valentine on August 27, 2009
By Anuradha Shukla
TMCnet Contributor
Internet infrastructure service provider, VeriSign, announced the launch of a Web site aimed to provide small and early stage businesses with tips on how succeed in the online world. Companies trying to succeed online will have useful tips on how to sell their products creatively while receiving information about security and [...]
by Mike Valentine on August 26, 2009
Executive Summary
eCommerce platforms are being commoditized. Enterprise level solutions are coming down in price and new open source solutions are being made available to anyone with an internet connection for free.
The most robust of these open source solutions is OS Commerce (OSC) ? a community driven eCommerce solution that [...]
by Mike Valentine on August 23, 2009
Merchant Account Glossary of Credit Card Terms: ABA to Corporate Resolution
ABA (American Banker’s Association) Routing Number
This 9-digit ABA-assigned number identifies individual banks. This number is used to facilitate the electronic routing of funds (ACH transfer) from one bank account to another.
Access Number
This is the telephone number dialed by the modem that lets a [...]
by Mike Valentine on August 18, 2009
Merchant Account Glossary of Credit Card Terms
Internet Merchant See Business Type
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Issuing Bank An Issuing Bank is any Visa/MasterCard member bank that enters into contractual relation-ships with cardholders for the issuance of cards.
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Keyed A transaction is "keyed" when the information from a credit card is manually typed [...]