about 87% of business in the US accept credit cards. Most of the 13% that do not are business to business companies that deal in large orders from merchants which are usually paid in the form of a wire transfer.
According to Jack Dorsey of Twitter and Square, there are 8 million US merchants who accept credit cards
Due to the excessive fees many merchants--including a group of Boston restaurants whose collective decision was tagged as the "Boston Fee Party" by local papers--eventually refused to accept the American Express card.
One can order Vistaprint business cards online at their website which offers many different types of cards. Some business cards through the Vistaprint website are even free!
There are many stationery stores where you can purchase cool business cards. You can design your own cards or choose from a wide variety of designs on hand at these establishments. Many printers also offer business cards and may actually have better prices than stationery stores.
"A couple popular companies that print out business cards are VistaPrint, iPrint, PSPrint, CreativePrints and more. There are many companies that print out business cards."
Creative business cards can be purchased an many offic supply stores. OfficeMax, Office Depot, and FedEx Kinkos offer many options. There are also many online blogs and retailers.
There are many processing companies that make it possible for merchants to accept credit cards from consumers. The first thing a merchant must do is to find a merchant account specialist to create a merchant account and get started.
Hypercom t7 plus is a credit card machine. It was created for merchants that want to accept credit cards. It allows for longer paper rolls. It is sold in many places.
Cash is an acceptable form of compensation to pay all debts, public or private, "legal tender". Credit is only an equivalent. Merchants charge higher prices for credit in order to defray some of the costs associated with accepting credit cards. A merchant (grocery store, shoe store, etc.) decides independently if they will accept credit cards as a form of payment for goods and services rendered. Once a merchant makes this decision, he/she must then pay a series of other businesses (equipment lease to swipe the credit cards, payment processor to coordinate the actual account debits and credits, etc.) a small amount for every transaction paid by credit card. Many merchants do not charge more to accept credit, as they consider it just another cost of business. Many merchants also do not charge more for credit card purchases because it is prohibited in their Merchant Agreement , and they could lose the entire ability to accept credit cards if they are caught doing it. Visa, however, does allow its merchants to offer a "cash discount" off the marked price, but not a credit premium, so the customer is never charged more than the marked price.
The JCB credit card is accepted in 190 countries and territories around the world according to their website. More than 22 million merchants accept the card.
Many companies accept credit cards via phone, particularly Visa or Mastercard. To find out if specific companies accept payment this way, one should visit the site's webpage or speak to a company representative on the phone.
Cash is an acceptable form of compensation to pay all debts, public or private, "legal tender". Credit is only an equivalent. Merchants charge higher prices for credit in order to defray some of the costs associated with accepting credit cards. A merchant decides independently if he will accept credit cards as a form of payment for goods and services rendered. Once a merchant makes this decision, he must then pay a series of other businesses (the equipment lessor who provides the credit-card machine; the payment processor who coordinates the actual account debits and credits, etc.) a small amount for every transaction paid by credit card. Many merchants do not charge more to accept credit, as they consider it just another cost of doing business. Many merchants also do not charge more for credit card purchases because it is prohibited in their Merchant Agreements, and they could lose the ability to accept credit cards if they are caught doing it. Visa, however, does allow its merchants to offer "cash discounts" off the marked prices, but not a credit premium, so a customer is never charged more than the marked price.
Yes, many do.
Most taxi cabs in most cities in the Western world accept credit cards. There are many exceptions, so you should ask if the driver accepts credit cards before starting your trip.
No department stores accept Amazon gift cards - only Amazon.com accepts Amazon gift cards.
Many sites offer easy ways to accept credit cards online. Intuit is known for accounting software and offers setup for online credit card transactions. Another simple and easy way would be to sign up for an account through PayPal as having an account with them allows you to accept credit card payments from others.
I like to just use cash, but many stores now accept credit cards or debit cards as a reliable means of payment.
It depends on the website. Some websites only accept Visa or Mastercard credit cards while many others are happy to accept debit cards such as Electron, Solo and Maestro.