New and Essential Book for Merchants and All Others:
Smart Business Guide to Credit Card Processing – An Exposé
“What every business owner should know to avoid costly pitfalls.
An insider’s tell-all on merchant processing, equipment leasing, lending, risk management, and more.”
Author: Alex Nouri Released in July 2016.
For information and ordering, visit here.
For industry agents, banks, and processors:
Articles:
July 2024: “Develop Solutions That Matter to Growth” Alex Nouri
February 2018 “Survival Using POS System” Alex Nouri
January 2018 “Merchant Services Fraud Alert Association” Alex Nouri
December 2016 “The New Battle: Surcharge Fraud” Alex Nouri
July 2016 “Smart Business Guide to Credit Card Processing” Book by Alex Nouri
March 2016 “Alternative Lending: Friend Or Foe?” Alex Nouri
March 2016 “Chip and PIN is Broken” Cambridge University Research on EMV
October 2015 Editorial comment on “Time for the Abuse to Stop” Digital Transactions John Stewart
October 2015 “Time for the Abuse to Stop” Alex Nouri
June 2015 “EMV is ‘A Colossal Waste of Time’ for Retailers” Evan Schuman
March 2015 “Paradigm shift on portfolio ownership” Alex Nouri
February 2015 “Merchant contract transparency should be the norm” Alex Nouri
November 2014 “Dare to think like Square” Alex Nouri
October 2014 “Evaluating acquire relationships” Alex Nouri
July 2014 “Insist on a balanced agent agreement” Alex Nouri
June 2014: “AITE Report – EMV Lessons Learned and the U.S. Outlook” Julie Conroy
Industry resources:
Visa Surcharging Credit Cards Q & A for Merchants
Visa Core Rules and Visa Product and Service Rules April 2015
Visa Chargeback Management Guidelines for Visa Merchants 2015
MasterCard Transaction Processing Rules June 2015
December 2015 MasterCard Rules Entire Manual December 2014
Visa and MasterCard Chargeback Reason Codes
National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA)
Visa, Inc. MasterCard Corporation
Electronic Transaction Association (ETA)
For merchants:
December 2016 “The New Battle: Surcharge Fraud” Alex Nouri
March 2016 “Alternative Lending: Friend Or Foe?” Alex Nouri
March 2016 “Chip and PIN is Broken” Cambridge University Research on EMV
October 2015 “Time for the Abuse to Stop” Alex Nouri
October 2015 Editorial comment on “Time for the Abuse to Stop” Digital Transactions John Stewart
July 2015 “Are you really required to show ID with a credit card?” Sonya Stinson
June 2015 EMV is ‘A Colossal Waste of Time’ for Retailers Evan Schuman
January 2015 “Five Myths of PCI Compliance” Alex Nouri
January 2015 “Lessons Learned” (On EMV adoption) John Manasso
June 2013 “AITE Report – EMV Lessons Learned and the U.S. Outlook” Julie Conroy
August 2013 “Pros and cons of cash advance” Alex Nouri
February 2013 “Merchant contract transparency should be the norm” Alex Nouri
January 2013 “Tips on Card-Not-Present Transactions”