SalePoint, a leading provider of innovative technology solutions to businesses for over 34 years, has been hearing about extra processing fees cutting into small business margins. Small businesses have been using QuickBooks® software to invoice and process credit payments for their customers for years. But suddenly, they say they’ve been hit with an extra fee that is cutting into their profits. For many, this extra expense is really hurting them.
Using the QuickBooks software to process credit card payments allowed small business owners to select which funding option they preferred. They could pay an extra ACH fee to get their funds the next day, or opt for the free 5-day ACH funding. But earlier this year, QuickBooks opted to remove the free 5-day funding option. Now, these small businesses are required to pay the extra ACH fee for next day funding and it is hurting their profits.
Well say “No More!” to those extra fees. You CAN use a different authorizer and still use QuickBooks for all your other business needs. We simply overlay our authorizing process onto QuickBooks and get you great processing rates without the extra ACH funding fee. Now you can have your cake, and eat it too!
If you are not aware of the fee increase from QuickBooks, give us a shout and we will explain how this will impact you. (858) 546-9400 x254 or info@salepoint.com
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SalePoint, a company delivering innovative technology solutions to businesses for over 34 years, has found that businesses are open to fraud and chargebacks simply because they didn’t realize they were not EMV and PCI compliant. What is EMV and PCI? EMV is short for Europay, Mastercard, Visa and is the security technology used worldwide for payments. It more commonly refers to a credit card with a smart chip. PCI is short for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard or PCI-DSS. It is a set of requirements to ensure that companies that process credit cards maintain a secure environment.
Updating your technology to a new point of sale (POS) with integrated credit payments can help your business become compliant and save you money. Many card authorizers will charge a non-compliance fee that can cost several thousands of dollars each year. Using EMV payment devices also reduces your business’s risk of fraud and chargebacks.
A new POS integrated with updated EMV compatible payment devices can limit the liability you may face. Having an EMV device that is using end-2-end encryption can protect your business from inadvertently storing card numbers and from unwanted hackers. These types of breaches can put your entire business and livelihood at risk.
Newer payment devices also allow customers to use different forms of payments. Many are NFC (Near-Field Communication) compatible allowing customers to process touchless payments simply by waving their credit card over the payment device or pay by phone using Apple Pay or Google Pay.
Making sure your business is EMV and PCI compliant should be on the top of your to-do list!
PatientWorks, a patient self-service solutions company, has heard from healthcare providers who are facing staff shortages in their registration and patient intake areas due to the demands of the surge in COVID-19 cases and the work load involved in providing vaccinations to their communities. This critical issue combined with front line staff becoming ill during this time has resulted in a shortage of staff to handle key patient intake activities.
When faced with this challenge, many healthcare providers have turned to patient self-service solutions to automate their patient intake procedures. Now patients can perform the routine intake procedures from anywhere – on their smart phones, PC’s at home, or at self-service kiosks. Patients can receive appointment reminders, check-in for appointments, wait in their cars, verify demographic data, sign consent forms, make payments for services, and be directed to the facility or service area inside the facility. This allows staff to handle more patients while reducing the physical interactions between patients and staff members.
Innovations in technology allow healthcare providers to provide their patients with new solutions that allow them the convenience of checking in from anywhere and the safety of reducing contacts during the process. Patients have become used to using their smart phones for shopping, grocery delivery, curbside pickup, and communicating with their friends and relatives during a period of physical isolation. Therefore, providing a solution that allows the patients to use their phones to check in for appointments fits with the standard methods people are now using to do business and communicate.
The solutions allow patients to easily and quickly communicate with the healthcare staff via email or text rather than being lost in a phone call directory and leaving voice mail messages. Patient satisfaction is improved and the efficiency of staff and providers is greatly improved.
Seamlessly integrated with hospital information systems and practice management systems, these solutions improve the accuracy of data collected from the patient while reducing the clerical effort of staff in obtaining the data and forms during the intake process.
If you are having staffing issues and need your key staff in other areas, check out patient self-service solutions to automate the intake process and give your patients a faster way to register and be served.
SalePoint, a leading provider of high value business solutions, has heard from businesses that they are working diligently to keep their staff and customers safe and healthy. They face complete closures if a staff member gets sick. Many businesses are working hard to stay open during times when they can only offer curbside and takeout services, having to completely close for any length of time is unthinkable.
Businesses are taking different measures to keep their staff and customers safe, such as plexiglass barriers, more spaced seating, curbside pickup, and updated payment options. Upgrading their payment systems to reduce the number of touch points that a customer and staff must make is essential. The newly integrated credit payment systems and pin pads don’t require your staff to ever handle the customer’s form of payment. Showing your customers that you’ve updated your procedures is the first step to keeping them coming back.
Customers have come to expect to be able to pay using their phones, such as Apple Pay and Google Wallet, or just hovering their card over the payment terminal. These touchless credit processing options are being demanded by customers and staff today and are becoming more relevant every day. Customers will choose to shop elsewhere if you don’t offer up-to-date payment options.
Seamlessly integrated credit payments systems not only keep staff and customers safe, but also cut costs by limiting the number of chargebacks from fraudulent cards, lessening entry errors by cashiers, and lowering your per transaction credit fees.
Stay open and up to date with integrated credit payment systems. Contact us to learn more. Contact Us (salepoint.com)
