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Business Operations & Logistics

This Payment Model Will Keep Clients Satisfied and Bank Accounts Full

Cash flow issues can stop a budding business in its tracks. Use these four tips to design a retainer fee agreement that not only keeps clients happy, but also keeps the lights on.

By Drew McLellan

Business Accounting

25 Payment Tools for Small Businesses, Freelancers and Startups

By Brett Relander

Business Accounting

These 5 Blockchain Solutions Could Restore Your Optimism in the Technology

By Chidike Samuelson

Business Ideas

Your ‘Minimum Purchase’ Credit Card Policy Is Dumb

By Gene Marks

Tech

Why the Company That Figures Out Frictionless Payments Will Dominate the Tech Industry

The next few years are when 'invisible' payments will really proliferate, touching almost every type of everyday financial transaction.

By James Hickson

Building a Business

Cross-Border Business Is Becoming a Non-Negotiable. Are You Ready?

Building a cross-border business might seem daunting, but it's an essential component to a brand's longevity.

By Andrew Blachman

Building a Business

Learn How the Right Payment Processor Can Drive More Sales

The ability to accept credit cards is a must for any modern business. But franchise systems shouldn't be afraid to expect more from their payment-processing vendor.

By Lissa Harris

Business Legal

Your Business Doesn’t Have to Pay Credit Card Fees Any More and Probably Shouldn’t

Legal challenges have succeeded in overturning bans on passing along the fees for credit card payments.

By Evan Weese

Business Accounting

Trying to Maximize Holiday Profits? A New Survey Reports on the Challenges SMBs Like Yours Face.

The most common pain point among SMB owners at year's end? Twenty-one percent said late payments.

By Tina Hsiao

Business News

The Future of Mobile Payments for Small Business Owners

Today, 95 percent of Americans own a cellphone and 77 percent of those are smartphones. Mobile phone users will likely climb to almost 5 billion by 2020.

By John Rampton

Business Accounting

5 Trends In Cryptocurrency Entrepreneurs Need to Know

Cryptocurrencies are here to stay. The smart move is to start capitalizing now on the money of the future.

By Marsha Hunt

Business News

How to Keep Payment Fees Low for Your Small Business

In addition to figuring out the logistics of how to get paid, you may have to pay multiple vendors different payment processing fees.

By Due

Human Resources

How a Famous Movie Mantra Can Help Entrepreneurs Get Paid Faster

How to use 'Goodfellas' to your advantage in business.

By Carol Roth

Business News

7 Things You Can Do When Your Customers Refuse to Pay on Time

On-time payments are vital to the health of your business.

By Due

Building a Business

8 Tips for Setting Up a Killer Invoicing System That Always Gets You Paid

A polite but insistent invoicing systems gets you paid sooner and with less hassle.

By John Rampton

Marketing

Talk to Your Clients About Money Like You Talk to Your Kids About Sex

Both topics deserve more than a one-time conversation. Create an early, open dialogue to avoid awkwardness later.

By Dodie Martz

Building a Business

15 Surprising Benefits of Mobile Invoicing

Making payment easy for customers increases sales, encourages people to pay bills sooner and lowers your costs.

By John Rampton

Business News

How to Negotiate Rates as a Freelancer

A conundrum for freelancers is negotiating a livable rate for your work when companies can go elsewhere and find very cheap labor on freelance marketplace sites.

By Due

Building a Business

What the Global Marketplace Can Teach U.S. Entrepreneurs About the Future of Payments

The world is already using payment tech that will disrupt American businesses next.

By Jeffrey Sloan

Business News

The Marketing Power of Secure Payments

Secure payments serve a functional purpose in your business, but they can also serve double duty as a marketing benefit.

By Kristen Gramigna

Business Ideas

3 Solutions for Ecommerce Merchants Fighting Fraud

Fraud is a costly problem, but clumsy fraud prevention that rejects legitimate purchasers are not cheap, either.

By Shoshanah Posner

Tech

Payments Are Moving Into the Environment Around Us. Is Your Business Following?

Payments technology will soon be integrated into jewelry, refrigerators or the sensor-rich doorway of an Amazon Go store.

By Jeffrey Sloan

Business News

GameStop Investigates Breach of Customer Payment Data

The company is investigating a report that data for payment cards used at Gamestop.com has shown up for sale online.

By Tom Brant

Business News

No Credit Card? Pay With Amazon Cash.

Just get a special barcode from Amazon, bring it into your local CVS or another participating store, show it to the cashier and add as much cash as you like to your Amazon Balance.

By Angela Moscaritolo