November 22nd, 2016 by Elma Jane

ELECTRONIC PAYMENT SERVICESBe with NTC and enjoy the full benefits of our Electronic Payment Services with high levels of service and security.

In addition, you can enjoy from e-commerce payment gateways to retail and restaurant solutions, business-to-business processing capabilities to electronic invoicing (NTC ePay).

NTC is offering a cost-effective credit card payment processing services that are very fast, secure and easy to integrate.

 

settlement-reportGet your Secure MerchantConnect Reporting Tool:

  • Review and reconcile all of your transactions settle or batch settle and also much more.
  • Create and save your custom reports that also can be imported or exported easily.
  • Use our solution to turn any computer, laptop, smartphone or tablet into a processing center.
  • Run & enjoy this on one or more devices to process credit card transactions with your merchant account.
  • Peripherals allow swiping transactions and printing out receipts.

Electronic Payment Services Our Merchant Cash Advance feature will help you very much to enjoy cash advance service. If your business accepts credit cards, getting cash for your business can be fast, simple and very easy.

Receive up to $150,000 per location in less than 10 business days—sometimes in as few as 72 hours.

National Transaction Merchant Cash Advance eliminates many hassles and delays common with bank loans.

Our Merchant Cash Advance builds on the strength of your business’ future credit and debit card sales, so a damaged personal credit history is not an immediate disqualifier.

 

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Next Day Funding
October 7th, 2016 by Elma Jane

NEXT DAY FUNDING

To be responsive to the needs of our merchants and to meet that needs, NTC offers next day funding in addition to the value added service for customers and businesses that need to have their funds available quickly.

National Transaction also offers a variety of electronic payment services and technology for businesses; with more than 15 years of experience.

Our services include:

  • Currency Conversion
  • Credit and debit card processing
  • E-commerce and gateways
  • Electronic checks
  • Gift and loyalty card programs
  • Mobile processing
  • Cash advances and loans/funding program
  • NTC e-Pay and MediPaid

NTC e-Pay – is an Electronic Invoicing that made simple with NTC e-Pay!

Free Setup, nothing to Integrate, Secure, and Fast. Invoice customers Electronically with NTC e-Pay. In addition, our e-Pay Platform can help Travel Merchants bring new customers while encouraging repeat business.

Our Virtual Merchant Gateway – accept payments your way! Online, In-Store and On the Go. Another payment platform that flexes with your business.

NTC Business Loans – Fast yet Affordable and most of all Simple Application Process.

MediPaid – another medical health insurance claims payment. Delivering paperless and next-day deposits for Health Insurance Payments.

Furthermore, NTC provides services to thousands of customers. NTC maintains a one on one relationships with all its merchants consequently providing 24/7 customer service and technical support!

To know more about our product and services call us now! 888-996-2273

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MP
January 19th, 2016 by Elma Jane

2015 was a major period of growth for the online and mobile payment industry. Close to 60 million Americans used mobile payments on a consistent basis, representing close to 18 percent of the population. However, around 52 percent of Americans are aware of mobile payments and how to use them.

Because of both the wide awareness and accessibility of mobile payments, analysts expect consistent mobile payment use to double this year. Millennials and high-income spenders tended to adopt the technology more quickly, at 23 percent and 38 percent consistent usage respectively.

Even more intriguing than the wide-spread use of mobile payments is how large the market grew. In 2015, $8.71 billion passed through online payment services providers. Even more intriguing is the prediction that this market will more than triple to $27.05 billion by the end of this year.

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Evolution of Electronic Payments
December 17th, 2015 by Elma Jane

Mobile Payments – It is bound to see more actions with tech giants Apple, Google and Samsung in mobile payment trends. We will also see new technologies like smartwatches, bracelets and rings that will give us the ability to provide payment options.

NFC – Near Field Communication, another familiar face among the payment trends. NFC, however, goes way beyond making payments using smartphones. These speed up POS payment processing quickly and easily without requiring a PIN or signature. While there are other POS payment methods, such as QR codes, NFC will come out on top. Merchants should ensure they have an overview of the current Point-of-Sale options and should, if needed, upgrade to the latest technology.

Security: Tokenization and biometric authentication will have a strong influence on the payment industry.

Tokenization –  when applied to data security, is an extremely interesting method of securing credit card data. As the credit card numbers are substituted by tokens that has no value, then no harm can be done if tokens are stolen, which makes tokenization a secure process.

There are several new inventions when it comes to payment processing authentication such as password, PIN, and fingerprint methods. But they are weak so two-factor authentication is increasingly used to improve security.

Biometrics Authentication –  like finger print scan, facial recognition, voice recognition, and pulse recognition are set to become increasingly significant. This will increase both security and convenience.

International E-Commerce It’s important that merchants offer shoppers their preferred local payment method. Merchants who are looking for e-commerce success will need to create an international strategy. Merchants should also consider checking with their payment service providers. Providers know their way around to alternative payment methods.

Cash on the Retreat Cashless Society? Some countries in Europe are certainly cutting down on the usage of cash. In Sweden, it is now almost impossible to use cash to pay for bus tickets. Acceptable payment methods include customer cards, credit cards, and payments via smartphone apps. Traditional cash-based bakeries no longer exist and instead, now display signs requesting that customers use cashless payment methods for even the smallest amounts. The situation in Denmark is similar; the government is currently debating whether or not to release smaller retailers from the obligation of having to accept cash as a payment method. Cash is on the retreat, and alternative payment methods are advancing. However, cash is still on the list.

Real-Time Payments (Instant Payments) The European Central Bank (ECB) will bring instant payments strongly in the near future. Instant or real-time payments are a trend which will be with us for a long time to come.

Regulatory Changes The first Payment Services Directive (PSD) from 2007 is still currently implemented domestically. After a tough two-year negotiation period, the EU has now, finally, agreed on a second payment services directive (PSD2). The European Banking Authority (EBA) is set to develop more detailed guidelines and regulatory standards for various industries. Payment industries should begin preparing themselves now for implementation, doing this will allow them to be ready for the appropriate steps necessary in 2016/2017.

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M-Payments
December 11th, 2015 by Elma Jane

The use of in-store mobile payments increased in the US this year, from 5% in 2014 to 18% in 2015, research reveals, with approximately one in five consumers using their phone to make a payment at the point of sale.

The most popular uses of mobile payments in the US:

Public Parking (19%)

Gas Station Purchases (18%)

Coffee Shops and Fast Food Dining (17%)

Paying for Groceries (16%)

Public Transportation (16%)

Paying for a Taxi (16%)

Paying for restaurant bills (15%)

Checking out of a Hotel and Paying the Bill (13%)

Shopping for Clothing (12%)

Shopping in General on the High Street or in the Mall (10%)

Other (7%)

US consumers aged between 25 – 34 were seen as driving the largest portion of mobile payment activity at 36%, with those aged from 45-74 accounting for less than 10% of activity.

Half of the survey’s 2,000 respondents in the US cited security concerns as the main reason for not using mobile devices for in-store payments, while consumers place the greatest trust in traditional financial institutions like banks (49%) for provision of payment services.

Mobile technology is now moving beyond simply being a mode of communication and advancing towards the era of the always-connected consumer, says US telecommunications sector leader at Deloitte.

http://www.nfcworld.com/2015/12/11/340588/store-mobile-payments-increase-four-fold-across-us/

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Apple
November 17th, 2015 by Elma Jane

Get your Business Ready for Apple Pay and Let your Customers know you Accept Apple Pay!

Business owners can order Apple Pay Decals for their Stores. Each Packs includes Two Glass Decals and Two Register Decals in different sizes, and a tool for affixing the ads to the appropriate surfaces. Those who need more than five will need to call Apple to place an order.

Apple made the Apple Pay Logo available for download and provided a PDF explaining its guidelines. Apple specifies that the Apple Pay Logo should be placed ahead of similar marks for other payment services like MasterCard and Visa. The guidelines document of the payment mark are available from the Apple Site.

It’s easy!

Click here to download Apple Pay mark to use within email, on your terminal screen, and on your website.

Order Apple Pay decals for your store to put on your storefront window and register.

National Transaction Terminals with EMV/NFC (near field communication) Capability to accept Apple Pay, Android Pay and other NFC payment transactions at your business.                       Give us a call now at 888-996-2273.

 

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September 30th, 2013 by Elma Jane

Facebook this week began testing a new feature dubbed “Autofill with Facebook” that aims to simplify mobile purchases by filling in customers’ credit card information for them, thus eliminating the need to type it in each time. This “Autofill with Facebook gives people the option to use their payment information already stored on Facebook to populate the payment form when they make a purchase in a mobile app,” Facebook spokesperson told the E-Commerce Times. “The app then processes and completes the payment.”  The feature “is designed to make it easier and faster for people to make a purchase in a mobile app by simply pre-populating your payment information.”During the test period, which began Monday evening, the feature will show up only to Facebook users who have already provided credit card information to the social network — in other words, those who have made in-game purchases or bought gifts for friends.

Facebook has partnered with PayPal, Braintree and Stripe as financial partners on the service, which is initially available only on the e-commerce iOS apps JackThreads and Mosaic.

Ironing Out the Wrinkles Autofill with Facebook isn’t a move to compete with PayPal and credit card companies, but to complement payment services by adding a layer for convenience, much the way Facebook, Google and Amazon have created a single login that works across a network of websites.

“Facebook is not interested in being a payments company,” an analyst, told the E-Commerce Times. “Instead, it is aiming to be the entity that irons out bumps in the payment process — something it is well-positioned to do. “With Autofill, Facebook will act as the lubricant that makes the commerce experience more seamless, providing a number of benefits to all stakeholders.”

Partners in the deal ensure that Facebook will succeed in Autofill with Facebook, it doesn’t care about payments, it cares about reaping the benefits that come from making the payment experience better.”

‘The Potential to Be Lucrative’ There could be significant financial benefits as well. “This approach has the potential to be lucrative for Facebook in that it will help plug the mobile conversion gap,” McKee suggested. “If Facebook can prove to its partner merchants that an ad on its site led to a purchase, the validity of its platform can easily be proven. Ideally, this will help convince other companies to advertise with Facebook as well.”

Taking it a step farther, Facebook will also gain transaction data, which McKee believes has considerable value. “Facebook can leverage transaction data with what it already knows about us for precision ad targeting. This will increase the relevance and placement of ads on Facebook.”

The Security Factor While many mobile customers will appreciate the Autofill function, security issues still lurk in the back of every consumer’s mind. Yet while privacy concerns have been an ongoing issue for Facebook, it has a good track record where security is concerned. “Facebook has been relatively incident-free when it comes to security breaches.”  “However, this is more a problem of consumer perception. Will consumers feel comfortable storing their payment credentials with a social media platform?

“Facebook is already approaching ‘big brother’ status, and this takes it one step further.” “To succeed, Facebook must provide visibility into what it plans to do with transaction data.”

‘It’s a No-Brainer’ The convenience factor, meanwhile, could be a compelling one for consumers. “It’s no-brainer useful to mobile users…who wants to enter their credit card on a mobile phone more than once?” “It could be more secure than mobile payment alternatives.” If Facebook gets past its hurdles, it will also succeed in building strengths in areas where it has been lacking to date.

“Right now Facebook isn’t super strong at the conversion side of  e-commerce.” “Autofill will give them a lot of data about purchases, which might help them remedy that.”

‘Strategic Smarts and Ambition’ As for those benefits to Facebook, there are potentially many. One example,”Autofill admits them to the online payments world.”

“This is another example of the strategic smarts and ambition of Zuck.” “One gets the sense that he wants to be a major competitor for everything online.”

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