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Let's Understand Rolling Reserve Merchant Account

What is Rolling Reserve Merchant Account?  When it comes to new merchants and high-risk businesses , the bank takes all the possible caution to avoid any loss in their business. Due to which they have created a robust network of rules that need to be followed at all times so that the economic and financial aspect of the business never sees any downfall.  This is the reason that the bank introduced the concept of Rolling Reserve Merchant Account . Rolling Reserve is a fixed percentage (generally 5-10%) of a merchant’s transacted amount reserved by the bank which can be used in case of an excessive chargeback. This happens for only a short time interval (6-12 months) until the business gets some stability. Upon completion of this time interval, the bank releases the amount to the merchant on the scheduled dates. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF ROLLING RESERVE? As we discussed, rolling reserves are applied for the merchants having a high-risk business. The idea...

High Risk Merchant Account Payment Gateway for Tech Support Business

Tech Support Merchant Account Provider For retail merchants, it is pretty easy to get a payment processor but it’s not the same with tech support businesses. This is due to the high rate of chargeback risk involved. So when you are looking for a merchant account provider, you should always ask them certain questions before applying. These questions could go as follows: Do you provide high-risk merchant account for tech support businesses? What about remote tech support (if relevant)? Does the underwriting department approve of it? At times salesperson will assure you that they do provide service to tech support business and after you complete the process of applying for it, and send it for approval to underwriting department; you might find out that your application is rejected because they do not support tech support business. Can Merchant Stronghold help? Merchant Stronghold has expertise in providing all-inclusive high-risk credit card processing servic...

High-Risk Merchant Account for Computer Repair Business

#Get  Technical Support For Merchant Account  In Easy Steps This industry is termed high risk by most financial institutes and banks. Following reasons for tech support: Card-Not-Present Transactions (CNPT): Often for all remote tech support the physical credit card is not present during the payment process. Chargebacks : Probably one of the main reasons for terming technical support high-risk is the high chargeback which results from a conflict between the customer and the tech support and the customer gets his money back. The merchant bank then must bear the brunt. In fact, the situation has far worsened after Visa reduce its chargeback threshold to 1 percent of sales. Global Nature of the Industry : Most of the tech support is located in all parts of the globe, as a result, the merchant bank has to deal with multiple currencies which are not preferred by several local banks. High Cases of Frauds : The predominantly remote nature of business has seen the rise...