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Practical guides on payment processing, merchant accounts, and fraud prevention.

What Is a MID

A MID, short for merchant ID (and often called a merchant account number), is the identifier a payment processor or acquiring bank assigns to your business once you’re approved to accept card payments. If you’ve ever wondered what is a…

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PCI DSS Basics

PCI DSS stands for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard. It’s the set of security requirements the major card networks created to protect cardholder data wherever it’s stored, processed, or transmitted — and if your business accepts card payments in…

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How Chargebacks Work

A chargeback is a forced reversal of a card transaction, initiated by the cardholder’s bank rather than by the merchant. If you accept cards, understanding how chargebacks work is not optional — every dispute takes back revenue you already earned,…

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