Ideally, merchants that use payment card acceptance services would know which merchant acquirers they work with. But in a recent report from research firm Aite Group LLC, the most common response when ...

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Oct. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FreedomPay, the global leader in Next Level Commerce™ technologies, welcomes Chase Payment Solutions℠ as an acquirer of choice to their ...

Welcome to the exciting world of payments! In this fascinating industry, acquiring is a key aspect. But what exactly is merchant acquiring? And how does it differ from an issuing bank or a payment ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. David Kindness is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and an expert in the fields of ...

No surprise, the top merchant acquirer by payment volume remains JPMorgan Chase & Co., according to the 2023 edition of Directory of U.S. Merchant Acquirers from TSG, formerly known as The Strawhecker ...

Some merchant acquirers have started offering a point of sale service that converts credit card transactions done in a foreign currency into the cardholder’s local currency before sending them to the ...

In taking on contingent acquiring liability, merchant acquirers risk substantial exposure to financial losses in the event of client insolvency. This risk is measured by the length of chargeback ...

December 2011 Merchant acquiring - an often overlooked part of the payments market - has now become a key element of a growing and vitally important payments industry. Card transaction volumes and ...