I think many people became confused and don’t remember TARP was started as George Bush Jr. was leaving office. The end of TARP is a seminal moment for the Obama administration, which has been tarred by a program it largely…
Tax Debate Concerns Small Businesses – NYTimes.com
What a great idea to remove the tax cuts for the top 2 percent of wage earners. Rich tend to save anyway and savings is no way to get spending moving again which is currently driving the US economy. Despite…
Shop Safe | Credit Card Fraud Protection with Bank of America
ShopSafe® is a free credit card fraud protection service that allows you to create a temporary card number each time you make an online purchase. This number links directly to your real credit card account number but keeps your card…
Merchants score Senate win in fight over card fees
The amendment that cleared the Senate involves interchange fees on debit cards, but not credit cards. Debit cards are being used more as customers have become less willing to borrow during the recession. Still, swipe fees from credit card transactions…
E-merchants fight Colorado law – sales tax
Yes, this is unreasonable burden. Retailers are questioning whether this Colorado law, which became effective May 1, violates the 1992 Quill Corp. v. North Dakota case in which the US Supreme Court ruled that retailers who do not have a…
2Checkout.com – Merchant Account / Credit Card Processing Alternative » 2CO Uniting with Leading Online Retailers to Stamp Out Fraud
>This is an interesting concept in fraud detection. I’ve always wondered if there was a way to contribute our suspicious orders to a central database that other merchants can leverage. For a time, we used to have fraudsters use our…