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7 Crypto Payment Processors High-Risk Businesses Can Consider in 2026

Like adding ACH or another acquiring company, merchants in high-risk industries also look to cryptocurrency to provide payment redundancy. Cryptocurrency allows customers to pay with…
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One Big Freight Payment, One Chargeback – What Should Trucking Companies Do Next?

When a trucking company completes a $20,000 load, receives payment via credit card, and delivers the freight, the customer may later dispute and cancel the…
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Utility Company Payment Processing: ACH Billing for Energy and Service Providers

Utility companies receive thousands or even millions of predictable payments. Yet there are a variety of ways that customers pay for those services: ACH autopay,…
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Web Design and Creative Agency Merchant Accounts: Payment Processing for Digital Service Providers

Web design agencies rarely bill every client the same way. One client may require a 50% deposit upfront for a web design project, while another…
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Smoking Accessories and Head Shop Merchant Accounts: High-Risk Payment Processing for Smoke Shops

A smoke shop’s exterior can look like any other retail business. However, behind the sales counter, they may be selling tobacco products, nicotine products, cigars,…
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ChargeBee vs. Stripe Billing vs. Recurly: Recurring Billing Software Comparison for High-Risk Merchants

Recurring billing software will manage subscriptions, renewals, failed payments, and changes to how customers’ bills are calculated. However, it will not automatically find a payment…
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Mobile Wallets and Contactless Payments: Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Tap-to-Pay for Merchants in 2026

Customers can use their iPhones at checkout terminals, Google Pay on ecommerce websites, or contactless cards against a merchant’s phone. Each of these options will…
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Payment Tokenization Explained: What High-Risk Merchants Need to Know

A subscription business wants to charge its customers without having to ask for their card number every single month. An ecommerce merchant likely wants one-click…
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International and Cross-Border Payment Processing for High-Volume Merchants

While international growth can expose a merchant to new customers and payment methods, it can also expose the company to higher decline rates, foreign exchange…
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NMI vs. Authorize.net vs. Stripe: Choosing the Right Payment Gateway for High-Risk Businesses

A payment gateway may have the best API, checkout, and fraud software in the industry, but if the processing company does not approve the business,…
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