By Tammie Caldwell


From the age of barter trade, to use of coins and meals and finally paper money various challenges were faced by those payment methods. In the quest to curb those problem credit card processing companies in Miami, FL have a solution which has proven to be efficient. Some of this includes visa, discovery, and master cards to American express where their make is universal in utilisation.

After application, verification is done which takes less than a week. Its then linked to your bank account where one can use it to make purchases to merchants who are in conjunction to the issuing credit company or bank. The process involves swiping of card(s) through an electronic device that deducts the purchase bill within seconds.

A secret pin is entered by the holder along with the amount to be deducted. A receipt is later offered showing the transaction. Some merchants demand for more verification e. G additional information on security code, expiry date and billing address to make it belong to the genuine owner.

During end month most of companies send a summary showing the month transaction. This comprise of the total amount used in various purchases and the balance. Some interest is usually charged from overdraws which act as soft loans. Before card activation a small fee is charged. This account statement however are mostly done online (softcopy) but one can request for a printed form if circumstances demand so.

A lot of benefits come from using this payment method. Soft loans are availed and are protected by the respective bank. Insurance protection rewards and protection benefits are offered on new purchase. In additional, a loyalty program offer points when one buys things which can later be used to buy goods or converted to cash.

However some limitations exist too. The card holder may be tempted to make unplanned purchase. The companies also fluctuate the charge rates which can turn unfavorable leading to the customer bankruptcy. To the merchants they are required to have the devices supplementing the cards but nowadays most card companies provide them for free. Maintaining the data security is quite cumbersome were slight mistakes can lead to delays in payment to the merchant affecting the business at large.

This however does not mean this facility is a unsuitable to the businesses. The security is assured in case of theft incidence to damage from environmental hazards such as floods as well as fires as they transactions are secured in an online database. They also do make sales despite the customer balance being inefficient as the bank guarantees payments.

Despite the above limitation, they are overlooked as the benefit outweighs them. This is because this service has cost tremendous improvement to the society at large. Cases of money loss to the casualty in case of theft have declines reducing the incidences in the long run. The card companies has also brought the service to more appealing level by issuing secured cards, prepaid cards where card loss and quick reporting the all potential transactions are cancelled.




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