Payment gateway. Payment processor. Same thing? Not even close. Even experienced executives can tend to use these terms interchangeably. Understanding the difference matters because each plays a distinct role in your payments strategy, customer experience, and...
Payment Solutions
Your POS is a growth strategy, not just a place to pay.
It's one of the most important technology decisions your business will ever make. Too often, businesses choose a POS based on price or a checklist of features. Months later, they realize it doesn't integrate with their eCommerce platform, accounting software,...
Is your merchant statement harder to read than a medical chart?
If you run a medical clinic, dental practice, pharmacy, or other healthcare organization, you're already managing enough complexity. Between patient care, staffing, compliance, insurance, and rising operating costs, your payment processing statement should bring...
Your processing statement is trying to tell you something.
What are you missing? Have I talked about this subject more than almost anything else? Probably. Why? Because I know helping you save your money matters. Have you noticed your merchant statement getting fatter even though sales haven’t budged? You’re not imagining...
Have you ever hesitated before paying in a foreign currency?
Everyone has. Research shows that 98% of online shoppers prefer to pay in their own currency when given the option. Even more telling, cross-border ecommerce is growing nearly twice as fast as domestic ecommerce. Whether booking a hotel overseas, dining while...
What happens when AI starts clicking “buy now”?
ChatGPT is redefining everything from how half the internet gets written to how you can enjoy perfectly cooked rice. Industry by industry, AI is reshaping not just how customers decide, buy, and consume, but also how payments work. Think about the last thing you...
What is the most expensive payment gateway mistake?
Failing to ask the right questions before you choose. As new gateway platforms enter the market, merchants are often presented with a long list of features, integrations, and capabilities. But gateway decisions rarely fail because of missing features. They fail...
Why 1% more approvals may matter more than 10% more traffic.
Executives obsess over acquisition while overlooking acceptance. Boosting payment acceptance by a single percentage point can often deliver the same or greater revenue impact as driving much more traffic, and at a far lower cost. For example, on $1B in volume a 1%...
Patients don’t care why their Health Savings Account card was declined.
they only know the payments didn’t work.
The end of multi-gateway chaos.
Author Caroline Banton What if you only needed one? If you are a merchant who uses Elavon for your payment processing, you'll be familiar with its range of payment channels — in-person, contactless, online, and mobile. What you might not be familiar with is...