chip cards and tipping

EMV Chip-Card Transition for Tip-Accepting Businesses

If you own a bar, restaurant, cafe, salon, spa, or other tip-accepting business and have made the switch to EMV chip cards, it could be costing you more than you realize.  If you answer yes to any of the questions below, call us at 440-853-6710.  We specialize in creating a custom solution for your tip-accepting business […]

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Time to Review: Is Your Credit Card Processing Vendor Costing too Much?

It’s that time of year when business owners review their expenses – looking to eliminate costs and maximize profits.  It’s also the time of year when many retailers expect this holiday push to give them the boost they need to achieve their year-end goals.  But what if your merchant services provider is charging you too […]

Cleveland Merchant Services - PCI Compliance

Who Needs to be PCI Compliant? What if I’m Not?

For most merchants PCI Compliance and its components seem to be a daunting, confusing task (and for most banks and processors as well).  Making sure you align yourself with a Merchant Services provider, like our team at Renaissance Solutions Group, to guide you through the process – minimizing your time, work, and cost, becomes even more critical to the […]

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Merchant Services: Trend Towards Contactless Payments

You’ve most likely seen these icons at hundreds of major restaurants, grocery stores and retailers including ExxonMobil gas stations, McDonald’s, Macy’s, Panera Bread and Whole Foods, so what do these icons mean and should your business be jumping on board? In short, these icons are used by merchants around the globe to indicate they have […]

EMV Smart Chip Reader

Does Your Business Need EMV (Smart Chip) Terminals?

As reported in the Cleveland Plain Dealer, front page of the Business Section in Sunday’s Aug. 2nd paper, “Chips Coming to Cards’ Defense“; “Oct. 1 is the deadline for banks to re-issue 1.2 billion credit and debit cards that are in circulation in the United States with new cards that contain fraud-resistant computer chips. And […]