Payments Blog

Acquiring bank vs issuing bank explained: the role each plays in a card payment, who carries the risk, and why the distinction matters for merchants.

Issuing bank vs acquiring bank: what each one does in a card transaction, who carries the risk, and why the difference matters to merchants.

Payment gateways charge various fees for processing commercial transactions. Learn how these charges work and how to manage them properly.

Is Apple Pay secure? How Apple's contactless payment system protects card data with tokenisation, Face ID, and per-device numbers.

Chargebacks exist to protect consumers from fraud. However, this tool often creates problems for businesses.

An ACH payment is an electronic transfer between US banks over the ACH network, without card schemes. How it works and when to use it.