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Handling Authorize.Net ARB Subscription Failures

admin — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:46:36 +0000

One common complaint about the Authorize.Net Automated Recurring Billing (ARB) system is that there is no way to handle subscriptions that are declined when processing a future scheduled payment. As it turns out there is a way to handle this failures programmatically and automate your response to them.
Authorize.Net has a little known, and poorly documented [...]

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More Holiday Deals – from eBillMe

admin — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:46:36 +0000

Yesterday, we pointed to several holiday discount deal sites from various payment providers. In addition to those, eBillme has a Shop Debt Free discount site that features deals of the day and discounts for shoppers who prefer to pay with cash from their checking accounts instead of the other forms of payment. The site has products from the over 800 online retailers offering eBillme as a checkout option. eBillme has also introduced a Black Friday website which will extend throughout the entire holiday shopping season, with deals, coupons, sales, specials and tips. The deals page features bargains that are updated regularly and…

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Where is the CVV # on Credit Cards?

admin — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:46:34 +0000

I have had a few merchants recently not understand what the CVV # is on credit cards and how they can use it to protect themselves from potential fraud and/or chargebacks. In the image (the left) shows you where to find the CVV number on credit cards.

It is a three or four digit security code [...]

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Making sense of the PCI mess

admin — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:46:32 +0000

The merchant account industry is in turmoil right now relating to the PCI-DSS fees that just about everyone is currently experiencing. I would like to make an analysis of why we are all seeing these fees and how this whole situation came about.

Just to dispel any hopes that these might be going away soon, they’re [...]

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