merchant accounts

PayPal Overview PayPal is a massive online payment processor that begam in 1998 as a subsidiary service offered by eBay but has since grown into one of the leading payment options for e-commerce merchants across the world. PayPal was spun off from eBay in mid-2015 and claims to have processed over 1.4 billion transactions in the fourth quarter of 2015, its first full quarter as … [Read more...] about PayPal Reviews

QuickBooks Payments Overview Alternately known as "Intuit Merchant Services" or "QuickBooks Merchant Services," QuickBooks Payments is a credit card processing service offered through Intuit's QuickBooks business accounting software. QuickBooks Payments is only the latest iteration of a product that has evolved in an unpredictable and often confusing fashion since its inception … [Read more...] about QuickBooks Payments Reviews

PayAnywhere Overview PayAnywhere is a mobile payment processing and tablet-based POS service from North American Bancard. It was launched in 2011 as a direct competitor to Square and has since managed to carve out a large enough user base to remain a major player in the smartphone payments market. PayAnywhere is a North American Bancard product, but transactions through … [Read more...] about PayAnywhere Reviews

Bank of America Merchant Services Overview Bank of America Merchant Services is the payment processing division of Bank of America. Rather than providing merchant services directly, Bank of America has partnered with First Data and TSYS to offer merchant accounts to business owners. Surprisingly, Bank of America Merchant Services has only existed since 2009, when it … [Read more...] about Bank of America Merchant Services Reviews

Heartland Payment Systems Overview Heartland Payment Systems is a large domestic merchant account provider that was acquired by Global Payments in December 2015. It is unclear whether this acquisition will result in a rebranding or a change in the company's marketing, but, for now, Heartland appears to be operating in the same way that it was before the acquisition. Heartland's … [Read more...] about Heartland Payment Systems Reviews