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Welcome to the new North.

Welcome to the new North.

North American Bancard is now “North.” A new brand with a shorter, simpler name, yes, but those five letters stand for much more.


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What are the “Laws” of Social Media Marketing?

Social media marketing is about gaining attention and traffic to your social sites through updates and shares. It’s about marketing your product or …

What are the “Laws” of Social Media Marketing?

Reducing Fraud At The Gas Pump

With many merchants upgrading their point-of-sale (POS) terminals to accept EMV embedded-chip payment cards, more consumers than ever before are …

Reducing Fraud At The Gas Pump

Credit Card Processing Guide: Payments 101

In this day and age, with the marketplace more competitive than ever, not accepting credit and debit cards is simply not an option. Credit cards …

Credit Card Processing Guide: Payments 101

Budgeting Tips for Small Businesses

Knowing how to budget appropriately could be the single biggest factor in the success of your small business. Yet many small business owners don’t …

Budgeting Tips for Small Businesses

Understanding Payment Gateways

You have likely heard the term “payment gateway” when setting up your merchant account, but do you know just what a payment gateway does? The …

Understanding Payment Gateways

The differences between a payment gateway and a virtual POS

The terminology attached to credit and debit card payments can be hard to decipher, particularly if you are new to the world of accepting plastic. …

The differences between a payment gateway and a virtual POS

Business Owners Have No Choice About Responsive Design Of Websites

If your business doesn’t have a responsive web design, it now means that you’re missing out on the majority of online shopping traffic. According …

Business Owners Have No Choice About Responsive Design Of Websites

Can a Subscription Service Benefit Your Small Business?

Next time you’re watching T.V. keep your eyes open for the hilarious commercials promoting popular subscription services like Dollar Shave …

Can a Subscription Service Benefit Your Small Business?

Customer Retention is More than Saying “Come Back Again”

Customer loyalty may be reaching an all-time low in traditional methods, which is why new ones have become so instrumental for customer retention. …

Customer Retention is More than Saying “Come Back Again”

From Zero to Hero – Limit Dissatisfaction and Grow Repeat Business

As a small business owner, you want all of your customers to leave your establishment happy and satisfied with their purchase or service – and …

From Zero to Hero – Limit Dissatisfaction and Grow Repeat Business

Why is PCI Compliance So Important?

PCI DSS. As a credit card-accepting merchant, it’s likely that you’ve seen those letters before, but just what do they stand for, and how do they …

Why is PCI Compliance So Important?

Chargebacks: Facts and Fiction

By now, you’ve heard the term “chargeback,” but just what is a chargeback and what does it mean when it happens to you? A chargeback is defined as …

Chargebacks: Facts and Fiction

How to Keep Millennials at Your Workplace

Do you remember when Baby Boomers (1946-1964) were dubbed the “Me Decade?” Then Generation X (1961-1981) were considered “slackers?” Well, …

How to Keep Millennials at Your Workplace

Getting Smart About Mobile Payments

Any small business owner knows that the key to success is meeting your customer where they are. If you own a shop and you stock merchandise your …

Getting Smart About Mobile Payments

The Importance of Omnicommerce

More likely than not, the words omnicommerce and omnichannel are quite new to you. To break it down, quite literally, the stem “omni-” comes from …

The Importance of Omnicommerce
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