Recommended Merchant Services Reviews

The merchant services industry sees a lot of companies merging with or acquiring other companies. One of these acquirers is iPayment, a large merchant account provider known for acquiring Payment Depot in 2021. Five years later, in 2017, iPayment bought up another merchant services provider (that was acting as an independent sales organization f...

ProMerchant is a Boston based merchant services provider. Founded in 2017, the company provides point of sale, online and mobile credit card processing. Its services are provided on a month to month basis with no long term commitment required. They offer a quick set up process, mostly within 24 hours and will overnight basic equipment to get bus...

Payarc is a payment processing solution provided by Payarc LLC. The company is an ISO of the Commercial Bank of California, Irvine, California, Evolve Bank and Trust, and Fresno First Bank, Fresno, California. It has its headquarters in Greenwich, Connecticut, and was founded in 2016 by Zachary Martinez and is currently presided over by Jared Ro...

Clover is a cloud-based merchant service and POS system provider. It offers a range of hardware and software solutions to meet the payment needs of retailers, restauranteurs and b2b businesses, regardless of their size or location. The competitive payment processing rates, easy-to-use interface and a range of app integrations make Clover an attr...

In an industry full of solutions that charge a large markup percentage pricing on transactions, it’s refreshing to see products that do a fixed membership pricing model instead. Stax by Fattmerchant is one of these. However, the pricing model isn’t the only reason to consider Stax. It offers so much more, and you can read about it below. **L...

Mergers and acquisitions seem to be a common occurrence in the credit card processing industry. One example is Flagship Merchant Services. Flagship Merchant Services is a merchant services provider founded in 2001 and headquartered in Charlestown, MA. About 11 years later, processing giant Paysafe acquired Flagship. Paysafe is also known for mer...

Payment Depot is a payment processor most known for its transparent, monthly pricing. It offers good features and strong customer support, and it’s best suited for businesses doing large amounts of sales volume.

CardX is a payment processing company based in Chicago, acquired and controlled by Stax. It provides merchant services to businesses and agencies in the government and education sectors; and is famous for its 0% surcharge cost to businesses accepting credit card payments. Having served over 5,000 customers and currently having more than 200 enti...

Square is a giant in the merchant services provider industry. Founded in California in 2009, Square disrupted traditional credit card processing by removing the complexities and obstacles which many businesses face. Merchants need only get online and register and will quickly be able to accept credit cards for a transparent and flat fee. There a...