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Merchant Sales Podcasts:

Podcast - Servicing Merchants in an Integrated Payments World

Published - April 21st, 2023

This week's podcast features Dave Humphrey, President at Bryte Payment Solutions, discussing the importance of first impressions and maintaining open channels of communication. James shares his insights on starting a vertical-specific software company based on his personal experience, while Patti reports on a new Visa initiative that promotes interoperability between P2P payment networks.

Podcast - 3 Keys to Compliant Dual Pricing and Surcharging (And Visa's Shift)

Published - April 10th, 2023

If you're selling Non-Cash Adjustment, Dual Pricing, Cash Discounting, or Compliant Surcharging, you are not going to want to miss this special edition of the Merchant Sales Podcast as James discusses 3 scenarios for differential pricing and actions ISOs, agents and their merchants can take to avoid running afoul of Visa rules. Reminder: Visa has said it will be ramping up compliance checks for surcharging and other forms of differential pricing beginning this month. And stick around for Patti's reporting on FIS's decision to exit merchant services.

Podcast - Building a 1099 Merchant Sales Team

Published - April 3rd, 2023

In this week's episode, James interviews Steven Morris on how to build a successful 1099 sales agent team. Hint: The solution is not to recruit everyone with a pulse!

Next, James discusses one of the most important decisions facing our industry in terms of technology and that is, processor agnostic or in-house processing.

Finally, Patti provides an insider's report on Fed Now, a real time payment network built and provided by the government. This will be a game changer and is something about which you should be very familiar.

Podcast - Don't Let Chargebacks & Fraud Foil Your Sales Strategies

Published - March 25th, 2023

Learn how CNP Mentors works with ISOs and agents to tamp down merchant chargebacks and fraud. "Even the worst offenders, with the right tools systems and knowledge can get chargeback rates down," explained Scott Adams, CEO of CNP Mentors. Then James continues his series on merchant objections, this week addressing the question "What to do when selling dual pricing and a merchant doesn't want to upset customers?" And Patti provides an update on plans to give gun shops their own MCC.

Podcast - What the SVB Failure Portends for Merchant Services

Published - March 20th, 2023

If the Silicon Valley Bank failure showed us one thing it is the role of social media in triggering panics, explained Vlad Sadovskiy, CEO at Netevia Banking, in this far reaching conversation on the fallout around SVB's failure. Then James explains how to sell merchants who are locked into contracts, and Patti reports on Visa's continued commitment to crypto.

Podcast - Selling Bars and Clubs on Point of Sale and Payment Processing

Published - March 13th, 2023

In today's episode we speak with Lance Lehr, CEO at One POS. We discuss their focus on the bar and club merchant types and the unique challenges faced by these merchants. After the interview, James provides his rebuttal to the objection "My software is already integrated with another payment provider" and Patti gives an update on the BNPL industry.

Podcast - Selling SMBs on Clover

Published - March 6th, 2023

"Clover works for just about any business," says Josh Holden, President of HTB Business Solutions. Plus, it has "brand recognition," Josh explains during this week's featured interview. James follows that with a discussion of capital allocation, and Patti reports on new fraud trends driven by AI

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