by Gwyn Johnson | Oct 22, 2026 | General Merchant Processing, Industry Trends, Marketing
On April 28th, 2026, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed HB 895, making Maryland the first state to ban surveillance pricing on food products. Effective October 1st, 2026, it prohibits food retailers and third-party delivery services from using personal customer data... by Gwyn Johnson | Sep 10, 2026 | General Merchant Processing, Industry Trends, Marketing
If you’ve noticed your payment processor suddenly offering a lot more than card processing, you’re not imagining things. Across the industry, card-issuing platforms that were once built to do one thing, process card transactions, are rapidly expanding into... by Gwyn Johnson | Sep 8, 2026 | General Merchant Processing
A merchant application tells you more than most people bother to read. Before underwriting ever sees the file, the partner who submitted it had every signal they needed to know whether this merchant would board clean, stall in review, or blow up the portfolio six... by Gwyn Johnson | Sep 2, 2026 | General Merchant Processing
A merchant statement looks like a wall of numbers until you know what you’re looking at. Once you do, it’s the fastest way to catch a pricing problem before it costs a merchant real money, or before it costs you a residual you’re owed. THE BASICS: WHAT’S ACTUALLY ON... 
