Choosing a Merchant Account

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A merchant account involves 4 key players:

• The merchant
• The merchant's financial institution in which he holds an account
• The customer
• The customer's card issuer

So, when a customer buys a merchant's goods and / or services by paying for it through an electronic medium (credit, debit or gift card) issued to him by his banking service, the transaction is passed on to the merchant's financial institution for approval. Once the transaction is approved by the financial institution in which the merchant holds an account, the amount gets credited to his / her account.

Who is the Payment Processor?

The payment processor, the vital link in the merchant become an iso merchant services account circle, is the financial institution in which the merchant holds an account. A card processing company is usually a third party appointed by the merchant himself to manage credit card, debit card and gift card transactions. The merchant processing company or the payment processor oversees the transaction of fund removal from the credit cardholder's account and fund deposition in the merchant account.