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Basis Points
Basis Points is a financial term that describes one one-hundreth of a percent (1 basis point = .0001 or .01%). Normally, the addition of basis points for...
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Payment Gateway
A payment gateway is an application service provider that authorizes credit card, debit card and electronic check payments for businesses. A payment gateway facilitates the transfer of information between a payment portal (such as a website, mobile phone, or interactive voice response service) and the front-end processor or acquiring bank. When a customer orders a product from a payment gateway-enabled merchant, the payment gateway performs a variety of tasks to process the transaction.
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Contact-Free Payment
Contact-free payments are transactions processed in a manner that removes the physical interaction between the purchaser and the merchant. A contract-free payment can be accomplished through a...
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