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Cross-Border Payments for Canadian Businesses: Costs, Options, and How to Get It Right
For Canadian businesses, growth doesn’t stop at the border. Whether you’re selling to U.S. customers, sourcing materials overseas, or building global partnerships, the challenge is always the same: how to move money across borders without losing time and profit. Cross-border payments are essential in 2025, but they’re rarely simple. Between…
Integrated Payments: The Smarter Way to Reconcile, Report, and Grow
Picture this: it’s the end of the week and you’re ready to reconcile payments. You’ve got your accounting platform open in one tab, your payment processor in another, your POS system on your device, your booking platform on a fourth, and your online banking portal on a fifth. You spend…
Refund Fraud in 2025: What Every Merchant Should Know
Why it’s growing, what’s changing in payments, and the everyday habits that make the difference. Understanding Refund Fraud When merchants hear the word fraud, many think of cybercriminals, data breaches, or large-scale hacking. Refund fraud is much simpler, and in many ways, more relevant to everyday businesses. Refund fraud happens…
What to Do Once You Get a Chargeback: A Merchant’s Practical Guide
Chargebacks happen, even if you do everything right. While prevention is always the first line of defence, every merchant should be prepared to respond when one comes in. The good news? Acting quickly, staying organized, and following the right process greatly improves your chances of winning the dispute and protecting…
Renting vs Leasing vs Buying: What’s the Best Way to Get a POS System?
Whether you run a storefront, manage projects on the go, or sell services out of your truck, a reliable point-of-sale (POS) system can make a big difference. But before you start comparing features or integrations, there’s one basic question to answer: how should you get the system in the first…
Recession-Proof Your Dealership: How Surcharge Programs Drive Profit in 2025
How Pass-the-Fee Models Help Dealers Stay Profitable During Economic Uncertainty Why This Matters: As the auto industry faces tightening margins, slower inventory turnover, and cautious consumers, many dealerships are bracing for a new kind of financial pressure. Interest rate hikes, inflationary costs, and shifting buyer behaviour are creating a storm…
Chargebacks: What You Can (Actually) Do to Prevent Them
Rescue Payments understands the full risk picture, not just your processing fees. When businesses think about payment processing, the conversation usually starts with fees. And that makes sense – for many businesses, payment processing represents one of their largest monthly operating expenses. But behind the scenes, there’s another important consideration:…
Starting up a business? Why you should surcharge from day one and save thousands on credit card fees.
Starting a business brings in a world of choices and it can sometimes be a bit overwhelming as you begin to put everything in place. How you accept payment is one of the more confusing parts of the process because of the overwhelming amount of choices in the market. .…
How to Cancel Your Merchant Services Contract in Canada and the US – A Step By Step Guide
High payment processing fees can take a real toll on profitability for any business. While the costs may appear manageable individually, over time, they accumulate and become a significant drain on your bottom line. If you find yourself locked into a restrictive contract with high fees or subpar service, it’s…
Dental Clinics: The Comprehensive Guide to Surcharge and Pass The Fee Payments (2025)
Credit card processing fees have long been an unavoidable expense for your practice. Most dental clinics pay between 2%-2.9% for credit card processing which cuts into profit margins and make up a big part of the price of your services. After Canadian legislation changes in 2022, clinics are considering a…
