Small Business Success Spotlight: Monica Fullerton

Learn how Monica Fullerton’s small business, “Spouse-ly”, provides services & goods made by members of the military community.

Credit card surcharging basics: opportunities and challenges for small businesses

Doing business comes with costs – new equipment, payroll, taxes, and more. While many of the fees and expenses that small businesses incur are out of their control, there are opportunities to more closely manage credit card acceptance costs and optimize interchange costs. One popular way to do this is surcharging – adding a percentage-based fee on top of the regular posted price when a customer uses a credit card to pay.

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Elevating the consumer payment experience. Setting the stage for merchant growth.

Finding the right partner model for your payments business

Whether a shopper is checking out at their favorite clothing store or a large enterprise is invoicing a client, transactions go through a vast ecosystem. Beyond traditional interactions between banks, issuers, and acquirers, software companies are playing increasingly important roles in this ecosystem Elavon can help you find the right model.

How to fulfill the Merchant Hierarchy of Needs as a payment service provider

Merchants are the backbone of the payment ecosystem and need careful nurturing and support to drive long-term portfolio growth for payment service providers. By understanding and prioritizing the needs of merchants, payment partners can position themselves for mutual growth – but how can you get started?

Ecommerce Chargeback Solutions

Credit card chargebacks are a costly reality for online merchants. Elavon can provide you the knowledge you need to avoid costly chargebacks.

Understanding PCI DSS and its critical role in payment security

Businesses that process, store, or transmit cardholder data must comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). While these standards are in place to help protect you and your customer’s payment data, validating and maintaining PCI DSS compliance can be costly, complex, and time-consuming – but it doesn’t have to be. Elavon is here to help

Get paid faster with talech digital invoicing

Get paid faster with talech digital invoicing. A no-cost service for web billing and invoice management within your talech dashboard.

Small business success spotlight: Elena Carnè and T31 Apparel

Learn how T31 Apparel’s business focus shift helped it grow during the pandemic & why it is so important for small businesses to be able to adapt.

Setting business goals in the new year

Interested in how to succeed in business? Take a look at these key steps for setting business goals and achieving them this year.

How to Use a POS System to Help Your Business

Learn how to use a POS system to create efficiencies for your business to manage tasks for restaurants, retail stores & other service industries with Elavon.

How to Manage Cash Flow

Cash flow management is critical in the success of a business so that you know what payments are coming in & going out. Manage your cash flow with Elavon.

How to grow your business and have a life

Learn how Elavon can help you with work life balance using tools to streamline payment acceptance, managing your business & security information & more.

4 benefits of integrating payments with your software solution

As the worlds of technology and financial services converge, providing your merchants and their end users with a connected buying experience is crucial to differentiating your software in an increasingly crowded and competitive market. Learn from Elavon the benefits of integrating payments with your software solution.

Get Small Business Payment Processing Faster

Businesses rely on consistent cash flow to help run efficiently. Help remove the guesswork on when you get paid with small business payment processing that's scheduled to your cash flow needs.

Ask these questions to get to the heart of healthcare payment needs

Healthcare organizations of all sizes and specialties – from small dental offices to large medical systems – need holistic payment acceptance solutions that create a simple, positive experience for patients and providers. Elavon provides 3 simple questions to ask to determine your healthcare payment needs.

Avoid transaction downgrades and optimize your payment processing

For most small businesses, finding new ways to cut costs or avoid fraud and chargebacks is critical for daily operations and business growth. Elavon is here to help with four ways to avoid downgrades and ultimately optimize your payment processing.

Creating the blueprint for strategic growth

The concept of composable commerce, or a component-based approach to creating a customizable technology stack, is at the forefront of delivering the business capabilities ISVs need. Let Elavon show you how can you apply this methodology to your payments strategy.

Optimizing payments and financial services

As payments technology innovation continues to evolve exponentially, today’s consumers expect a seamless, connected, and personalized buying experience. Elavon can help you optimize payments and financial services to exceed your customer expectations and maximize revenue.

No need to be scrappy when you can have SaaS

Whether you want to enhance your customers’ digital buying experience, customize your checkout process, or personalize payments, you can utilize an Elavon integrated payment solution for a frictionless boost to your value and growth.

How to partner with your payments processor to drive ecommerce growth

With Elavon, businesses can quickly reach a global audience without the costs associated with operating multiple physical locations. Customers have more buying options than ever before and enjoy the convenience of products delivered directly to their home.

Tap-and-go transit payments: Easy for riders and cost-saving for operators

Cities around the US are revolutionizing their public transportation systems to enhance urban mobility, boost sustainability, and increase access for their residents. The key to this transformation is contactless payments – replacing tickets, prepaid cards, and other inefficient traditional payment methods in mass transit systems.

Reduce cart abandonment by creating a great online shopping experience

While online cart abandonment continues to be a pain point for ecommerce retailers, there are steps you can take to increase sales conversions and drive loyalty. From transparency to security, there is much within your control to improve the online customer experience.

Payment optimization for airlines

In the dynamic landscape of the airline industry, optimizing revenue streams and enhancing payment performance are essential to success. Airlines can unlock hidden revenue and bolster their financial health by implementing a series of best practices when partnering with Elavon.

Leveraging APIs and open banking to provide more value

The emergence of open banking, financial services APIs, and banking as a service has changed the landscape of the payments ecosystem. It is no longer enough to offer integrated payments with your software solution, but rather it’s table stakes. So how do you differentiate yourself from the competition and future-proof your business for sustainable growth?

How to choose a payments provider for your public sector organization

Your public sector organization needs a trusted payments partner, like Elavon to help you deliver more modern payment solutions to your residents as you take control of revenue, reduce administrative costs, and streamline financial operations.

Evolving your partner model to adapt to a changing payments landscape

Whether you are looking for a market entry point or planning your exit strategy, establishing a long-term payments strategy is critical for sustainable growth. At Elavon, we have different partner models that can help your business evolve.

Innovative payment solutions for Financial Institutions Partners

Whether you’re starting a new business, selling online for the first time, or looking for a payment processor to better meet your needs, this guide by Elavon, is a great resource to help you understand what factors you need to consider. It covers the four main areas you need to pay attention to: funding, processing fees, security, and integration with ecommerce platforms.

Accelerating growth for your merchants with real-time payments

The past two years have brought unprecedented change to both business and consumer behavior. 2020 was the year small businesses needed to find a way to adapt their operations to survive in a changing economy.

How To Offset Credit Card Processing Fees

Accepting credit card payments can become expensive for businesses. Learn how to minimize payment processing costs with Elavon.

Small Business Success Spotlight: Steven Lee

Steven Lee of Gillian's Cafe partnered with Elavon to provide his customers with smooth payment processing through our restaurant POS systems.

20 Questions to ask before committing to a payment processor

Whether you’re starting a new business, selling online for the first time, or looking for a payment processor to better meet your needs, this guide by Elavon, is a great resource to help you understand what factors you need to consider. It covers the four main areas you need to pay attention to: funding, processing fees, security, and integration with ecommerce platforms.

Medical Cents: Understanding Healthcare Payments Podcast

Patients and providers need help navigating the healthcare system – from emerging medical technology to paying for services. That’s why Elavon partner's with providers – hospitals, clinics, outpatient treatment centers, and more – to provide seamless practice management tools and integrated payment solutions.

The smart payments choice for franchises

With the convergence of payments and software technology, ISVs that integrate payments with their platform reap the benefits of increased revenue streams, stronger company valuations, and a stickier relationship with their end customers. Partner with Elavon to monetize and maximize your revenue.

The Need-to-know of PCI DSS Compliance

Elavon has put together this helpful guide that highlights the need-to-knows of validating PCI DSS compliance and how you can protect your business and customer payment data today and in the future.

Six ways to increase transaction approvals

Elavon payment processing can help business owners increase authorization rates, which results in more sales and revenue.