Posted in Merchant of the Month, Nonprofit, Social Responsibility.
Merchant of the Month – Plow to Porch Organics Dharma has boarded hundreds of new merchants already this year, but one of our standouts is Plow to Porch Organics in Santa Barbara, California. There are many companies with the model of delivering weekly boxes of food to subscribers, but we [...]
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Relationship & Responsibilities As your Merchant Service Provider (MSP), it's Dharma's job to ensure that your accounts are registered with the card brands, and to help you accept payments with as little risk as possible. Ultimately, the risk of payment acceptance is your responsibility, but we provide the tools you [...]
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Account Updater Feature Using Authorize.Net One of the new services we’ve been anticipating for merchants using the Authorize.Net payment gateway for recurring billing (also known as subscription billing) is Account Updater, which is being released this month (May). This new service automatically connects to a database and verifies cardholders’ numbers [...]
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Appalling, but True There is a breaking news story in the payments processing industry that is worthy of mentioning as an example of the negative industry practices (and reputation) that are relevant to our stakeholders. The full story is on the U.S. Department of Justice website, and the gist is [...]
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Convenience Fees Recently we wrote about the various rules and regulations around surcharging customers for credit card processing fees. Now we are addressing Convenience Fees, which are allowed in all states. This is a flat or fixed fee that can be assessed in a card-not-present environment that is a bona fide convenience, [...]
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Dharma's Giving Back for 2016 Now that we are well into the new year, we’ve the updated the Giving Back section on the Dharma website reflecting the results of our 2016 charitable picks. For the third year in a row, our donations have well exceeded $100,000 to organizations benefiting the [...]
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Spring Bank Dharma is privileged to announce a new partnership with Spring Bank – a community bank serving the needs of underserved consumers and small businesses in the New York Metropolitan area. In addition, Spring Bank recently became a certified B Corporation, joining a community of companies recognized for socially [...]
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Sparrow is a U.S. national wireless service provider that we think you will love, due to its Get One, Give One model. For every customer who subscribes to Sparrow mobile service (Sponsor Sparrow) they donate a smartphone or service to someone in need (Impact Sparrow) with the goal of creating [...]
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Beware In 2011, Congress created a new watchdog agency called the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which was charged with oversight of the financial industry in the wake of the 2008 mortgage/banking meltdown. The Bureau promotes fairness and transparency to protect consumers from deceptive practices not only in the banking [...]
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Transparency I have been invited to speak about transparency on a panel that the local B Corp community is sponsoring next week. I don't know if there is such a thing as an expert on this subject, but I can tell you that I have over 25 years of experience [...]
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