– Introducing the new payment plug-in from Total Processing – offering an alternative customer journey that optimises the customer checkout and increases conversions sitewide. – Cart abandonment is one of the main obstacles to navigate in e-commerce for retailers and other merchants alike. However, no matter the amount of variables that businesses are tackling, the […]
Posting on social media once a day is likely to get you some engagement, shares or traffic. But, would it increase if you posted two times a day, or even three? Does posting more get you bigger results or are you just annoying your followers? We collected Twitter data of top entrepreneurs within many industries […]
As money laundering has become the subject of many news cycles over the past few years, there has been added pressure to revise the regulatory standards of the Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AMLD). Being aware of these changes as a merchant is crucial to ensure your business remains protected from fraudulent activity and lawfully abiding according […]
Data from Juniper Research has revealed that as we enter the industrial innovation of the ‘internet of things’, over 38.5bn devices are expected to be connected to the internet this year – an increase of 285% from 2015. The ‘internet of things’, is a mode of increasing revenue and decreasing revenue by onboarding offline objects […]
With the welcoming of 2020, industry experts have outlined 9 big trends set to take over the year ahead within the payments space. A common theme that underlines each and every one of these, is the lack of compromise on security in the effort to make the customer experience more streamlined. Here’s a Look Ahead […]
There is often a lot of confusion surrounding the role of Merchant Services between a business and a bank. What can often be misconstrued as a third party interrupting the flow between a merchant and his settlements, there is a lot to be understood about how a ‘middle man’ can streamline and assist in the […]
Businesses within the UK, whether they be larger corporations or smaller limited companies, are required to pay tax to HMRC based on the threshold of their annual turnovers. Levied by the government, the main form of this tax is known as VAT or Value Added Tax.With the risk of heavy financial penalties for evading VAT […]
With contactless payments on the rise; accounting for nearly half of all debit card payments in the UK in July 2019, retailers are increasingly asking what the benefits and disadvantages of contactless payments are. In this article, we will break down the advantages of the new age’s ‘cash’. What Is a Contactless Payment? Contactless payments […]
*Amended July 2020* At Total Processing, we are pleased to announce the release of our WooCommerce plugin to facilitate payments via our payment gateway for websites built on the WordPress platform. **What is WooCommerce?** 29.36% of online stores currently use a variation of the WooCommerce checkout, falling in line with the statistic that as of […]
Following the launch of our partnership with HotelTime solutions, Total Processing is making its name within the hospitality sector. With the aim of introducing you to the main benefits of payment automation within hospitality sectors; below is a discussion on the key financial returns of automation within the hotel and restaurant industries worldwide. In an […]
An entrepreneur is someone who organises and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk. Ever wondered how the likes of Richard Branson, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, J.K Rowling and many others became successful entrepreneurs? Believe it or not, they know what it’s like to launch a new business […]
Last month, e-commerce platform Shopify launched several tools for CBD and hemp merchants; previously only available to Canadian merchants within the last year. Since passing the farm bill in the United States in late 2018, which allowed for the farming and cultivation of hemp and cannabis, merchants from 40 US States can now sell hemp […]