Payments Industry Blog

My ISO Just Sold My Merchant Accounts???
date posted: Monday, January 30th, 2012
author: Adam Hark

Here's a real inquiry from one of our MerchantPortfolios.com members who is a merchant level salesperson (MLS): "I have been an agent for an ISO for about 2 years. The other day I received a note that the ISO was doing their "yearly evaluation" of which merchant accounts in their portfolio...

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Are First Data Portfolios Worth More Than Portfolios With Other Processors?
date posted: Thursday, January 12th, 2012
author: Adam Hark

I was recently asked to answer this question on behalf of a subscriber to The GreenSheet. Here's my answer... Assuming we are comparing apples to apples, the short answer would be yes. (but the reason is probably counter intuitive). For example, does a First Data (FDR) portfolio, with the exact same internal...

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