Government

Purchasing cards used for government payments are rapidly growing. They use less paper (thus, cut costs,) plus, they offer the ability to easily track and control spending. GSA cards have the ability to collect and report level II and III purchasing card data. It’s estimated that over $200 billion is spent with GSA cards. Merchants First offers superior service, it’s what you owe to your customers and it’s what we give to you.

Interchange Management for Government Payments

Processing tractions as they some on a case-by-base basis is critical for your business and theft avoidance plan. It’s also critical so that you can reduce the total cost of acceptance. Government clients have special interchange rates. We work with you to ensure that you are passing appropriate data required by Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express (although we can’t control the types of cards you get – Corporate, Business, Purchasing, Rewards, World, etc.) to ensure that you do not fall to lower levels, and in the end, pay more. We work with each governmental agency to set up a special program to make sure you qualify for the best possible interchange rate for government and larger ticket transactions.

Protect Yourself from Risk of Accepting Plastic

It’s no secret that credit card regulations favor the cardholder, however, if you will be using and accepting plastic payments, you must be protected against fraudulent sales. We’ll work with your team to install proper acceptance procedures, as well as our online chargeback tool. We’ll help you determine if there is risk involved when accepting a credit card transaction, even when the card is not present at the point of sale.

Working with Merchants First

At Merchants First, we understand your unique needs. Each of our clients has a relationship manager assigned to their account so that your unique details and account are always understood and needs quickly met. You and your relationship manager remain in constant communication so that you’ll both achieve your goal: The success of your business. You’ll have a single point of contact that will give support for your virtual terminal and merchant processing support through one call.

Merchants First Services for Government clients

Hassle-Free Integration for POS Systems

In our experience, we’ve supported thousands of POS Systems, and helped each client seamlessly integrate their systems. If you need support and advise in choosing a POS system, we will work closely with you to find the best possible POS system for your company’s growing needs.

Easy reporting that’s accessible from anywhere

Our easy reporting allows us to email any report you’d like, in a format you and your payment team needs. Our online reporting and email reports are some of our client’s favorite features.

Fraud Alerts for Retail Clients

Internal fraud is serious to any business, and especially retail clients. We provide fraud and/or suspicious activity reports that are sent directly to senior management to quickly cut off internal fraud.

Next Day Funding

Money can be funded in as little as the next business day on all Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express.

Easy Account Balancing

One deposit and next day funding is available for all Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express deposits.

Disruption Free Conversion

Hate change? We actually don’t mind it. That’s because when you plan to make the change to Merchants First, we plan ahead, test and don’t leave until everything works seamlessly.