With well over 10,000 new visitors per month, this post is to reference what I think are some of the better and more important posts and topics of this past year.

January 2007:

• You don’t want to know anything about your merchant account

February 2007:

• RFID Contactless Payments vs. Smart Cards
• Government toying with the bankcard business
• A simple PC Charge based wireless processing solution

March 2007:

• Did you know, refunds are calculated into your chargeback ratio?
• How can you Store and Forward?

April 2007:

• First Data sold!
• Should you buy a terminal, or use a free one?
• Don’t run that $50,000 transaction!

May 2007:

• PIN and Signature Debit
• What credit card terminal should you use?
• How many data security breaches will it take?

June 2007:

• The processing fee is the least important one on your application!

July 2007:

• Only half of top ecommerce sites require Card Verification
• Prohibited Merchant Accounts

August 2007:

• Amazon.com to offer Paypal and Google Checkout competitor

September 2007:

• Credit Card Terminal Certification
• Credit card terminal operation is not universal

October 2007:

• Maximize your credit card terminal’s life

November 2007:

• Giving the right response - AVS and declined card messages
• Reward card interchange for debit

December 2007:

• Debit cards surpass credit cards for most use

Also, a look back at the year 2006 in review.