Michael Rogers, vice president communications for the Small Business Association of Michigan, talks with Sergio Carrillo and Ashley Mason of Security Card Services In Partnership with Independent Bank about why it is important to small business success to be able to accept credit cards from your customers, big new developments in credit card technology (EMV chip cards), whether customers are accepting the new EMV technology, the kind of equipment needed to process EMV cards, what else is going on with equipment technology to make accepting and processing cards an easier experience for small business owners and their customers, and the importance of reviewing your rates from time-to-time.
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