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Re:Microsoft: No Driver Updates Allowed for Win7 and Win8 on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @01:35PM (#24921698)
Damn I never thought of doing it this way, how logical..
Re:Tech companies are clamoring to give you credit cards on Monday October 26, 2020 @05:54PM (#24901952)
Valid point, I refer to card not present tranx, but are you sure the 0.41% is when via the mc/visa network though (even if we accept an interchange of 0.2x), many of these cards in europe have an alternative national pay network for local cards - you will actually see the choice on some POS screens too. And asia too - TPN dual branded with err can't remember that name of the Chinese pay network that has failed to infect se Asia now, ah unionpay
Re:Tech companies are clamoring to give you credit cards on Monday October 26, 2020 @02:10PM (#24899171)
Ha. Other fees nearly always take this above 1%, often closer to 5% and as far as 20% only sub dollar transactions. Other fees are your scheme fees of which there are many, avs fees, and your acquirer fee (the people who take the chargeback risk - e.g. adyen 0.65%)