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Real time credit card processing is where a company processes all credit card transactions such as online trades, phone/mail orders, wholesale and even retail transactions. When credit cards are run, they go through a Real time credit card processing service and not directly to the credit card issuing company. This service handles all steps involved in the processing of a credit card in exchange for a fee, normally calculated as a percentage of each transaction.

If you plan to start a business that will be able to accept credit card transactions, looking for a real time credit card processing service is paramount to your business’s success. More often than not, a bank will offer the real time credit card processing services which can yield lots of savings for a small business. Generally, a business will process its credit cards with its financial institution in the act of concentrating all financial transactions with one company. You can however decide to use a standalone real time credit card processing service which is not in any way affiliated with your bank or financial institution.

In either case, you as the business owner will come into a binding contract with the credit card processing service where the contract will specify what each credit transaction should be charged along with the credit cards that your business should accept. You may get free credit card terminals or pay a negligible leasing fee. Once all equipment has been set up, your business can then start accepting credit cards and running them through the real time credit card processing service.

When a credit card is passed through the terminal, there will be a communication between the terminal and the real time credit card processing service, which will determine the validity of the credit card and if the client has enough credit to pay for the transaction. Once the transaction has been approved, the terminal will show and print out receipts both for the business and the client. Because the company will be using instant or real time credit card processing verification, the money will be transferred instantaneously to the credit card processing company from the client’s account.

In case of any error such as stolen card flags, the credit card processing service will immediately send an error report to the terminal. The business can either request the client for a different credit card or call the credit card issuing company for more details and information. Instantaneous or real time credit card processing and communication are a type of fraud protection.