B2B Vault: The Biz To Biz Podcast

In Today's podcast, we are doing an industry spotlight on our Restaurant Program for Micros Point of Sale Merchants. This podcast episode is for you if you are using Oracle - Micros Point of sale! We are giving each restaurant the signs up $1000! In addition to that, you get free gateway fees, free software support from our Micros help desk team, and Free Equipment with a lifetime replacement warr...

In Today's podcast, we are doing an Industry Spotlight on hotels! We will be going over our Hotel Stimulus Program; hotels have been through hard times the last couple of years. Nationwide Payment Systems is here to relieve the hotel industry with this program. We work with over 50 different Reservation Point of Sale Systems that works with just about any system out there. What are we offering? Fr...

In today's podcast, we are discussing Cryptocurrency and Real Estate transactions. Nationwide Payment Systems has the solution to the new IRS tax rules for cryptocurrency, now referred to as Virtual Currency You can accept cryptocurrency, and it is converted into cash - therefore, you will not have to pay the new "Virtual Currency Tax" in the 30% range, which would be a huge fee! Under our program...

Today's podcast talks about another tax on small and medium-sized businesses! We have seen a bunch of new taxes that are pointed directly at smaller private companies. The current administration is making it harder and harder for smaller companies to stay competitive! In the latest announcement - if you are using Venmo, Cash App, Paypal, etc., and you are receiving more than $600 per year, those s...

THE FUTURE OF PAYMENT PROCESSING, FINTECH & BUSINESS - so in today's podcast, we take a look back at the last couple of years and a look forward. Which technologies were winners - which ones didn't work out well. QR codes made a comeback as far as reaching websites and payments go - many discovered their rates went up. We also discuss trends that continue to grow - alternative payments - payment p...

Happy New Year as 2021 comes to a close; we wanted to discuss what subjects we covered on B2B Vault. So I go down the list and talk about the solutions, industries, and news we discussed on the podcast. We want to wish everyone a Happy New Year! I hope everyone has a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year in 2022 There is a lot to look forward to in 2022 - look for the 2022 podcast kick-off episo...

Today, on the Podcast, we will talk about CBD and Payment Processing. Are CBD and Hemp Related products legal? CBD payment processing is a moving target, and the short answer is yes. It's up to the credit card processors and banks who sponsor them and what types of products they are willing to process. Nationwide Payment Systems offers several solutions for these products. We will go over the diff...

Cannabis and Payment processing has been a subject that I have been asked about for years. The simple answer is: There are legal ways to accept electronic payments - most of them involve ACH. ATMs that dispense cash are allowed by some banks that provide services to ATM companies. There is Point of Banking machines (similar to an ATM) that are also allowed by some banks. The rules are different fo...

In today's episode, we will discuss what the IRS is doing Virtual Currency. Please look at how we are solving this issue for business owners!  The bill passed by Congress earlier this year had a law about Cryptocurrency, and the IRS had until 2023 or 2024 to figure out how they would deal with Crypto. Well - The IRS is not waiting - it's on this year's 1040 form!  So what is the IRS sayi...

In today's episode, we are going to talk about Gateways and how to protect your business!  Velocity Filters & Settings AVS - Settings  - address verification Shipping Address Settings -  CVV2 Settings - the 3 or 4 security digits Recurring transactions and account updater  3d Secure to protect against chargebacks  We will be talking about the importance of using these filt...

In today's episode, we will be talking about why accepting crypto from your non-US customers is a good idea. 1 - Safe 2 - Blockchain - Crypto transactions are secure 3- Cheaper than a wire and currency exchange where there can be high exchange fees 4 - Wires can be yanked back - not easy - but is cross border banking 5 - Crypto - No Chargebacks - need to do a refund that is between you and your cl...

Add "All Sales Final" to the bottom of your credit card receipts  Can you stop chargebacks? Common Chargeback Reasons in Bars - Restaurants and Retail  Duplicate processing - customer claims that they paid twice - they might have 2 or more sales at your business  Paid by another method - they claim they paid with another card or with cash Did not receive goods or services  Card...

We will be at the Small Business Expo in Miami tomorrow December 16th, 2021. We will be discussing our experience at the Expo. 

Buy Now Pay Later continues to grow - more companies are offering it to merchants, and defaults are increasing. Credit card companies are trying to get in on the Buy now pay later bandwagon. https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/your-money/affirm-klarna-afterpay-and-more-buy-now-pay-later-plans-explained/ Companies accept Cryptocurrency - Bitcoin, Litecoin, Shiba, Etherium, and others. Are you rea...

Hi, it's Allen Kopelman with B2B Vault, and today we are talking about Crypto. As part of the Cryptocurrency series, in this episode, We are talking about Nightclubs and Adult clubs and how they can accept Crypto - it's easy and let's get into it. Listen on your favorite podcast network or check out the videos on youtube @b2bvault Clubs can sell bottle service or "Crypto Club Dollars" on their web...

Hey, Allen Kopelman here. And today, another episode of B2B Vault as part of our crypto series, we're going to do the top 10 questions. We get asked about cryptocurrency because we're signing up merchants to accept crypto at their business, getting a lot of questions. So we're here to answer those questions today. So let's get into it. 

Happy Holidays and it's that time of the year when Fraud kicks up. So we are here to let you know how to spot the scams. Retail SCAMS Customers EMV card does not work. Buying items using a card and asking for cash when they return items. Splitting up the charge on 2 or more cards. The Card Declines and they show you their bank account with money in it. Large transaction or buying a lot of gift car...

In today's podcast - is a celebration of Thanks! - What am I thankful for... many things .....so here is a list... Thankful for my family, being in business for 20 years with my business partner Dave. Thank you - and shout out to my office staff - Samantha and Justin. Samantha makes all of our graphics and Justin makes websites and does all the technical stuff with the podcast and videos. Thanks t...

Hello, Allen Kopelman here today. B2B Vault the crypto series. This is part three. We're going to be talking about charities and nonprofits, the B2B vol educational information for business owners and merchants, the payment technology podcasts. So today let's talk about charities and nonprofits charities and nonprofits. How do they get paid? People write checks, people pay with a credit card. Peop...

If you are in the Automotive or Marine industry - Today's podcast is for you! If you are in a business that takes high-dollar /or Luxury If If you are in the Automotive or Marine industry - Today's podcast is for you! If you are in a business that takes high-dollar or Luxury Market this is for you too! Do you accept Cryptocurrency? I asked a Car Dealer just that the other day ... and he said no -...

Hey, here we are today. Allen Kopelman here with another episode of B2B Vault the payment technology podcasts. So today we're going to be starting with our series on crypto. So we're going to address, um, different business types. And what are the advantages of dealing with cryptocurrency and your business and where the focus is? And we believe the focus is on luxury and high dollar purchases is w...

In today's podcast, we are doing the payment news roundup, where we find stories that affect businesses and are related to the payments.  The first story is about the infrastructure bill and some crazy tax in there on the unrealized gains on CryptoCurrency expect this to go to court - it's totally out of control - if you own crypto follow this story.  The second story is about how the ci...

Hi, this is Allen Kopelman with another episode of B2B Vault today, we're going to talk about how does Nationwide Payment Systems and the payment advisory board. How do we work with merchants who are developers, developing software, developing websites, ISV, independent software vendors, SAS companies, software as a service? You know, we've been working with banks in this area, work with people wh...

Card Not Present Transactions - what features do you need for your business? In today's podcast, we are going to talk about card not present, many business owners do not put enough thought into this. We are going to talk about what features are available and how you can run your entire business using one software hub. It used to be that you needed to use a terminal, gateway and accounting software...

In today's podcast we are discussing .... What should you know before you start an e-commerce store. What platform are you going to use? And if you are going to need a merchant account does that platform support your business type. We speak to business owners all the time and they have built a website only to find out the platform does not support their particular business type for payments....