CEDF clients come from a wide variety of industries, but a surprising number accept credit cards from their customers, even those that we don’t think of as “retail” businesses. And a shocking proportion have never or infrequently analyzed the rates and attempted to strike a better deal.
One reason may be that it is very difficult to understand the pricing structure of a merchant services account. I think this is by design. Charging what seems like dozens of different rates for corporate card...