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Back-to-Back Wins For The Union’s Best of Nevada County!

We are proud to announce Pay It Forward Processing was The Union’s Best of Award Winner (For Merchant Services) two years in a row! We want to thank Mick Collins for all his diligent work in Nevada County! You are a real STAR. Each year the Union Newspaper puts out a ballot featuring several categories asking readers to vote for their favorite businesses/people in those categories (Best local band, dry cleaner, charity event, from retail to services, restaurants, bars, thrift stores, vets, you get the idea). And we won in a write-in online ballot system!

Give to Your Mom While Contributing to a Great Cause

Mothers Day is this Sunday! “Every Swipe Benefits Charity®” Program is now on amazonsmile! Click the link to buy your Mom a gift and a portion of your purchase will go directly to our ESBCharity program where business owners can choose what charity benefits from the donation. Some of the charities include American Institute for Cancer Research, The Arthritis Foundation, and many more. Click: smile.amazon.com/ch/20-4266594 – Make sure to select “Gold Coast Foundation – I Have Adream San Diego” Want to be involved in our program? Click Contact to learn more about what we do and why we give.

Sue Talks: Leadership My Way

Join Us May 11, 2017, for an incredible Connected Women of Influence event. Hear talks from Sherrie Berry, Joanie Connell, Ph.D., Kathy David, and more! In case you missed it, here is our founder, Renee VanHeel when she gave her SUE Talk. Register for Event HERE

Is Your Business Ready for EMV?

As a business owner, I’m sure you are all sick and tired of hearing about EMV Compliance. It has been everywhere for the last year, and nobody seems to know what is going on. Nobody understands the purpose of it and nobody cares. I mean the deadline was supposed to be October of 2015 that everyone had to be EMV Compliant. But that was nine months ago, and still, nobody cares. Does it matter? Is it worth the cost? What’s the point? Why the big change? Should I care? The EMV shift is EXTREMELY important. The Government has put a couple of extensions on the deadline due to the amount of work needed to make this change was a larger challenge than expected. But even more important than it being… Read More.

Anew Day Lending A Helping Hand

Anew Day Mission… Anew Day is a faith-based organization that provides healing and hope through lay counseling for those who are hurting. Anew Day Vision… We provide a safe environment which enables our clients to face life’s ups and downs. Partnering with our clients, we meet them where they are and with whatever struggle they are going through. We provide answers, hope, direction, and the skills to deal with today’s pain as well as tomorrow’s.

Client News: Ralph L. Notch, A.R. North America: Winner of the 2015 Ceta Lifetime Achievement Award

Congrats Ralph! – From all of us at Pay it Forward Processing. “The fundamentals he was committed to maintain at the company – honesty, integrity, and industry knowledge.” “My father holds a high integrity with employees, customers, and suppliers.” The words “very gentle”, “careful” and “positive guidance” stood out. Through the years, I’ve met and had conversations with Ralph during weddings and birthday parties. He listens…and I mean truly listens to what you have to say and he takes it to heart through observation. Know that David VanHeel’s mom is the sister of Ralph Notch.” Significant contributions to the pressure cleaning industry unite the 27 winners of the Lifetime Achievement Award, which the Cleaning Equipment Trade Association (CETA) established in 1995. Ralph L. Notch, the 2015 recipient, exemplifies the combination… Read More.

Renee VanHeel in 92128magazine.com

A local San Diego Magazine (92128) makes time for Renee VanHeel of Pay it Forward Processing “I was raised in a family business so I have been self-employed my entire life. I knew at age 10 that I would own my own business!” – Renee VanHeel Read the complete article here – 92128magazine.com

News: Give Back Program Donates $3,226 to The Arthritis Foundation

Pay it Forward Processing in the News At the recent Pay it Forward Processing Christmas party held at the Rancho Bernardo Winery, the Arthritis Foundation, San Diego office, was presented with a check for $3,226 from nonprofit Every Swipe Benefits Charity give-back program. The ESBC is a program that allows businesses to benefit their business, customers and the community. Through Pay it Forward, a national credit card processing company, net proceeds are donated from each business account to a charitable organization, at no cost to the business. Since ESBC’s inception two years ago, the program has generated more than $100,000 in donations to a carefully vetted group of more than 25 local and national charities. The Every Swipe Benefits Charity arose from the ashes of Witch Creek Fires in San… Read More.

Business Owners, Are You Ready for the NEW EMV Credit Cards?

What is EMV? “EMV is a technical standard for smart payment cards and for payment terminals and automated teller machines which can accept them. EMV cards are smart cards (also called chip cards or IC cards) which store their data on integrated circuits rather than magnetic stripes, although many EMV cards also have stripes for backward compatibility. They can be contact cards which must be physically inserted (or “dipped”) into a reader, or contactless cards which can be read over a short distance using radio-frequency identification technology. Payment cards which comply with the EMV standard are often called chip-and-PIN or chip-and-signature cards, depending on the exact authentication methods required to use them.” – More on EMV Renee VanHeel Talks about EMV. Relevant Articles: Wired: That Big Security Fix for… Read More.

To sign or not to sign?

Guest Blog Post by Account Manager Mick Collins The Credit Card industry has a bad reputation. Many sales reps of processing companies only care about locking your businesses into a lengthy contract that will only sweeten the deal for their commissions or end of year bonuses. To get that ink on paper, they will say or do almost anything just to get your signature. Free hardware, isn’t actually free A typical offering in the credit card processing industry is offering ‘free’ hardware in exchange for a 2-4 year (sometimes longer) contract. But here is what they don’t tell you. The cost of that hardware is recuperated overtime through the transactions costs and processing fees. So in essence, you’re still paying for your own hardware, and it was never ‘free’ in… Read More.