Bitcoin is now approved for political donations
If your local politician starts soliciting donations in Bitcoins, don’t be surprised: the US Federal Election Commission just approved the cryptocurrency for political contributions. Now, politicians...
View ArticleFEC Approves Bitcoin In-Kind Donations for US Political Campaigns
The US Federal Exchange Commission (FEC) has determined that political campaigns and political action committees (PACs) may accept bitcoin as a form of in-kind donation under current federal election...
View Article59% of Merchants Accept Bitcoin to Boost Ecosystem
From Californian wineries to bars in Beijing, 2013 was widely considered a banner year for bitcoin, as business owners around the world began to take advantage of the technology to cut costs and woo...
View ArticleWho Uses Bitcoin Is Suddenly a Big Deal to These Businesses
Friday another Bitcoin milestone was reached, as it is the first day that Internet retailer Overstock.com (Nasdaq: OSTK) started accepting the digital currency as payment. If it seems puzzling that...
View ArticleSurvey Results: One-Fourth of Bitcoin Merchants Enjoy 10% Sales Boost
In the first installment of our merchant survey, we uncovered that the majority – 59% – of merchants are accepting bitcoin to better support the bitcoin ecosystem. However, the bigger takeaway from...
View ArticleClearGate Named Preferred Vendor by the Industrial Supply Association
ClearGate is pleased to announce they have finalized and agreement with the ISA as a preferred vendor for payment processing to the ISA’s membership. To kick off this new relationship, ClearGate...
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Recurring Billing
Overview You can set up a recurring bill to automatically charge a card an amount on a schedule. You can determine the card to be charged, the amount, frequency, and duration. The 5 States-...
View ArticleVoids & Refunds
Void or Refund a Sale Locate the transaction you wish to void/refund. Transactions can be located via the search bar, a batch (access transaction list by clicking BatchID), or standard/custom report...
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Reporting
Overview Reports can be viewed in Standard or Refined/Custom. Standard reports are pre-configured with hard-coded configurations, where refined reports layer custom configurations on top of Standard...
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Hardware User Guides
Which device do you use? Pax S80 Get User Guide Verifone VX520 Get User Guide Magtek Swiper Get User Guide Pax S300 Get User Guide Verifone VX805 Get User Guide First Data FD200 Get User Guide ←...
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Terminal Settings
Overview The Terminal Settings Panel allows admin users to configure and personalize their Virtual Terminal. From this page, you can access settings for Level 2 Data, Terminal Nicknames and...
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Branding
Overview Branding allows you to customize logo, business information, custom messages, etc. to be printed on customer receipts. Please Note Changes made here only apply to receipt generation and...
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Shipping/Tax Rates
The Virtual Terminal can save and reference your shipping and tax rate preferences to speed up your checkout process. Follow the steps below to configure your Virtual Terminal with your local rates....
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Other Admin Settings
Validated Devices This feature has been deprecated Auto-Print Settings Check this box to automatically print receipts after a successful transaction. (swiped transaction only) 3rd Party API Please...
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System Requirements & Recommendations
Clearing your Browsers Cache As our system continues to evolve and improve, Virtual Terminal users may have to clear their browser’s cache from time to time in order to remove outdated cookies that...
View ArticleHow much do additional users cost?
You can add as many users as you wish at no additional cost.
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Level 2 Data
If you would like Level 2 data to be sent with the transaction, check the box here. Level 2 credit card processing refers to a more detailed transaction supported by the Visa, MasterCard and American...
View ArticleHosted Payment Page/iFrame Best Practices
Search for: Overview ClearGate has taken many steps to reduce the PCI burden for both VAR’s and Merchants with our Hosted solution, however, we still recommend that network admins at all levels take...
View Article5 things to know and watch for before signing up for a merchant account
1) Not all providers are created equal With the emergence of companies like PayPal and Square, some tend to think they are an equal alternative to a traditional Merchant Processor or Payment...
View ArticleTraditional Merchant Accounts vs. Aggregators
Not all merchant accounts are created equal. When shopping for a merchant account, many tend to overlook the differences between the two very different merchant account types; the traditional model...
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