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	<title>Merchant Maverick</title>
	
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		<title>New “User Review and Comment” Policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In an effort to avoid the user review and complaint pollution that some of these other ratings sites face, I've decided to enforce a strict commenting policy. I think it's for the greater good of our community, both on the merchant's and merchant service provider's side.
You can read the policy in its entirety here.
You'll notice [...]<br/>
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		<title>New “Questions &amp; Answers” Page</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:02:33 +0000</pubDate>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[I decided to create a Q&#038;A page where you can ask merchant account related questions that you'd like me to answer. Check it out here.<br/>
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		<title>Card Payment Solutions (IN) Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 05:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Merchant Maverick</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Merchant Maverick's Rating: (4 out of 5)

Last Updated: March 4th, 2010.
Overview:
When doing my research on Card Payment Solutions (CPS), I found some conflicting information. On the one hand, it looked like CPS is a great company, but once I started doing a search for complaints, I found quite a few (see below). But, as I [...]<br/>
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		<title>ABC Global Systems Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:43:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Merchant Maverick</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Merchant Maverick's Rating: (4 out of 5)

Last Updated: March 4th, 2010.
Overview:
According to their "About Us" page, ABC Global Systems (ABC) has been doing business since 1990, so they obviously have plenty of experience in the space. I couldn't find any reason why you shouldn't work with them, but they are missing quite a few things [...]<br/>
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		<title>DirectPay Merchant Solutions Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Merchant Maverick</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Merchant Maverick's Rating: (3.5 out of 5)

Last Updated: March 2nd, 2010.
Overview:
I wasn't able to dig up much information on DirectPay Merchant Solutions, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but as a merchant I'd much rather deal with a company that I can research well.
They don't have a BBB profile, but they also don't have any [...]<br/>
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		<title>The 5 Rules for You Problem Merchants</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Merchant Maverick</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The other day I was reading an article over at Transaction Trends called "Managing Problem Merchants." If you feel like putting yourself in your ISOs shoes for a bit, give it a read.
As much as we like to think that we're always 100% right, and that we should do everything in our power to make [...]<br/>
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		<title>Process America Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:18:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Merchant Maverick</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Merchant Maverick's Rating: (4 out of 5)

Last Updated: March 1st, 2010.
Overview:
Process America (PA) is based out of Canoga Park, California and has been in business since 2003. Not much to say here, so you'll find most of the good info in the subsections below.
I will say that I gave Process America a 4 out of [...]<br/>
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		<title>PaymentMax Processing Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 05:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Merchant Maverick</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Merchant Maverick's Rating: (4.5 out of 5)

Last Updated: February 27th, 2010.
Overview:
PaymentMax Processing is an ISO based out of Thousand Oaks, California. They've been around since 2004 which is still relatively young compared some of these other companies, but definitely enough time for them to have a decent history.
I have to say that I was very [...]<br/>
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		<title>Electronic Transfer, Inc. Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:18:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Merchant Maverick</dc:creator>
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Last Updated: February 26th, 2010.
Overview:
Electronic Transfer, Inc. (ETI) has been in business for 20 YEARS! That's right, they've been providing merchant accounts for over two decades, and the funny thing is, that I couldn't dig up a single complaint about them. Very impressive!
However, I did have a hard time [...]<br/>
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		<title>Durango Merchant Services Review</title>
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		<comments>http://www.merchantmaverick.com/reviews/durango-merchant-services-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Merchant Maverick</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Merchant Maverick's Rating: (4 out of 5)

Last Updated: February 24rd, 2010.
Overview:
Durango Merchant Services also known as "National Bankcard Systems of Durango (NBS Durango)" specializes mainly in high risk, overseas and internet based merchant accounts. They've been around for over a decade, yet don't have very many complaints against them. That's good to know.  
The [...]<br/>
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