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Sage Payment Solutions Eliminates Manual Credit Card Processing

Written by Clients First | Thu, Jun 12, 2014

The old question of “Cash or Charge?” has been replaced over time to the modern day question “Credit or Debit?.” Sage Payment Solutions has become the solution of choice for businesses who recognize that the days when cash was the payment of choice are over. Today, businesses must adopt to the reality that credit cards are the the main currency for savvy shoppers. Who can deny that we all want those valuable Airline Miles or Hotel Points?  A majority of the time, it seems like a no brainer to reach for the credit card. As a business, we like to pay for our purchases and services with our credit card but hesitate in accepting payments from those same cards due to credit card processing fees. So how can businesses adopt to handling credit cards with just about every single transaction and avoid the increased expense of the costs of processing credit card transactions? What if the process was less painful and less expensive? 

4 Ways Sage Payment Solutions Makes Processing Credit Cards Cost Effective

Sage Payment Solutions is available for Sage ERP 100, Sage 500 ERP and X3 customers. It can also be used as a standalone credit card processing solution for Point of Sale (POS) retail customers. The module offers integration with the Payment processing and your Sage ERP. Increase your revenue with Sage Payment Solutions. They offer quick merchant account approvals and will customize a payment processing solution and fee structure that works for you.

  1. Save Time & Money:  Instead of the traditional sales order - invoice - cash receipt workflow – Sage Payment Solutions allows you to process payment at the time the sales order is entered/approved, even if it’s only a deposit. Immediate benefits include earlier cash realization, fewer changes by customers to the orders placed, less accounting/administrative processing for cash receipts, and let us not forget the enormous savings of virtually non-existent collections processing! Small workflow change = huge and immediate benefits!
  2. PCI Compliance:  You have most likely heard of PCI compliance if you process credit or debit cards for your business. If not, it’s time to get compliant since the penalties will be steep if you are reported or caught for non-compliance. PCI compliance is a mandatory requirement for credit card processing. The purpose is to protect the security of your card information. Of course, it is built into the Sage credit card payment system. You will be able to meet all of the payment card industry’s data security requirements, keeping your customers’ sensitive information safe. Paperwork is reduced and there is no need for duplicate entry. That’s giving you time for more important and productive work. Fees are lower than most banks and the process of getting started is really quite simple. There, we saved you both time and money. 
  3. Sage Mobile Payments:  Interested in mobile credit card options to process orders straight from your smart phone? Sage Mobile Payments gives you the ability to process credit cards while on the road, at trade shows and integrate these transactions to your Sage ERP system. Now you can hit the road and make more sales! 
  4. FREE Rate Assessment:  So far so good, but isn’t FREE good too? We will work with you and with Sage Payment Solutions who will perform a Free Cost-Savings Analysis to show you their cost-saving rates. We are currently offering Free Credit Card Processing module for your Sage ERP system when you sign up for Sage Payment Solutions and have a merchant account. 

For more information on Sage Payment Solutions or any other Sage ERP related questions contact our team of experts at Clients First Business Solutions at 888.222.8827. We will be happy to share  how working with Sage Payment Solutions can help your business. We will provide you with a free needs assessment and you will see how you can save time and money by taking advantage of the latest ERP technologies.

Visit NORCALERP.com to learn more about Sage ERP X3 or to view the press release from Sage on X3 version 7.

About Clients First

Clients First Business Solutions is a National Consulting and Software support firm with California headquarters in the East Bay. As a leading Sage ERP reseller in Northern California serving the San Francisco Bay area, Sacramento, Central Valley, and Reno Nevada regions;  our team of certified Sage Consultants has over 120+ years of combined experience with Sage products. Integrate ERP systems streamline businesses, cut expenses, raise productivity, enable sales teams, and increase performance. It is an investment into your company that will let your business prosper. Contact us to learn more about how ERP software can make your business more successful.

This blog was originally written by Mary Walsh at Clients First and posted by Danica Weappa Sales and Marketing Manager at Clients First. Danica blogs about Enterprise Resource Planning, software, and tools that can be used to enhance business processes. If you want to follow Danica’s blogs you can follow her at Clients First on twitter.