About this episode

The episode discusses how merchants can face significant compliance fines and the responsibilities of ISOs in payment processing.

Processors promise “set it and forget it,” then the ISO is on the hook when a merchant gets fined. We dig into registration, enforcement, and how to protect trust with real support. A single pricing tag can cost a merchant $5,000, and sometimes the mistake is only forty cents. Christopher Dryden and Jeremy Stock of Global Legal Law Firm bring on Mitchell Reisberg from Watchdog Merchant Services (https://watchdogmerchantservices.com/) to get brutally practical about payment processing complia...

People in this episode

Hosts: Christopher Dryden, Jeremy Stock

Guest: Mitchell Reisberg

Topics covered

• compliance fines
• payment processing
• merchant support
• ISO responsibilities
• registration enforcement

Keywords

• compliance
• fines
• payment processing
• merchants
• ISO
• support
• registration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Global Legal Law Firm, Watchdog Merchant Services, Visa

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