Best Credit Card Processing Companies
Helcim, Square, Stax, Stripe, Payment Depot and Payment Cloud are six of the best credit card processing companies for small businesses. Here’s what to know.
Amrita Jayakumar
Amrita Jayakumar is a former special assignments writer for NerdWallet. She also wrote a syndicated column about millennials and money, and covered personal loans and consumer credit and debt. Previously, she was a reporter at The Washington Post. Her work has appeared in the Miami Herald and USAToday. Amrita has a master's degree in journalism from the University ofMissouri.
Posts by Amrita Jayakumar:
How to Get What You Want at Your Next Job
Millennials have long been at the mercy of economic events, from the Great Recession to crushing levels of student loan debt. But thanks to the Great Resignation that began in…
NFC Payments: How to Accept These Secure Transactions at Your Business
NFC payments are contactless payments that use near-field communication technology, allowing devices like a mobile phone and a payment terminal to communicate securely with each other. This technology powers mobile…
How to Sustain Generosity Beyond the Holidays
2020 asked a lot from us. We faced new challenges and reckoned with old ones, and often the world’s problems collided with our own individual needs. Help — whether in…
Scary Money Tasks to Tackle Now
There are some things no one wants to think about until they have to, like caregiving for your parents as they age and figuring out what happens to your finances…
How Much Does Small-Business Health Insurance Cost?
For small businesses, providing health insurance to employees can be a significant expense. According to a 2021 Kaiser Family Foundation report, The average annual health insurance premium for small firms…
Pandemic Puts Personal Finance on High School Agenda
Many of us don’t learn how to manage money until we’re faced with our first true financial decision, like renting an apartment, applying for a credit card or buying a…
Best QuickBooks Alternatives
The best QuickBooks alternatives are FreshBooks, Xero, Wave Accounting, Zoho Books and Sage 50cloud.
Best Small-Business Group Health Insurance Plans
As a small-business owner, the decision to offer health insurance to your employees is a personal one. If you have fewer than 50 employees, you are not required by law…
What Is a Surety Bond? How They Work, Where to Get One
A surety bond is a way of ensuring that a business completes the work it was hired to do. If it doesn’t, the bond’s guarantor is financially liable to the…
