Are domestic banks denying your request for an e-commerce or mail order/telephone order (MOTO) merchant account because they believe that your business is too high risk?
If you live outside the USA, or are engaged in sales of products or services that are considered "high-risk" such as online gambling, nutraceuticals, remote online technical support, e-cigarettes, adult entertainment, or one of may other high risk industries, you will most likely require an high risk merchant account to process your credit card orders.
If your business is located in the USA and has a US Bank account and a signor/guarantor with a US social security number, you may be eligible for US credit card processing with a domestic US-based high risk merchant account. However, even many businesses meeting this criteria often need to seek credit card processing with non-US banks simply due to the more stringent restrictions in the US on industries like Gambling, etc.
International Merchant accounts are not intended for processing international orders. Merchants can process international orders with any Merchant Account as long as the customer has a credit or debit card with the Mastercard or Visa logo.
International merchant accounts are specifically used by businesses located outside the USA and by businesses in the USA when the transactions are considered to be of higher risk so US Banks will not underwrite the transactions. This includes nutraceuticals, online gambling casinos, adult entertainment, software downloads, online technical support, pharmaceuticals, debt consolidation, payday loans, MLM business opportunities, and many other high risk industries.
Certain industries such as nutraceuticals, online casinos, adult entertainment, online pharmacy, e-cigarette & vapor stores, technical support, and others are prone to high amounts of chargebacks and disputes, and are by nature considered high risk businesses. Merchants in these industries may also find it necessary to use a non-US or domestic high risk merchant processor where, as part of their business, they deal in transactions that are of higher risk.
Additionally, issues like bad credit history, criminal background, high dollar tickets and very high monthly volumes all present higher levels of risk.
Additional causes for businesses to be considered high risk include high ticket items such as jewelry and rare coins; and also cases where there's a "contingency" sale. This is where someone is paying for a service now that they don't receive until later such as in the travel industry, sporting or even tickets, and even business conferences where people pay in advance and the possibility exists of the event being cancelled.
CyoGate offers some of the most competitive rates and fastest payments in the industry on International and high risk merchant accounts. While some companies charge as high as a 40% discount rate, CyoGate's rates on International high risk merchant accounts are a fraction of that.
Businesses located within the USA and with a USA bank account, may qualify for a Domestic High Risk Merchant Account which is US credit card processing and has even lower rates and quicker payments than is common among the International High Risk Merchant Accounts.
Even if you're in an extremely high risk industry, such as gun dealers and medical marijuana dispensaries and cannot qualify for a traditional merchant account, or if you have been previously declined for a merchant account, we have Point of Banking and other non-traditional merchant solutions to help you process credit card payments.
Additionally, credit card processors frequently change the industries they classify as "high risk" so, industries once considered low risk can be moved into a high risk category, and industries that were traditionally considered high risk can be moved into a lower risk category. A good example of this is for CBD & Hemp Oil Merchant Accounts, which are still considered high risk by most banks, however, CyoGate has low risk solutions with no reserve and 24-hour funding.
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An Internet Merchant Account is sometimes referred to as a "MOTO" (Mail Order & Telephone Order) Account because they all require the ability to process a credit card payment when there is no physical credit card present to be swiped. A standard retail "swipe" merchant account does not allow processing of these "card-not-present" transactions.
If the domestic banks are denying your merchant application because they believe your industry is considered high risk, CyoGate can help! We have an offshore network of merchant processing partners that enable us to provide low cost, high risk merchant solutions to a much wider range of businesses and industries.
The CyoGate Internet Payment Gateway offers one of the quickest and most cost effective ways to accept and process credit card and electronic check payments online. Our payment gateway works with most existing merchant accounts and supports hundreds of popular web shopping carts and eCommerce platforms.