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                                   The latest from Merchant Sales Podcast

                                      The Merchant Sales Podcast is chock full of actionable insights that help ISOs
                                      and merchant level salespeople (MLSs) grow their merchant portfolios. This col-
                                      laboration between The Green Sheet Inc. and CCSalesPro.com, hosted by indus-
                                      try veterans Patti Murphy and James Shepherd, features compelling interviews
                                      with industry movers and shakers, insightful discussions of consumer spending
                                      and merchant acquiring trends, plus strategies for improving your sales game.
              The following are just some of the podcasts that have posted recently:
                    •  The democratization of consumer credit, featuring an interview with Bob Lovinger, who explains
                       how his company, Flexxbuy, helps ISOs and MLSs offer merchants competitive customer financing
                       options. Plus, James counsels managers on how to recruit high-performing sales reps, and Patti
                       and James discuss spending trends at U.S. small businesses.
                    •  Helping merchants save money with interchange optimization, in which Eric Jenks, national sales
                       manager at PayTrace, describes how, without cutting into their own margins, ISOs and agents can
                       help merchants not leave money on the table when running B2B transactions. Plus James explains
                       a proven strategy for getting referrals from accountants and lawyers.

                    •  Traps to avoid when scaling up your business, featuring attorney James Huber, and advice from
                       James Shepherd on ways to leverage a portfolio to grow your business.
                    •  Building and communicating your brand, featuring an interview with Jaron Rice, founder of
                       Magothy Payments, who explains how build and maintain a successful local brand.

                      For these or any episodes of the Merchant Sales Podcast, visit www.greensheet.com/podcasts.php
                      or download episodes wherever you get podcasts.



        ANNOUNCEMENTS                                             charge amount can be fixed or a percentage but may not
                                                                  exceed 4 percent. Surcharging fees are disclosed on all
                                                                  checkout pages and receipts.
          Domuso introduces Mobile Check Pay
                                                                  Marriott adopts FreedomPay platform
          Domuso, an automated digital payment platform for
          multifamily property operators, introduced Mobile       Marriott International signed an agreement with com-
          Check  Pay,  enabling  property  management  firms  to   merce technologies provider FreedomPay to adopt
          accept digital images of checks as payment from mobile   FreedomPay's commerce platform across Marriott's
          devices. Select properties managed by AMC and Weller    lodging portfolio. Implementation will begin in the
          Management participated in a pilot program to test      United States and Canada and then expand into other
          the new payment capability, which is fully integrated   global regions. "The agreement couples a technology
          with the Domuso platform. Similar to how millions of    powerhouse that is recognized as the technology engine
          consumers remotely deposit check images into their      for many of the world's leading brands across diverse
          bank accounts, Mobile Check Pay will cut down on        industries with the leading hospitality company that
          paper usage by replacing check scanners and lockboxes;   manages and franchises more than 7,000 properties in
          assure renters that their checks are deposited on time in   132 countries and territories," FreedomPay stated.
          the correct accounts; and help reduce fraud, as digital   Moorwand introduces acquiring service
          transactions require identification verification, the com-
          pany said.                                              Moorwand,  a  dedicated  BIN  sponsor,  launched  an
                                                                  online acquiring solution for banks, fintechs, processors,
          Fluid Pay offers compliant surcharging                  PSPs and merchants across Europe. Moorwand said its

          Fluid Pay heralded the launch of its in-house, compliant   Merchant Acquiring provides a single payment gateway
          surcharging platform. Compatible with Dejavoo termi-    with access to multiple global payment schemes and a
          nals, it is designed for credit cards only and prohibits   multitude of payment methods. The company added
          banned states and debit cards. The BIN is validated     that its solution encompasses merchant processing and
          in real time as the credit card is being entered into the   settlement, refund processing, fraud prevention and
          Fluid Pay system to check surcharge eligibility. The sur-  chargeback management.  Acquiring across the SEPA
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