Imagine what would happen if you swipe your card and the payment doesn’t go through? Many of us do not take the time to think about the behind the scene operations that are necessary for us to be able to pay using a credit or a debit card.

A businessman has a lot of things that have to be organized and ticked off before he can run a successful business. Making arrangements for your customers to pay is not as easy as it seems, whether you have a literal store or you run an online store.

Several terms like payment gateway, payment processor, payment provider, payment service or system, and merchant accounts can be used when describing online payments. All of them refer to a company, service or application that acts as a middleman between your website and your customer and then between both your bank accounts.

Shopping season or not, all of us are aware of the importance of online purchases. Nowadays as a result of the advancement of technology, it is possible to shop endlessly on the internet.

Like in most things we handle every day, there are many varieties in investments too, both investment types and investment styles. Some of these are exchange traded funds, mutual funds, stocks and bonds, real estate, and much more.

Investing in high-yielding dividend stocks of Microsoft, ExxonMobil, AT&T, Verizon, Apple, Texas Instruments or Shell Oil, is a safe bet as these are less risky. If you are looking to sell your low yield stocks and investing purely in the ones that provide increased dividends regularly then there are a number of industry sectors you can look into.

With the introduction of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in December 2017, passed by the Congress and signed by President Trump, the process of paying income tax is expected to be simplified from this year.

With the tax season approaching, it is time to assess your income, deductions, and exemptions for filing your federal taxes. With the new tax bill overhauling the entire existing income tax brackets and deductions, it can be quite confusing for some to understand how to calculate their taxes.