Today's New York Times highlights the efforts of smaller merchants to reduce credit card processing fees. With processing fees being often the third- or fourth-largest expense for a small business, merchants are using various tactics: some have introduced split pricing (charging a lower price for cash) and others are encouraging customers to pay with PIN-based debit cards.
Business / Small Business
Seeking Ways to Cut Fees on Credit Cards
By JEFFREY SELINGO
Published: September 26, 2007
During her time at Glenbrook, Erin focused on client engagements in business payments, cross-border transactions, bill payment, and the intersection of corporate finance, banking, and ERP/accounting. She has nearly twenty years of experience leading increasingly complex payment initiatives for corporate clients and advising financial institutions and payment technologists on the development of their payment capabilities.
Erin is also the founder of Forte Financial, a consulting firm focused on corporate finance efficiency, technology, and process improvement. She is a past president of the Financial Women’s Association of San Francisco and also a two-term past president of the San Francisco Treasury Management Association. Erin is no longer with Glenbrook, but contributed greatly during her time at the firm.