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Financial Services RESEARCH CENTER

Meet the market. Explore the benefits. Get the facts first with Focus' Financial Services Fundamentals, our complete category primer.


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  and products
• 7 reasons to consolidate your financial services




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Your business needs to accept credit and debit cards as viable means of payment. Period. But do you know how to do it? This in-depth market guide to merchant services is the perfect place to start.

FORMAT: PDF    LENGTH: 15 pages

ON-DEMAND WEBCAST:
DATE: Wednesday, August 26, 2009
TIME: 9AM PDT / 12PM EDT

Stuart Lieberman
IT/IS Manager
PUBLISHED: Nov 18 2009


INTRODUCTION
Ten of the major credit card companies, under pressure from the public, have announced changes in de ... read more >

Rick Kadet
Vice President, Senior CFO Consultant
PUBLISHED: Jun 22 2010


INTRODUCTION
Debt financing can be a real help to business in the management of cash resources. However there are ... read more >

Terri Bollman-Wyzkoski
Managing Member
PUBLISHED: Apr 28 2010


INTRODUCTION
Where does that leave the businesses that do not fall within these “strong company” para ... read more >

QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Read recent answers from experts in the Focus Financial Services community
Rick Kadet
Vice President, Senior CFO Consultant
The Brenner Group, Inc.
Rick Kadet answered on Aug. 25, 2010
I would like to refer you to a brief I wrote a month or two ago in the Finance section of focus which discusses 10 ways to manage business credit. This might be helpful to yo ... read more >
Question on Small Business
Howard Gunn answered on Aug. 17, 2010
Catherine Most entrepreneurs and inventors come from the working class. When you have a start-up, you have nothing to sell and no margin. All the time and effort you put ... read more >
Question on Small Business
Ahmed Hamed answered on Aug. 16, 2010
I think you could as any of your local banks in your area , maybey the can lend you the sum you want.

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