Credit card processing is an essential part of running a successful business in today’s market. Customers expect businesses to accept their credit cards and in many cases may only make purchases from merchants that accept credit card payments simply because that is the only form of payment consumers carry. Credit card payments are incredibly simple for customers to make. They remove the need for many consumers to carry around cash, and as mobile credit card payments become more popular, wallets. As these payment types become more and more widely used, credit card processing becomes more and more important to the livelihood of a business.