Friday’s Top 10’s

It’s Friday the 13th, Top 10 St. Patrick’s Day Facts

Since today is Friday the 13th, it’s the perfect time to pivot from “unlucky” superstitions to the “Luck of the Irish!” With St. Patrick’s Day landing next Tuesday, it’s time to separate fact from folklore.

From the Home office In St. Patrick, Missouri

Friday’s Top 10 Facts about Springing Forward

Here are the Top 10 Facts about Springing Forward

10. It’s Not “Savings” Time

First, a correction for your next networking mixer: It is Daylight Saving Time, singular.

Since we’re all “springing forward” this Sunday, I’d feel totally remiss—or “amiss,” if you’re feeling fancy—if I didn’t dig up the wildest facts about this annual clock-shifting chaos.

For those of us in Merchant Services, time isn’t just money; it’s processing volume, PCI compliance windows, and catching that West Coast lead before they head to happy hour. Here are the top 10 things you need to know about Daylight Saving Time (DST).

From the Home Office in Daylight, Indiana

Here are the Top 10 Facts about Springing Forward

10. It’s Not “Savings” Time

First, a correction for your next networking mixer: It is Daylight Saving Time, singular. No “s.” Saying “Savings” is the industry equivalent of calling a merchant account a “bank account.” It’s a small detail, but getting it right makes you look like the smartest person in the Zoom room.

Friday’s Top 10 Ways to Kill Your Residuals

Dominating the merchant services industry takes more than just a slick pitch—it takes grit and a strategic mindset. But becoming the absolute bottom-tier rep in the territory? That’s an art form anyone can master if they try hard enough (or don’t try at all).