In this era of plastic currency can anyone imagine life without credit cards? So the credit cards play a significant role in todays ecommerce. If you want to accept credit cards for your business, you will need to get a merchant account. Basically, this is a contract between you and the bank in order for you to be given a line of credit. Without it, your customers will have to pay you through other means.

The merchant account is more important when you open an online business. This...