How to set up a merchant account to accept credit cards without a personal guarantor?
All of our buisness’ equiptment and vehicles have been financed without personal guarantor. We would like to accept credit cards for our services, but will not put our personal numbers on the contract.
Some merchant account providers will allow you to use alternative forms of guarantees in place of a personal guarantee. These options include:
1) A corporate resolution – your business provides documents (balance sheets, third party prepared financial statements) that shows the business is strong enough to guarantee itself
2) Provide a letter of credit – a letter of credit basically is a loan that your bank promises to give you at a future date. The catch is you don’t get to ask for it. The processing bank does, They can only invoke it if you owe them money and they are unable to get those funds from you. It is like an insurance policy.
3) A reserve – the processing bank will hold some of your funds in reserve to cover any exposure for loss they might have. 6 months or so after you close your account they give it all back to you. They may give it back sooner if you have processed for along time and shown to be a low risk merchant.
Keep in mind not all processors offer these alternative although most offer at least one of them.
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