It’s that time of year again! Synergy Merchant Services is super excited to announce that we will be making our return to this year’s amazing CRFA Show. The annual trade show put on by the Canadian Restaurant and Foodservices Association…
As we announced in yesterday’s blog, Harmonized Sales Tax has officially come into effect in both British Columbia and Ontario. Although many Ontarians have been vocal in their opposition of the new 13% tax which combines GST and PST, B.C.…
Earlier this week, the Financial Post had a lot to say about the current state of banks and their lending policies to small business owners in Canada. And it's bad. Business owners are finding it increasingly difficult to secure money…
In his Financial Post article “Stifled Growth” from earlier this week, John Greenwood describes how banks are showing less and less faith in Canadian businesses and are therefore making their lending policies increasingly tight. Greenwood writes that “a study by…
We would like to touch further on our “Banks Not Servicing Small Businesses” blog from last week. As we mentioned, upon first hearing about Synergy Merchant Services' cash advance program, many Canadian business owners reply that they can simply “go…
"You cannot imitate what everyone else is doing and stand head and shoulders above the competition at the same time. The timid shall remain forever invisible. You must look at the competition to see what theyre not doing, instead of…
Are you worried about the instability in the American banking & lending melt down, foreclosures and the long list of banks closing their doors? We're not immune up here in Canada. Well we are and we aren't. Allow me explain.…
We're Serving Up Money At The 2008 CRFA Show! This is a shot of the whole crew. We had a fantastic three days. (Zafri, Chantelle, John Meloche, Steve Gelberman & Jim Suissa) During the three day event, we had the…
As this year's CRFA Show approaches (March 2-4 2008 Direct Energy Centre, Toronto) I would like to point out that not all Merchant Funding Companies are the same. Inevitably, there will be competitors at the show (I use the term…