Basically any time someone USES a credit card, the issuing bank-the bank sponsoring that card-forwards the money to an account set up by the merchant specifically to accept credit card payments.

基本上，在任何时候，有人使用信用卡，那么发卡银行(这张卡的赞助银行)就会把这笔钱转到由商家指定的接收账户上。

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If you do not already have one, you will need a merchant account to establish a connection between your bank and major credit card processors.

如果您还没有接受信用卡，您需要一个商家帐户来连接您的银行跟主要的信用卡处理商。

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Typically, business owners who accept credit and debit card payments have to invest in a merchant processor account.

一般情况下，接受 信用卡和借记卡支付的企业一般会开立商业管理帐户。

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What this means, basically, is that taxpayers who have a credit card merchant account, Paypal account or similar account and otherwise meet the criteria will receive form 1099-K from their service provider at the end of the year.

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In the case of Visa and MasterCard (nyse: MA - news - people ), when a credit card is swiped, the transaction gets relayed--via an intermediary--to the credit card company, which then sluices the funds to the merchant's bank account.

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With Amex-Foursquare, you link your credit card to your Foursquare account and then check in using Foursquare at a designated merchant and get a discount or rebate applied to your card.

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