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“Special” High / Medium Risk Merchant Accounts

High Risk Categories:

  1. Adult Sites and Products
  2. Bail Bondsmen
  3. Buying/Shopping Clubs/Wholesale Clubs
  4. Casinos/Gaming/Sports book/Lotteries
  5. Collection Agencies
  6. Check Cashing Services
  7. Credit Correction/Credit Repair
  8. Coin Shops
  9. Computer Bulletin Boards
  10. Companion Services
  11. Door-to Door Sales
  12. Downloading of Software
  13. Escort Services/Massage Parlors
  14. Gimmicky Products
  15. Hair Restoration Services
  16. High Volume/High Ticket
  17. Home/Apartment Operated Businesses
  18. Horoscope/Fortune Tellers
  19. Infomercials
  20. Insurance Products
  21. Investment Opportunities
  22. Mortgage Services/Securities Sales
  23. Multi-level Marketing
  24. Outbound Telemarketing/Phone Solicitation
  25. On-line Malls
  26. Pawn Shops
  27. Pharmaceuticals/Vitamins
  28. Products with Unreasonable Guarantees
  29. Travel Agencies/Clubs/Cruise Lines/Tour Guides/Sightseeing
  30. Time Share Sales
  31. Used Auto Sales
  32. Water Purifiers
  33. Weight Loss Centers
  34. Plus Much More!

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Medium Risk Categories:

  1. Alterations/Mending Shops
  2. Amusement & Recreation Services
  3. Attorneys/Legal Services
  4. Auto Rental
  5. Automobile Repair Shops/Transmission
  6. Bail Bond Service
  7. Carpet & Floor Stores
  8. Casino Gaming Chips
  9. Cellular Phones & Beepers
  10. Computer Store
  11. Contractors (Concrete, General, Residential Building, Special Trade, etc.)
  12. Dinner Theaters
  13. Detective Services
  14. Fireworks Stores
  15. General Warehouse/Storage
  16. Gravestone/Monuments
  17. Gun Shop
  18. Inbound Telemarketing
  19. Industrial Supplies
  20. Jewelry Sales/Repair
  21. Kiosks
  22. Meat Provisions, Freezer, Lockers
  23. Night Clubs, Lounges & Discos
  24. Protective Services
  25. Security Services
  26. Seminars, Educational
  27. Ski Stores
  28. Small Merchants selling in personal name/personal check
  29. Sports Cards
  30. Stereo Sales, Home &Auto
  31. Tattoo Parlor
  32. Taxis/Limousines
  33. Telecommunications Equipment Sales
  34. Television Sales, Consumer Electronics
  35. Towing

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