Local SEO | 7 Tips to Increase your Small Business SEO

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Are you looking for a way to drive new online traffic to your business’s website? Tired of being outranked in the google search results? Gulf Management Systems can help! In this article, we will give you some tips on how to improve your local search rankings and business SEO with just a few simple steps. […]

Increase your Donations with DonorBOOST®

Build a Charitable Giving Network with DonorBoost! Do you run a charity, small business, or a nonprofit organization? Are you looking for a way to increase donations?  If so, we offer the perfect giving program called DonorBoost to help grow your nonprofit! Join our charitable giving network!  What is DonorBoost? DonorBoost harnesses the true power […]

ACH payments | What is ACH?

Do you collect recurring payments from customers or clients? Does your business accept large ticket purchases for products or services? If so, your business should be accepting ACH payments! In an ever-changing world of financial transactions, ACH transactions play pivotal roles in streamlining payments, enhancing security, and advancing business operations. Whether you are seeking to […]

Biometric Payments and Authentication

Biometric Payments and Authentication

What are Biometric Payments? What are biometric payments? Biometric payments are a point-of-sale (POS) technology that uses biometric authentication such as fingerprints, facial mapping, or an iris scan to verify a person’s identity.  Have you ever left your house, arrived at a store or restaurant, and then realized you forgot your wallet? Unless your card […]

12 PCI Security Basics to Protect your Business

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12 PCI Security Protections for Small Businesses What PCI security protections should I implement at my business? Is my business at risk? Data breaches can happen at any time, and small businesses are a prime target. About half of all cyber breaches impact businesses with fewer than 1,000 employees. So don’t think it couldn’t happen […]

Discounted Level 2 & 3 Credit Card Processing

Does my business qualify for Level 2 data in credit card processing? Do you process business to business (B2B) transactions?  Are you a business-to-government (B2G) company? If so, you may qualify for discounted Level 2 data or level 3 data credit card processing!  Businesses that accept payments via business, corporate, purchasing, or government cards are […]

Credit Card Processing | How to Calculate Credit Card Processing Fees

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Understanding Credit Card Processing Fees Confused about your merchant statement? Don’t know how much money you’re paying for your credit card processing rates? GMS can help! Over the course of 30 years, we have seen the good, the bad, and the ugly side of payment processing. More often the bad! But no need to worry! […]

PCI Compliance for Small Businesses

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What’s PCI Compliance? What’s PCI compliance? The Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliance includes 12 security standards created by the PCI Security Standards Council to help small businesses with protecting customer credit card data. These 12 PCI security standards are enforced by the major card networks including Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and American Express. Below are the […]

Tough Mudder 2021 – Recap

On December 11th, we all joined early to drive up to Lake Placid for the 15K. The course was filled with thirty obstacles, uneven terrain, and potholes. During the two-hour drive, I thought about what the obstacles would be like. I had never done anything like this before, and I wondered if I would be […]

GMS Announces Partnership with FaveSalon!

Gulf Management Systems, Inc. (GMS), a national payment provider that provides payment services to thousands of small businesses, announced today that they have integrated their credit card processing solutions with SAMS POS by Favesalon, Inc., a leading salon management software. The new built-in payment configuration with SAMS POS will enable its users the ability to […]