{"id":5630,"date":"2011-02-25T15:40:26","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T19:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttan.com\/blog\/?p=5630"},"modified":"2011-02-25T15:40:26","modified_gmt":"2011-02-25T19:40:26","slug":"efts-adding-value-to-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.smarttan.com\/index.php\/efts-adding-value-to-your-business\/","title":{"rendered":"EFTs: Adding Value to Your Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By: Will Dias<\/p>\n<p>While researching information for this article I came to a surprising realization: The premise of Electronic Funds Transfers or EFTs is actually very simple. Basically, any electronic transaction that moves funds from one account to another is considered an EFT. This can be done in a variety of ways, the most common of which are through debit cards, credit cards and checks.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->While EFTs are relatively simple to understand, using them to set up a successful membership\/loyalty program is not. 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