National Bankcard handles transactions for all major debit and credit cards, accommodating a wide range of business types. Their services include Clover POS and mobile systems, EMV card readers and swipers, e-commerce solutions, cash discounts, gift and loyalty programs, check processing, data reporting and analysis, invoicing, and QuickBooks integration.
Online Payment Processing
National Bankcard provides essential online payment processing capabilities, catering to the growing shift towards digital platforms. Their secure online payment gateway allows businesses to accept and process payments over the internet safely and efficiently.
Mobile Payment Solutions
To support the rise in mobile commerce, National Bankcard offers mobile payment processing solutions. This service allows businesses to accept payments via mobile devices.
Point of Sale (POS) Systems
National Bankcard offers comprehensive Point of Sale (POS) systems that go beyond payment processing. These systems help businesses manage inventory, track sales, and generate detailed reports for business analysis.
Customer Loyalty Programs
National Bankcard provides customizable customer loyalty programs aimed at enhancing customer retention and promoting brand loyalty.
Security and Compliance
National Bankcard places a strong emphasis on security, ensuring their payment processing solutions comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
National Bankcard Customer Reviews
Here's What Their Clients Say
Customer Reviews Summary
Total Online Complaints
10+
Live Customer Support
Yes
Most Common Complaint
Hidden Fees
Recent Lawsuits
No
Low Complaint Total
We are currently able to locate more than 10 negative National Bankcard reviews on consumer protection forums. One complainant cites a 90-day hold placed on several high-ticket transactions and difficulty resolving the issue through customer support, while another describes unauthorized charges and trouble canceling service, all complaints echoed elsewhere. In the comment section of this review, clients complain of poor customer service and undisclosed fees. If you have your own National Bankcard review to make, please do so below.
National Bankcard Lawsuits and Fines
We have not found any outstanding class-action lawsuits or FTC complaints filed against National Bankcard. Dissatisfied clients who wish to pursue a non-litigious course of action against the company should consider reporting it to the relevant supervisory organizations.
National Bankcard Online Ratings
Here's How They Rate Online
Online Ratings Summary
BBB Reports
24
Note: We have adjusted this company’s BBB rating according to our own standards. To better understand why we adjust BBB ratings, please see our Rating Criteria.
Over 20 Complaints
National Bankcard currently maintains an “A+” rating with the Better Business Bureau and has been accredited since 2007. The company has resolved 8 complaints to the satisfaction of the merchant, while the remaining 10 either were resolved to the dissatisfaction of the merchant or did not receive a final response from the merchant.
What Merchants Say
National Bankcard has also received 6 informal reviews, 4 of which are negative. One recent review describes poor customer service and unexpected charges:
It’s a big fraud company. The sales people promise you something else and make you signup but later you see so many different charges in end of month on your account. Pathetic customer support. Have to call several times and no one will call you back
Given the company’s complaint total and resolution ratio, we have adjusted the BBB’s rating to a “B.”
National Bankcard Fees, Rates & Costs
A Closer Look at The Contract
Cost & Fees Summary
Cancellation Penalties
No
Monthly & Annual Fees
Yes
Processing Rates
Variable
Equipment Leasing
Yes
Three-Year Contract
According to merchant complaints and the company’s program guide the standard National Bankcard contract is a three-year agreement with no early termination fee, a monthly minimum fee of $25, a monthly statement fee of $7.50, an annual PCI compliance fee of $79, and either a tiered or interchange-plus pricing schedule. The company’s tiered pricing charges a swiped rate of 0.25% plus $0.19 for debit cards and 1.58% plus $0.19 for credit transactions. The company’s keyed-in rate charges 0.85% plus $0.19 for debit while a significantly higher rate of 1.99% plus $0.19 for credit. A company representative has stated that National Bankcard’s monthly service fee is $5 rather than $7.50 and that the company offers a free mobile card reader with a $4.99 monthly RoamPay account as well as an Authorize.net virtual terminal for $5 per month. In any case, these contract terms are better-than-average for the industry, and the company’s $0.00 cancellation fee is a merchant-friendly policy that doesn’t lock business owners into their agreements.
Virtual Terminal and Payment Gateway Pricing
In addition to its storefront payment processing services, National Bankcard also dedicates a portion of its website to advertising its virtual terminal and payment gateway services. However, pricing is not disclosed on either of those services. Additional National Bankcard rates and fees, including gateway fees, technical support fees, batch fees, and additional transaction rates typically apply to these e-commerce services
National Bankcard Free Terminal Policy
National Bankcard sells credit card processing equipment outright and also offers a free terminal placement program. Given the fact that there may be additional terms associated with free equipment, clients are advised to purchase their EMV terminals outright whenever possible.
We also encourage business owners to check out our list of the providers of the best merchant services.
National Bankcard Employee Reviews & Sales Tacitcs
Should You Work For Them?
Jobs & Marketing Summary
Uses Independent Resellers
Yes
Telemarketing
Likely
Misleading Marketing
Yes
Discloses All Important Terms
No
Inside/Outside Sales Team
National Bankcard appears to utilize traditional advertising, search engine marketing (SEM), and independent sales agents to market its services. The use of independent agents (or, in National Bankcard’s terminology, a nationwide “referral program”) typically results in elevated complaint rates for the companies who employ them, as these agents operate with minimal oversight, support, or training. In the case of National Bankcard, we have found a low number of negative National Bankcard reviews related to the misrepresentation of rates, specifically with regard to debit card processing fees. Clients report being quoted an unrealistically low rate for debit transactions only to find out later that they actually pay much higher rates for the majority of cards.
This confusion is likely related to National Bankcard’s frequent use of “teaser” rates, which list the company’s Qualified debit rates but do not disclose the Mid-Qualified and Non-Qualified rates that businesses will pay on most transactions. At the time of this article’s publication, National Bankcard’s homepage promotes rates “from only 0.25%.” At the time of our previous update, the company’s “Rate Comparison” page listed a swiped debit rate of 0.25% plus $0.19 and a keyed debit rate of 0.85% plus $0.19. It also showed a swiped credit card rate of 1.58% plus $0.19 and a keyed credit card rate of 1.99% plus $0.19. These National Bankcard rate quotes may be accurate for each card type’s Qualified tier, but they make no mention of the higher rates that the company charges on these transactions. We consider this type of rate quoting to be deceptive, as these quotes could give business owners an unrealistic expectation of the rates they will pay.
Rated “B” For Now
The company’s grade has been lowered due to its legacy of misleading rate quotes, although its somewhat low complaint total and lack of a cancellation fee still keep it at an above-average grade of “B.” If you suspect that a National Bankcard representative misled you about your pricing, you can double-check your monthly bill with a third-party statement audit.
Our National Bankcard Review Summary
Our Final Thoughts
National Bankcard rates as a slightly better-than-average credit card processing provider according to our rating system. The company’s $0.00 early termination fee and low complaint rate outside of the BBB are the main factors raising its grade at this time, while its use of deceptive rate quotes and its complaint total through the BBB have lowered its overall rating slightly. National Bankcard can improve its overall grade by eliminating teaser rate quotes from its advertising material and resolving complaints in-house before they are taken to the BBB. For now, business owners are encouraged to compare the company’s pricing to that offered by top-rated credit card processors.
Contact National Bankcard
Support & Contact Information
CEO
Jonathan Monge
Headquarters
538 Broadhollow Rd., Suite #213, Melville, New York 11747
Toll-Free Customer Service
(877) 977-0598
Website
https://nationalbankcard.com/
Testimonials & Complaints
How Did National Bankcard Treat You?
21 User Reviews
Jeff Atkins
Just a terrible experience. Non-transparent fees, and they close your account without any warning or notice. As you can see with all the other comments – they also basically hold your funs if they close (without telling you). They need a class action against them.
Frank X.
I could not even get their transactions and fee rates with being willing to give my banking account information. Scumbags waist of time.
Matt
They are calling and harassing me despite repeatedly telling them not to. They are offering to pay me $150.00 to change a negative review I made online about them to a positive one. I now see why they have high praise online because I’ve had nothing but terrible experiences with them and I can only imagine countless others have been paid off by them to change their reviews. I however have integrity.
They will tie up legitimate transactions and demand privileged information from you and for you to waste many hours of your time to get it released. Furthermore they hit your bank account on file with totally UNAUTHORIZED charges and only when you spot them and threaten to file a charge back do they say “sorry it was a mistake and we will refund those”. This company is a complete FRAUD everything from their reviews to their billing practices is a complete sham built upon them paying people for reviews. RUN RUN RUN use anyone BUT THEM…. Pay the extra $100 per hundred to the company who has the name of a shape, it will save you thousands in lost time, hassle, bogus charges and harassment!!!
Dementia
Horrible,When I joined joined them l gave them everything and they even asked me the take picture of my checks and send to but still everything got messed up,l went for big sell on may 7 until now the money is not yet in my account, and I’m glad I didn’t used the card that much because it was not working, I did three transaction,$52/26/260 and the they told me that only 270 will go to my account, I am definitely looking forward to go to PayPal when I finish to resolve this issue
Justin Mottas
Horrible company very unprofessional they will close your account and hold your funds for no reason, Mary from operations is horrible stay away.
Max
BEWARE: This company has shut our POS down suddenly due to an internal error by one of their sales people who has not input our bank account number correctly. However, we are proceeding with legal charges as this is unacceptable for a business, we should never go through such inconvenience.
Have their card processing terminal. Used it for the first time. A transaction of 25.00. It is now going on 6 days and the funds still have not been put into my account.. Called customer service and was told it takes up to 48 hours for it to reflect in my account. Well that was 6 days ago. I am not a very tolerate person when it comes to money I bust my butt or, so I will be closing my account promptly. What a scam. I am also reporting them to the BBB.
Dumb company, customer service is third class, not having enough knowledge to give answer promptly. When it’s time to charge us within a second it’s done but when it’s time to payback, you have to call them 10000 times and all the time you get new excuses. I closed my account in July 2018, actually I submitted my application for closing A/C in June but somehow because of lack of interest of work of their representative after several follow-up calls, got close in July, since than they still withdrawing money from my account. I claimed for my money and got confirmation of refund 6 week ago and now today a lady representative informed me that you didn’t claim, ridiculous……..😠😠😠😠😠😠😠
They say you receive your money in 12hrs the following day. LIES! takes at least 2 days
Gregg
I have been with this company national bankcard for almost 2 years and started noticing my monthly fee getting higher and higher. The statement shows extra charges but either no explanation or the charge is beside a code only an insider could understand. I figured that for each charge they deducted 11/2 % from each batch deposit.In other words they skimmed 11/2 % from the top. Then I would still get a separate monthly deduction of anywhere from 100. – 250. from my business checking account. This is not what the salesman sold me when I signed up. If you go to their website and do their online estimate they tell you the rate is 5.00 admin charge plus .19 cents per transaction.Then 1/4% for a debit card and 11/2 percent for a charge card. In reality my gross charges for May were 3,357.00 between the 11/2 percent off the top plus the 229.00 separate deduction from my checking account they charged me about 8 1/2 Percent for their service. Total scam artist and liars. Do Not Use National Bankcard.
This was a very bad experience by far! Hiring this company has really wasted lots of my time on the phone with them and with my bank. First I get charged for a full month when I received the transponder on the last week of the month. I did only one transaction on the last day of the month to try it out and I got charged $39 for the full month plus additional cost because I did not do the minimum of 25 transactions in the month. I called to complain on the 4th after receiving my statement of course. They only refunded me back the $25 for not completing the 25 transactions but not till the 15th of the month. I canceled my contract with them by then and the following month I get charged another $9 dollars for the one transaction I did two months prior. They stated it was for the transaction I did that didn’t process until the following month. The transaction was for $220 and they charged me almost 4% on top of the regular 0.25% I signed up for. This is completely absurd and they refused to refund me back. They state in their website that they are rated A+ in the BBB, but there are only 1 star reviews!
I have had a very poor experience with National Bankcard. Their staff is poorly trained, customer service wait is 30 minutes or more and then you are sent to voice mail. The limit is $20,000 a month which is great for flea market people and beauty salons, but not any serious retailer. They lie about granting a higher processing limit. My 4-year old business processes $600,000 @ year and they got me all set up and then denied raising it past $20k.
Just do yourself a favor and find another company, National Bankcard is not good at all.
Mike
National Bank Card set me up, but didn’t give me the free processor that had been indicated in the ads. The one they gave me was not much different the Square, except it was much more bulky. Then to add insult to it, I woke up to find my first $5 monthly fee had come out of my account in the amount of $62. I only used their service once because the processing time was so slow. It took several days to make a test deposit.
Kim
National Bankcard does are scammers. I will never use them again. They do not disclose their fees. I almost fainted when I saw the fees they took out from my first statement.
Laz
I just signed up with them. I will give 1 month to try it out. It sounds good but let’s see what’s gonna happen at the end of the month. If you have a sec you can send us an email what was wrong with them.
Thanks
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Jeff Atkins
Just a terrible experience. Non-transparent fees, and they close your account without any warning or notice. As you can see with all the other comments – they also basically hold your funs if they close (without telling you). They need a class action against them.
Frank X.
I could not even get their transactions and fee rates with being willing to give my banking account information. Scumbags waist of time.
Matt
They are calling and harassing me despite repeatedly telling them not to. They are offering to pay me $150.00 to change a negative review I made online about them to a positive one. I now see why they have high praise online because I’ve had nothing but terrible experiences with them and I can only imagine countless others have been paid off by them to change their reviews. I however have integrity.
They will tie up legitimate transactions and demand privileged information from you and for you to waste many hours of your time to get it released. Furthermore they hit your bank account on file with totally UNAUTHORIZED charges and only when you spot them and threaten to file a charge back do they say “sorry it was a mistake and we will refund those”. This company is a complete FRAUD everything from their reviews to their billing practices is a complete sham built upon them paying people for reviews. RUN RUN RUN use anyone BUT THEM…. Pay the extra $100 per hundred to the company who has the name of a shape, it will save you thousands in lost time, hassle, bogus charges and harassment!!!
Dementia
Horrible,When I joined joined them l gave them everything and they even asked me the take picture of my checks and send to but still everything got messed up,l went for big sell on may 7 until now the money is not yet in my account, and I’m glad I didn’t used the card that much because it was not working, I did three transaction,$52/26/260 and the they told me that only 270 will go to my account, I am definitely looking forward to go to PayPal when I finish to resolve this issue
Justin Mottas
Horrible company very unprofessional they will close your account and hold your funds for no reason, Mary from operations is horrible stay away.
Max
BEWARE: This company has shut our POS down suddenly due to an internal error by one of their sales people who has not input our bank account number correctly. However, we are proceeding with legal charges as this is unacceptable for a business, we should never go through such inconvenience.
CPO
Max,
This article should help: How to Report a Merchant Account Provider to the Relevant Supervisory Organizations.
Phillip
Penny
Have their card processing terminal. Used it for the first time. A transaction of 25.00. It is now going on 6 days and the funds still have not been put into my account.. Called customer service and was told it takes up to 48 hours for it to reflect in my account. Well that was 6 days ago. I am not a very tolerate person when it comes to money I bust my butt or, so I will be closing my account promptly. What a scam. I am also reporting them to the BBB.
This post will help: How to Make Your Payment Processor Release Your Money
-Phillip
Dan
National bank card resolved my issues. I’m very satisfied with them.
CPO
Hi Dan,
Is this comment intended for National Bankcard or National Bankcard Systems?
American Inn
Dumb company, customer service is third class, not having enough knowledge to give answer promptly. When it’s time to charge us within a second it’s done but when it’s time to payback, you have to call them 10000 times and all the time you get new excuses. I closed my account in July 2018, actually I submitted my application for closing A/C in June but somehow because of lack of interest of work of their representative after several follow-up calls, got close in July, since than they still withdrawing money from my account. I claimed for my money and got confirmation of refund 6 week ago and now today a lady representative informed me that you didn’t claim, ridiculous……..😠😠😠😠😠😠😠
This post will help: Cancelling a Merchant Account Without Paying a Fee
-Phillip
Joseph connors
Worse place ever. Go to paypal business it is free an get funds in 30 seconds
Keyonna Wallace
Terrible company. Promises to do one thing as far as rates and processing and does a completely other once you are signed up.
This post will help: Cheapest Merchant Accounts
-Phillip
Gerald Roulston
Horrible customer service.
Takes forever to get yr $$.
BEWARE.
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Willie taylor
They say you receive your money in 12hrs the following day. LIES! takes at least 2 days
Gregg
I have been with this company national bankcard for almost 2 years and started noticing my monthly fee getting higher and higher. The statement shows extra charges but either no explanation or the charge is beside a code only an insider could understand. I figured that for each charge they deducted 11/2 % from each batch deposit.In other words they skimmed 11/2 % from the top. Then I would still get a separate monthly deduction of anywhere from 100. – 250. from my business checking account. This is not what the salesman sold me when I signed up. If you go to their website and do their online estimate they tell you the rate is 5.00 admin charge plus .19 cents per transaction.Then 1/4% for a debit card and 11/2 percent for a charge card. In reality my gross charges for May were 3,357.00 between the 11/2 percent off the top plus the 229.00 separate deduction from my checking account they charged me about 8 1/2 Percent for their service. Total scam artist and liars. Do Not Use National Bankcard.
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Marvin Sandoval
This was a very bad experience by far! Hiring this company has really wasted lots of my time on the phone with them and with my bank. First I get charged for a full month when I received the transponder on the last week of the month. I did only one transaction on the last day of the month to try it out and I got charged $39 for the full month plus additional cost because I did not do the minimum of 25 transactions in the month. I called to complain on the 4th after receiving my statement of course. They only refunded me back the $25 for not completing the 25 transactions but not till the 15th of the month. I canceled my contract with them by then and the following month I get charged another $9 dollars for the one transaction I did two months prior. They stated it was for the transaction I did that didn’t process until the following month. The transaction was for $220 and they charged me almost 4% on top of the regular 0.25% I signed up for. This is completely absurd and they refused to refund me back. They state in their website that they are rated A+ in the BBB, but there are only 1 star reviews!
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Joe
I have had a very poor experience with National Bankcard. Their staff is poorly trained, customer service wait is 30 minutes or more and then you are sent to voice mail. The limit is $20,000 a month which is great for flea market people and beauty salons, but not any serious retailer. They lie about granting a higher processing limit. My 4-year old business processes $600,000 @ year and they got me all set up and then denied raising it past $20k.
Just do yourself a favor and find another company, National Bankcard is not good at all.
Mike
National Bank Card set me up, but didn’t give me the free processor that had been indicated in the ads. The one they gave me was not much different the Square, except it was much more bulky. Then to add insult to it, I woke up to find my first $5 monthly fee had come out of my account in the amount of $62. I only used their service once because the processing time was so slow. It took several days to make a test deposit.
Kim
National Bankcard does are scammers. I will never use them again. They do not disclose their fees. I almost fainted when I saw the fees they took out from my first statement.
Laz
I just signed up with them. I will give 1 month to try it out. It sounds good but let’s see what’s gonna happen at the end of the month. If you have a sec you can send us an email what was wrong with them.
Thanks