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Study: Usage of Debit Cards By Small Business Is On The Rise.

ATLANTA -- Since 2004, usage of debit cards by small businesses has increased, according to a recent research study by Synergistics Research Corp., entitled, "Marketing Small Business Checking Accounts."

Slightly more than one-third of small business respondents polled indicate that their company has a check or debit card for their business checking account.

Synergistics measured debit card usage in an identical small business sample in 2004, and in comparing the more recent results, saw a "dramatic increase" in usage.

"As in the consumer market,

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