{"id":4647,"date":"2018-06-15T12:30:56","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T16:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationaltransaction.com\/credit-card-merchant\/?p=4647"},"modified":"2025-01-23T12:00:20","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T17:00:20","slug":"first-week-internship-perspectives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationaltransaction.com\/credit-card-merchant\/first-week-internship-perspectives\/","title":{"rendered":"First Week Internship Perspectives"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Hello I\u2019m Laylah Cortijo, a new high school intern at National Transaction Corporation<\/a>. As this is my first internship and job, I couldn\u2019t help but feel extra nervous about the idea of working in a serious, strictly professional environment. However, as I was introduced to the other employees, the work setting, and the values of the business, I recognized the authentic, comfortable, and ethical environment of NTC. There is a strong balance of being a family-owned business, professionalism, and the desire to help potential and current clients.<\/p>\n

Beginning my first day, I introduced myself to everyone, even those I had already encountered from my first tour. It didn\u2019t take long to recognize the positive atmosphere as I was greeted by a fluffy and friendly dog named Baxter and employees that happily assisted me in learning about the business. After being given my own desk, I did more research about the company and spent my days in the office listening in on phone conversations, explanations about the structure of NTC, the merchant account application<\/b> process and overall, shadowed the employees. As all the newfound information I learned revolved around the merchant account companies<\/b> and the payment processing industry<\/b>, I began to understand the basics of credit card processing<\/b> which is a lot more interesting than I thought it would be.<\/p>\n

Being new to something and trying to absorb everything about it all at once is never easy, but everyone around me never hesitated to explain or offer help whenever I needed it; it made me think – if this is how they treat a high school intern like me, then I can imagine how highly they treat and respect their merchants. The constant support and reassurance helped solidify NTC\u2019s attitude of honesty for me. They were able to explain a complex payment processing system in an understandable way which made me feel like I really am in good hands as an intern here.<\/p>\n

One aspect of the business that stood out to me was NTC\u2019s strive to keep data safe and secure a top priority. The employees, specifically, the owner\u2019s daughter Megan, informed me of their emphasis on working with healthy businesses and aiming to improve their overall health through secure payment processing<\/b>. NTC works to ensure their partners are compliant with PCI security standards while keeping them aware of smart potential business decisions that can refine the business\u2019s protection.<\/p>\n

In my first week, I\u2019ve learned a vast amount of information about card payment processing<\/b>, merchant accounts services<\/b>, payment gateways <\/b>– topics that will definitely take a little longer for me to fully grasp. I\u2019ve also learned that NTC specializes in merchant accounts for travel agents<\/b>, which are considered high risk merchant accounts<\/b> in the electronic payment<\/b> world. As well as, the company\u2019s push to stay technologically involved through their NTC ePay feature and mobile processing systems like Apple Pay. After listening in on the sales and customer service side of NTC, I was able to learn about the necessity of secure payment systems<\/b> which applies to all businesses in all industries. What really excites me about NTC is the wide variety of industries they\u2019re familiar with and the ever-changing world of ecommerce<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n

I was able to form my own opinion about the company in the week that I have spent here. The work space is very family and pet oriented, with a basketball hoop in the back, two adorable dogs that typically reside at the office on regular work days, and a team that strives to be friendly. There\u2019s even a big screen television in the back where parents can keep their children occupied while discussing their plans with NTC consultants. It\u2019s easy to feel comfortable with the specialists because you can trust that they actually know what they are talking about.<\/p>\n

From my honest perspective, the employees, the owner, the overall ideals of the business are looking for what\u2019s best for the client. Although they acknowledge the benefits of working with merchants, the sales representatives are never overbearing or forceful with their calls and actively listen to the current state of the person they\u2019re speaking to. There\u2019s a sense of sincerity with building their relationships with businesses that is typically obsolete in the online transaction business. Again, as someone who is an inexperienced high school senior, who is not entirely familiar with the world of payment processing merchant services<\/strong>, <\/b>and just really wants to understand the working world, I feel very grateful to have gotten this internship and I mean that wholeheartedly. I may be a high school student, but from just a week of working, learning and observation, I plan on recommending NTC when an opportunity comes even after I stop interning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hello I\u2019m Laylah Cortijo, a new high school intern at National Transaction Corporation. As this is my first internship and<\/p>\n

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