Credit cards have officially become the preferred way to pay, with people able to make purchases practically wherever they are thanks to smartphones and laptops. While this has been great news for most industries, some lawyers are still hesitant to jump on the bandwagon, for a variety of reasons.

This white paper dispels seven common misconceptions about accepting credit cards online as payment for legal services, including:

• Credit cards are too expensive
• Online payments make your practice more expensive
• Clients have no desire to pay with credit cards
• Credit cards are for retail, not lawyers
• You must be technologically savvy to accept online payments
• Online credit card payments are unsafe
• Accepting credit cards won’t allow you to maintain IOLTA compliance