Gulf Coast Merchant Services & POS Systems

10/08/2026

🌀 **STORM COMING? IS YOUR BUSINESS READY TO TAKE PAYMENTS?**

With the storm approaching the Gulf Coast, we're encouraging local business owners to think about something that often gets overlooked — **how will you accept payments if your regular POS system goes down?**

At Gulf Coast Merchant Services, we're helping businesses get set up with **Square as an additional payment option**, without having to replace their current POS system.

📱 Accept contactless payments directly from a compatible smartphone with an internet connection.

✅ Keep your existing POS system
✅ Have another payment option available
✅ Great for restaurants, retail stores and small businesses
✅ Local setup assistance and support from GCMS

🔨 **ROOFERS, TREE SERVICES, RESTORATION COMPANIES & RECOVERY CREWS**

If you're preparing to help with storm cleanup and recovery, Square can also give you a convenient way to accept payments while working in the field.

**GET SET UP BEFORE YOU NEED IT!**

👇 **Sign up directly through Gulf Coast Merchant Services:**

https://app.squareup.com/signup/en-us?signup_token=0EB580B927

⚠️ **PLEASE USE OUR LINK ABOVE.** To have your new Square account associated with Gulf Coast Merchant Services for our setup assistance and ongoing support, you must use our direct signup link rather than signing up independently through Square.

We're locally owned, right here in Pace, Florida, and have spent over 20 years helping Gulf Coast businesses with their payment processing needs.

We're here to help our business community prepare.

📞 **850-995-4414**

Stay safe, look out for your neighbors, and let's keep the Gulf Coast strong! 💙

*Square account approval, compatible device and internet connection required.*

09/18/2026

UPDATE — and a good one. 🙌

The folks who came through our parking lot yesterday came back this morning and made it right.

And since I was pretty vocal about what happened yesterday, I think it's only right that I'm just as vocal about the fact that they came back and took care of it today.

First, thank you to everybody on Facebook who shared the video, commented, messaged me, and helped get the word around. Apparently I've got a pretty good group of Facebook detectives following me. 😂 Y'all don't play around.

But more importantly, thank you to the folks involved for coming back this morning.

That's really all I wanted from the beginning.

Things happen. People screw up. I've screwed up plenty of times in my life, and I'm sure I'll screw up plenty more.

Nobody is perfect.

What matters to me is what you do after it happens.

They came back. They owned it. They made it right.

That's good enough for me.

It's handled, it's forgiven, and we move on. No hard feelings whatsoever.

I talked a lot this morning about principle and doing the right thing, so I think it's only fair that when somebody DOES come back and do the right thing, I give them the same recognition.

So sincerely, thank you for coming back. I appreciate it.

And thank you again to everybody who helped get the word around.

Facebook detectives can officially stand down now. 😂 Case closed.

We all make mistakes.

Own it. Make it right. Forgive it. Move forward.

Pretty simple.

Happy Friday. This one ended exactly like it should have. 🙌

🔥 Be Legacy.

09/18/2026

**Update** Person has come back by and made right and taken care of things - Thank You Followers!!

🚨 PACE, FL — Y’ALL HELP ME GET THIS ONE AROUND. 🚨
Apparently somebody decided the parking lot at Gulf Coast Merchant Services / Cadenhead Legacy Group Business Center was an off-road course.
This truck came through our property at 5784 Chumuckla Hwy, drove through the landscaping, ran over a roughly 600-lb rock, tore up the flower bed, and then just kept on going.
😂 One small problem…
THE CAMERAS GOT EVERYTHING.
Full video ✅
Timestamps ✅
Both tag numbers ✅
Damage documented ✅
So, to the driver: I know enough to find you.
I’m giving you the chance to save everybody some time. Come see me at the office tomorrow and tell me how you plan on putting our property back the way you found it.
Don’t come? That works too.
I’ll hand the video, tags, and everything else over to law enforcement, pursue charges where applicable, and pursue the full cost of the damage.
I’m deliberately not posting your tag numbers or personal information. I don’t need Facebook detectives showing up at anybody’s house.
But I would like Facebook to do what Facebook does best:
👀 PACE — SHARE THE HELL OUT OF THIS so the driver knows we’re looking for him to make this right.
Somebody knows this truck.
Somebody will send him this post.
You had your little off-road adventure. Now come fix what you tore up.
📍 Gulf Coast Merchant Services / Cadenhead Legacy Group Business Center
5784 Chumuckla Hwy, Pace, FL See less

07/20/2026

👀 Here’s a little behind-the-scenes look at a custom TableTurn POS menu we’re currently building for one of our newest restaurant customers!

This customer wanted bold, visual menu buttons that make items easy to recognize and ordering simple for the staff. From breakfast and burgers to sandwiches and beverages, we’re designing the system around the way they want their restaurant to operate.

Every restaurant is different—and your POS system should be built to fit your business, your menu and your workflow.

And yes…working on these food buttons all day definitely makes us hungry! 😂🍔🥞

Interested in seeing what TableTurn POS could look like inside your restaurant? Send Gulf Coast Merchant Services a message and let’s talk!

Electronic Payments

07/16/2026

🚨 Well... I Guess We Better Vacuum More Often. 😂

Yesterday we had the pleasure of welcoming the Square Corporate team (Danielle Lawrence) to our new Gulf Coast Merchant Services headquarters.

For those keeping score at home... Square is a company valued at over $42 BILLION (yes... that's billion with a "B." 😳).

It's pretty humbling when companies of that caliber take the time to come see what you're building.

Twenty years ago, GCMS was just an idea. Today, we're serving 9,500+ businesses, expanding across the country, and moments like this remind us just how far we've come.

While the industry continues to evolve, one thing hasn't changed:

✅ Local People
✅ Local Support
✅ Relationships Over Transactions

That's what has built Gulf Coast Merchant Services, and that's what will continue to drive us into the future.

A huge thank you to the Square team for taking the time to visit, tour our new headquarters, and spend part of the day with us.

Now... if Apple, Amazon, Visa, and American Express want to stop by next week... we'll make sure the coffee's hot and the vacuum has already been run. 😉☕

Here's to building relationships, pushing forward, and proving that great things can come from right here on the Gulf Coast.

🚀 Big things are happening at GCMS... and we're just getting warmed up.

07/03/2026

🇺🇸 This Fourth of July, we're celebrating the entrepreneurs who keep America running.

Every day, small business owners take risks, create jobs, and invest in their communities. We're proud to work alongside businesses across our region and help them continue to grow.

Whether you're looking to purchase equipment, expand your business, increase inventory, add another work vehicle, or improve cash flow, we're here to help.

From $5,000 to several million dollars, Gulf Coast Merchant Services partners with multiple trusted lenders to provide funding solutions for businesses of all sizes.

✔ Equipment Financing
✔ Working Capital
✔ SBA Loans
✔ Commercial Real Estate
✔ Business Expansion
✔ Commercial Vehicles & More

If you've been thinking about your next big move, now is a great time to explore your options.

👇 Click the link below to see what your business may qualify for.

https://zfrmz.com/oPXrYkcHmWvt6GXKj5dS

📞 850-995-4414
📧 [email protected]

From our Gulf Coast Merchant Services family to yours, have a safe, blessed, and Happy Fourth of July! 🇺🇸

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07/02/2026

🚨 **Retailers Selling V**e Products: Important Compliance Update**

We wanted to pass along an important industry advisory that could impact convenience stores, smoke shops, liquor stores, gas stations, and any business selling v**e or e-cigarette products.

Mastercard has significantly increased enforcement through its **Business Risk Assessment and Mitigation (BRAM)** program. Merchants found selling **unauthorized v**e or e-cigarette products** may face serious consequences, including:

⚠️ Significant card brand fines (recent cases have reportedly reached **$100,000**)
⚠️ Loss of merchant processing privileges
⚠️ Placement on the MATCH list, making it extremely difficult to obtain payment processing in the future
⚠️ Potential FDA enforcement actions

One of the biggest misconceptions is that **just because a distributor sells a product doesn't necessarily mean it's authorized for sale in the United States.**

If your business sells v**e products, now is a great time to:

✅ Review your current inventory
✅ Verify products have FDA marketing authorization
✅ Remove unauthorized products from your shelves
✅ Confirm your merchant account is properly approved for to***co/v**e sales

For the latest information directly from the FDA, visit:
🔗 https://www.fda.gov/to***co-products/compliance-enforcement-training/advisory-and-enforcement-actions-against-industry-unauthorized-to***co-products

🔗 https://www.fda.gov/to***co-products/market-and-distribute-to***co-product/to***co-products-marketing-orders

At Gulf Coast Merchant Services, we believe in helping our merchants stay informed—not just processing payments. If you have questions about your merchant account or whether your business is properly set up for to***co or v**e sales, our team is always happy to help.

**eIndustry

06/26/2026

**Growing a business takes vision. Building it takes the right partners.**

As business owners ourselves, we understand the decisions that come with growing a company. Whether you're opening a second location, investing in new equipment, increasing inventory, hiring employees, or simply preparing for the next opportunity, having access to the right capital can make all the difference.

That's why we've partnered with multiple lenders to help business owners find financing solutions that fit their goals—not a one-size-fits-all loan.

We can help with:

✅ Business Term Loans
✅ SBA Loans
✅ Business Lines of Credit
✅ Equipment Financing
✅ Working Capital
✅ Commercial Real Estate Financing
✅ Inventory Financing
✅ Invoice Factoring
✅ Expansion Capital
✅ Merchant Cash Advances (when appropriate)

Every business is different, and every funding solution should be too.

We're proud to serve business owners from our office right here in **Pace, Florida**. When you work with us, you're working with real people who take the time to understand your business and help you explore the options that make the most sense for your goals.

📍 Local Office – Pace, Florida
📞 850-995-4414
🌐 www.gulfcoastmerchantservices.com

**Helping Business Owners Build What's Next.**

06/12/2026

National Companies Have Customers. Local Companies Have Relationships.

One of the things I'm most proud of at Gulf Coast Merchant Services isn't the technology we provide.

It's the relationships we've built along the way.

For more than 20 years, we've had the privilege of serving business owners throughout Pensacola, Pace, Milton, Navarre, Gulf Breeze, Crestview, Fort Walton Beach, Destin, Panama City, Mobile, and communities across the Gulf Coast.

When a customer calls us, they're not calling a support center halfway across the country. They're calling a local team that understands their business, knows their market, and genuinely cares about their success.

Technology is important.

But when a restaurant is busy on a Friday night, when a retailer has a question, or when a business owner needs help, relationships matter.

We've always believed that business is about people first and transactions second.

To our customers, partners, and friends: thank you for your trust, your support, and the opportunity to serve you over the years.

We're grateful to be part of such an incredible business community and look forward to helping local businesses succeed for many years to come.

Have a great weekend!

What do you value most when choosing a business partner: Price, Service, Support, or Relationships?