SCS and AMR announce strategic partnership, bringing innovative ‘Cash Discount/Dual Price’ program to publishers

SCS is a proven solutions partner to hundreds of media companies, delivering cutting‑edge software at scale. With AMR’s integrated payments partnership, we can help those same media organizations rapidly deploy and start eliminating processing fees typically within 60-90 days.”

Joe Cooper, president of AMR’s Cash Discount Division

SCS is proud to announce a strategic partnership with AMR for merchant services in the Community Advertising System. AMR’s patented Cash Discount/Dual Pricing program allows media companies to eliminate the cost of accepting payments entirely. With credit card processing fees typically ranging from 2% to 4% per transaction, these costs can quickly add up to hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars each year.

AMR’s Dual Price is a payment model where businesses display both a credit card/full price and a check/cash price for each product or service. The card price includes a small adjustment to cover processing fees, while the cash price offers a discount. This removes interchange fees from the equation, and those savings go straight to a publisher’s bottom line, year after year. Publishers never pay credit card interchange fees again and get to stop bleeding revenue to processors.

AMR works with hundreds of media companies, most recently with The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington, Community Impact in Pflugerville, Texas, and Oahu Publications in Honolulu, Hawaii.

“With publishers already looking for ways to save, partnering with AMR is a no brainer for us,” says Phil Curtolo, vice president of sales at SCS.

“SCS is a proven solutions partner to hundreds of media companies, delivering cutting‑edge software at scale. With AMR’s integrated payments partnership, we can help those same media organizations rapidly deploy and start eliminating processing fees typically within 60-90 days,” according to Joe Cooper, president of AMR’s Cash Discount Division. “At AMR, we go beyond services to deliver measurable growth, increased profitability and long‑term success for our partners.”

About SCS:

SCS offers an extensive line of publishing-related applications, including Layout-8000™. More than 500 sites producing over 16,000 publications in 10 countries in five languages use SCS mission-critical software every day. SCS also resells award-winning digital asset management software from FotoWare based in Oslo, Norway. SCS is privately owned by Kurt Jackson. Learn more at www.newspapersystems.com.

About AMR:

Since 2001, AMR has been a trusted marketing partner to more than 700 newspapers, cable providers, utilities and environmental services companies. With a dedicated team of 1,100 professionals, AMR delivers powerful, result-driven solutions that drive revenue, improve customer retention and streamline operations. Learn more at www.4amr.net.