Payment Processing is defined as providing a Person with the ability to charge or debit accounts using any payment mechanism, including but not limited to Remotely Created Payment Orders, Remotely Created Checks, ACH Debits, or debit, credit, prepaid, or stored value cards, either directly or indirectly. Payment Processing entails, among other things: (a) reviewing and approving merchant applications for payment processing services; (b) providing the means for merchants to transmit sales transaction data to acquiring banks or other financial institutions; (c) clearing, settling, or distributing proceeds of sales transactions from acquiring banks or financial institutions to merchants; or (d) processing Charitable Contributions.