For quite some time now, high risk companies have found it difficult to obtain merchant accounts. However, this scenario is no longer the case because there are now many high risk merchant account providers who are willing to provide such businesses with fully tailored merchant account services. This is because in the last few years, the high risk merchant account industry has become rather competitive since an increasing number of new and high profile financial firms have been entering into the market. At this point, it should be mentioned that the card processing fees which high risk and offshore businesses will pay for their merchant accounts is still quite high. The good news is that they can be sure that the set-up charges will be minimal and that they will receive their funds in an expedited manner.