Business
How Payment Facilitators Can Select a Sponsor Bank with Confidence
A payment facilitator’s relationship with its sponsor bank is a critical one. When the bank’s own operations are going smoothly, transactions flow freely and the PF is free to concentrate on growing its business and serving its customers.
But any disruption at the bank has the potential to impact the PF’s business as well.
What Is the Payment Facilitator Model?
Many software companies are choosing to enable their merchant customers to accept payments through their platform. It’s an appealing way to increase revenue and provide their customers with a complete software and payments experience. For companies that choose to own the payments function in-house, the process involves becoming what’s known in the payments industry as a payment facilitator.
Read MoreHow Becoming a PF Improves the Merchant Experience
For many ISVs, becoming a payment facilitator can help them gain control and improve their merchant experience. Download our white paper to find out exactly how.
Read MorePF WORLD Returns; Expanded Event is Just Around the Corner
Fresh off a successful event in New York last year, we’re locking in the details for our second PF WORLD event. And we’re inviting you to save the date so you can join us this spring – this time on the West Coast.
Read MoreOpening Pandora’s Regulatory Box: What to Watch for in 2019
Working in a regulatory-heavy environment can feel like being inside a washing machine at times, with the accurate forecasting of a 10-day hurricane plot. So where does fintech regulation stand at the beginning of a new year? In a state of flux as usual, it would seem.
Read MoreSquare Launches Payments SDK; Google Gains New Payments License: News Roundup
PaymentFacilitator’s News Roundup is a curated mix of the past week’s news and articles from around the web, including company announcements, global payments news, and other coverage and analysis of topics relevant to payment facilitators.
Read MoreShould You Become a PF? Debaters Take on the Big Question at PF WORLD 2018
This fall’s PF WORLD 2018 event was intended to educate participants about the considerations behind becoming a payment facilitator and integrating payments into software platforms successfully. But perhaps the most anticipated question was should you become a payment facilitator at all?
Read MoreQ3 Earnings Show Continued Momentum for Major PFs: PayPal, Square, Shopify and Blackbaud
Third quarter of this year has seen a continuation in acquisitions and partnerships for some of the major PF brands, as well as strong momentum to kick off the upcoming holiday season.
Read MoreStripe Targets Entrepreneurs; Amazon India Smiles on Offline Merchants: News Roundup
PaymentFacilitator’s News Roundup is a curated mix of the past week’s news and articles from around the web, including company announcements, global payments news, and other coverage and analysis of topics relevant to payment facilitators.
Read MoreThe Great Debate: PF WORLD 2018 Speakers to Face off on Merits – and Pitfalls – of Becoming a PF
When software companies integrate payments into their platforms, many face the decision of whether to become a payment facilitator or outsource the payments function to someone else. Becoming a PF holds both risk and reward, so how can they decide?
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