Payments 101
What is a Money Transmitter?
Improving the merchant experience is a rallying cry for payment facilitators. Streamlining the underwriting and onboarding process is often a first step, but many PFs go further in search of solutions for the unique needs of their industries.
Read MoreWhat is Tokenization?
Tokenization is one solution that helps reduce the exposure of sensitive data in situations where it could be accessed by criminals.
Read MoreWhat are Omnichannel Payments?
Sellers of all kinds are feeling the pressure to keep up with rising consumer expectations, making omnichannel payments increasingly important across industries.
Read MoreHow Does a Software Company Become a Payment Facilitator?
How does a software company become a payment facilitator to benefit from the additional revenue and better control over the payments experience?
Read MoreHow Chargebacks Apply to Payment Facilitators
While becoming a payment facilitator can create new revenue streams for many businesses, it carries a risk of losses as well. One type of risk a PF must address is the potential for losses from chargebacks.
Read MoreWhen is It Worth Becoming a Payment Facilitator?
For many B2B software companies, the decision to offer a proprietary payments product appears likely in their future. So how do you know when it’s worth taking the steps necessary to become a payment facilitator? When are you big enough, well-funded enough, or at the right point in your business’s life cycle?
Read MorePayment Facilitator vs. Payment Processor. What’s the Difference?
There are many players involved in the acceptance of card and mobile payments. Among them, payment facilitators and payment processors. Both of these entities help enable payments acceptance. So, what’s the difference?
Read MorePayment Facilitators vs Marketplaces. What’s the Difference?
Marketplaces and payment facilitators are two of the ways the payments system has evolved to meet the needs of the current economy. But what are the differences between these two models?
Read MoreWhat is a Merchant Acquirer?
In the payments processing world, the term acquirer can be confusing. Even though it refers to a specific function in the payments processing chain, it is often used more broadly as well, as key players often take on multiple roles.
Read MorePayment Facilitator vs ISO. What’s the Difference?
Before payment facilitators began enabling smaller merchants to accept payments, acquiring banks relied on another business model to work directly with SMBs: the independent sales organization, or ISO.
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