Tag: PF Risks and Rewards

Five Myths – and the Truth – About Becoming a Payment Facilitator

Being a payment facilitator is not for everybody. The timing might be too early. Or it just might not be the appropriate model for a particular business. But the single biggest thing that gets in the way of becoming a payment facilitator is a lot of obfuscation (lies, TBH) in the industry about what it…

Merchant Settlement: Pros and Cons of Handling the Funds When You’re a PF

Since its inception, the payment facilitator model has been built on improving the client experience. Reducing and even eliminating onboarding delays to get merchants up and processing payments quickly is a hallmark of the business.

Expert Perspective: How Scary is Becoming a Payfac, Really?

For software vendors and others considering becoming payment facilitators, risk is understandably a top concern. So, for our ongoing series about the factors that go into deciding whether to become a PF, we ask experts a fundamental pair of questions: where does the risk come from, and how bad is it?