Why PayFac model increases the company’s valuation in the eyes of investors In many of our previous articles we addressed the benefits of PayFac model. In a comprehensive white paper on the subject we explained PayFac meaning and how to become a payment facilitat [...]
PSP & Facilitators
Review the following series of articles on key steps businesses should consider in becoming a payment facilitator.
Best Crypto Payment Gateway Solutions for Platforms
In our previous articles on the best crypto payment gateway practices, we wrote that available gateways were mainly merchant-centric. Indeed, many cryptocurrency payment gateway solutions are available at the market. However, most of them are targeted at merchants an [...]
Gateway Selection for SaaS and PayFac Payment Platforms
PayFac payment platforms continue to emerge, thanks to growing popularity of payment facilitator model. At the same time, SaaS platforms remain among the top candidates for becoming PayFacs. Many software platforms are facing the need to incorporate payments into the [...]
Payment Facilitator Paradigm and Beyond: VAR, ISV, Next-generation ISO
In many articles we described various aspects of payment facilitator model and its implementation by different types of companies. Examples include SaaS platform providers, franchisors, and others. It is no secret that payment facilitators represent a large and impor [...]
Before Starting a Payment Facilitation Project
Usually, the process of setting up a payment facilitator starts with the search for an acquiring partner. Often if you do not clarify all the necessary details in advance, the process of integration and implementation of your payment facilitation project may become o [...]
White Label Payment Facilitator Model
In this article we are going to explain: In essence, white label PayFac model allows prospective payment facilitators to get what they want without imposing the requirements that are difficult to meet. One of the key reasons why a company might want to adopt a paymen [...]
Virtual Payment Facilitator Model
From this article you will learn: In our previous article we explained how a software platform provider could benefit from implementation of wholesale ISO or payment facilitator model. Many SaaS platform providers, however, find it problematic to go through underwrit [...]
On the way to Payment Facilitator Model
From this article you will learn: In one of our previous articles we’ve already addressed the process of payment facilitator model implementation for SaaS platforms. Previously such platforms were not earning much on merchant services. Nowadays more and more techni [...]
Becoming a Payment Facilitator for a Saas Platform
Lately we started getting quite a lot of questions like: “What is required for a SaaS platform to become a PayFac?”, as well as inquiries from SaaS platform providers. Indeed, SaaS platform providers already use many features of PayFac model, often without realiz [...]
Processor-specific Platforms for Payment Facilitators: Vantiv
One of the most common questions we are asked is: “what is the best processor to partner with for a payment facilitator?” Having worked a lot with processors on behalf of payment facilitators, we have decided to share our experience of dealing with specific payme [...]
The Benefits of Becoming a Payment Facilitator for Franchisors
Introduction: why become a payment facilitator Nowadays more and more software platforms adapt payment facilitator operation models, allowing them to service their clients, i.e. merchants, more efficiently. While at first glance franchise-based businesses do not seem [...]
PSPs, Payment Facilitators, and Aggregators
The terms payment service providers (PSP), payment facilitators, and payment aggregators can have slightly different meanings depending on the region, but they refer to similar types of entities. Anyway, the three different concepts do exist, no matter how you might [...]