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Understanding Risk Management Strategies as a PayFac

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Two of the most popular payment solution providers for businesses looking to accept digital payments are payment processors and payment facilitators (PayFacs). PayFacs handle risk assessment, underwriting, settling of funds, compliance, and chargebacks which exposes them to greater potential risks.

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The Ultimate Guide to Ecommerce Payment Solutions

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This requires the merchant to become a registered payment facilitator or PayFac. A PayFac is a payment service provider for eCommerce merchants. On top of being a new pillar of revenue for your business, the PayFac model also gives you more control. AI-driven fraud detection and prevention is becoming the new standard.

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What Is an ACH Payment Facilitator?

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TL;DR A payment facilitator (PayFac) is essentially a SaaS vendor or software provider that enables its users (businesses) to accept online payments from their customers through the platform itself. An ACH payment facilitator, therefore, is simply a PayFac that allows users to accept payments through an electronic bank-to-bank network.