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Integrated Payments vs. Payfac-as-a-Service: What Developers Need to Know

USIO

Two prominent solutions that have emerged in recent years are integrated payments and Payfac-as-a-Service. Payfac-as-a-Service: Payfac-as-a-Service, short for Payment Facilitator as a Service, is a model where a third-party service provider facilitates payment processing on behalf of multiple sub-merchants.

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Payment facilitation and risk management: What do vertical software companies need to know?

Payrix

We will explore the risk s in more detail in the next section. What is PayFac-as-a-Service? In between referral partnership and PayFac is PayFac-as-a-Service. When false merchants onboard onto your platform, they can hit you pretty hard and fast, and the financial damage can add up quickly.

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Pumped up profits, with less heavy lifting

Payrix

Its payfac-as-a-service solution — Payrix Pro — enabled Nick to control the onboarding and customer service, while Payrix managed the processing, compliance, and most of the risk and liability. I didn’t want the liability issues either.”