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ISVs vs SaaS: What’s the Difference?

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Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Software-as-a-Service Providers (SaaS) operate within the same market, thus creating a push-and-pull revenue dynamic. SaaS companies deliver software applications over the internet on a subscription basis, simplifying access and management for users. What are SaaS companies?

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Payment Facilitator vs Payment Gateway: Key Differences and Similarities

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Consider the following: Merchants are the sellers, businesses, or service providers seeking payment for their offerings. A Payment Facilitator (PayFac) is a model where a business (the facilitator) signs up with a bank or a larger merchant acquirer to provide payment processing services to other smaller businesses or sub-merchants.

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Understanding Risk Management Strategies as a PayFac

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For SaaS companies, becoming a payment facilitator (or PayFac) offers a ton of advantages—including but not limited to—boosting retention and profitability while exercising greater control over the customer experience. Reputational risks Risks associated with things like data breaches, poor customer service, company controversies, etc.

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Vertical SaaS vs Horizontal SaaS: 8 Differences and Similarities

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Software as a Service (SaaS) has made business software more accessible by offering cloud-based, on-demand access to a range of solutions, from project management and collaboration to sales and marketing. But not all SaaS products are alike. Other types of SaaS are relevant only to companies in specific industries.

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What Is an ACH Payment Facilitator?

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In this article, we’ll discuss everything you need to know about the ACH payment facilitator model and how SaaS companies can go about facilitating ACH payments easily. PayFacs typically partner with a payment processor or a bank to provide merchant services. This is pretty much similar to the service that PayPal offers.