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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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Understanding Risk Management Strategies as a PayFac

Stax

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. Even the organizational shake-up that comes with the decision to become a PayFac may disrupt your core business.

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How to Maintain Anti-Money Laundering Compliance as a PayFac

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In this article, we’ll discuss everything you need to know about ensuring AML compliance as a payment facilitator (or PayFac). Key AML Requirements for PayFacs Now that we’ve covered the basics of AML compliance and its role in the financial system, let’s dive deeper into how PayFacs can help. Let’s get started.

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PayFac as a Business Model

Agile Payments

PayFac or Payment Facilitation enables software platforms to both brand and monetize payment processing offerings while at the same time offering instant, hassle-free customer payments onboarding.

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PayFac vs. ISO: What Is the Optimal Integrated Payment Strategy in SaaS?

Our comprehensive article delves into the merits and challenges of Payment Facilitators (PayFac) versus Independent Sales Organization (ISO) registration. Understand the nuances of speedy onboarding with PayFacs and the enterprise value advantages of ISOs. Delve deeper into issues of scalability, compliance, and setup.

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

Payrix

What is a PayFac® developer? As a PayFac developer , software companies become their own payment facilitator , and therefore, can offer payment processing services directly to their merchants. We will explore the risk s in more detail in the next section. What is PayFac-as-a-Service?

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How to Choose Between a Payment Facilitator (PayFac) and a Merchant of Record (MoR) for Your Business

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To simplify the intricacies of payment processing, two well-known solutions have surfaced: Payment Facilitators (PayFacs) and Merchants of Record (MoRs). Understanding Payfac vs Merchant of Record Payment Facilitators (Payfacs) and Merchants of Record (MoRs) are two different ways to process payments.