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Payment Facilitator vs Payment Gateway: Key Differences and Similarities

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TL;DR Payment gateways and PayFacs are both players in the digital payment process with similar goals in mind: secure and low-risk payments while providing seamless, fast, and positive customer experiences. A PayFac, by contrast, handles the bank’s interaction with a number of merchants. What is a Payment Facilitator (or PayFac)?

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How to Streamline Your SaaS Clients’ Merchant Underwriting Process—and Improve Adoption Rates

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Offering payment processing services is a move that makes sense for a lot of SaaS companies, particularly if your software helps your customers run their business. Not to mention, payments serve as an additional (and highly lucrative) revenue stream for SaaS companies, so your business will also enjoy a healthier bottom line.

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ISV vs PayFac: The Similarities and Differences Between Independent Software Vendors and Payment Facilitators

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FIS Global reports that in Norway, Sweden, and other Scandinavian countries, more than 90% of transactions processed at point-of-sale (POS) in 2023 were cashless. In this article, we’ll break down two popular terms used in the payment processing industry—ISV and PayFac —and see what they exactly mean.

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Beyond PCI Compliance: Why Data Security is Key to Growth and Success [Webinar Recap]

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The importance of PCI compliance PCI DSS applies to any organization—small businesses, payment processors, payment gateways, ISOs, PayFacs, and more. ” In other words, for merchants, PCI compliance mostly takes place at the point of sale or data storage—i.e., And if they do not adhere to it, there are various penalties.”

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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. An ACH payment facilitator, therefore, is simply a PayFac that allows users to accept payments through an electronic bank-to-bank network. Let’s get started.