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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. 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). However, be mindful of challenges like rapid technological advancements, evolving money laundering techniques, diverse clientele, varying risk profiles, cross-border transactions, and varied regulations.

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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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The first step is to find a partner that can provide the right payment technologies and services to your customers. How a PayFac like Stax can help A business can choose to open a merchant account on their own but the process can be laborious and time-consuming. How exactly can you get your users started with payments?

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

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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. There are two main ways that an ISV can become a payment provider—by adopting the ISO model or the PayFac model. What Is an ISV vs PayFac?

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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.