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PayFac-as-a-Service vs Full Payment Facilitation: A Developer’s Guide

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Should you become a full Payment Facilitator (PayFac)? Or should you partner with a PayFac-as-a-Service provider? First, What Is a Payment Facilitator (PayFac)? PayFac-as-a-Service gives you all the benefits of embedded payments —but without the regulatory weight and operational lift. This isn’t marketing fluff.

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Glossary: 117 software-led payments terms to know

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Do you find yourself listening to industry leaders and colleagues use terms like PayFac, PCI DSS, and tokenization and casually scratching your head in confusion? Payment facilitator (PayFac) A merchant registered by an acquirer to facilitate transactions on behalf of sub-merchants. Youve come to the right place. eCheck, PayPal, etc.)

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Understanding Risk Management Strategies as a PayFac

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Two of the most popular payment solution providers for businesses looking to accept digital payments are payment processors and payment facilitators (PayFacs). PayFacs handle risk assessment, underwriting, settling of funds, compliance, and chargebacks which exposes them to greater potential risks.

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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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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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The Top 8 Embedded Payment Processors of 2025

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And after reviewing them all, Usio comes out as the clear #1. Clearent (Xplor Pay) Clearent, now part of Xplor Technologies, has strong roots in ISV partnerships and offers competitive interchange-plus pricing. Finix Finix is popular with platforms that want Stripe-level control without becoming a PayFac. Support Rating: 3.5/5

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How to grow your field service platform’s revenue up to 3x with payments

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In todays competitive software market, forward-thinking trade and field service platforms are no longer asking if they should modernize their payment infrastructure, theyre working diligently to source the right payments partner to implement innovative solutions before their competitors beat them to the punch.

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