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Glossary: 117 software-led payments terms to know

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Payment facilitator (PayFac) A merchant registered by an acquirer to facilitate transactions on behalf of sub-merchants. They provide the infrastructure necessary for their merchants to accept credit card payments. E2EE is a generic term to describe solutions that encrypt data from one endpoint to another endpoint.

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Merchant Underwriting: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It’s Important

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Key steps include application review, risk assessment, credit checks, and compliance verification. Merchant account underwriting is the evaluation process payment processors use to assess whether a business meets the criteria for accepting credit card payments.

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Mobile Credit Card Processing Explained: What Business Owners Need to Know

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According to Forbes , “mobile payments are increasingly being used by U.S. shoppers as customers become more comfortable with the technology.” Not only are there a number of ways your customers could be using their mobile devices to give payments, but you as a business owner could be leveraging mobile devices to accept them as well.

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Visa Interchange Rates 2024: What You Need to Know

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If your company accepts credit card payments ( which it should ), chances are, you’re going to be affected by Visa’s interchange rates. Visa is one of the biggest payment networks in the world, with ~4.2B cards currently in use. So it’s virtually impossible for a business to not accept Visa cards.

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Can You Decrease Credit Card Interchange Fees?

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These fees help cover the costs of processing the payment and maintaining the card network. Interchange fees themselves are non-negotiable and they’re charged whenever a merchant accepts credit card payments. Processor markup This is where your payment processor comes into play.

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Glossary: 117 software-led payments terms to know

Payrix

Payment facilitator (PayFac) A merchant registered by an acquirer to facilitate transactions on behalf of sub-merchants. They provide the infrastructure necessary for their merchants to accept credit card payments. E2EE is a generic term to describe solutions that encrypt data from one endpoint to another endpoint.

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The 12 PCI DSS Requirements to Ensure PCI Compliance

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According to a report by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco , credit card usage among Americans has been steadily increasing since 2016. In 2022, 31% of all payments were made using credit cards. This shows that businesses cannot ignore accepting credit card payments.