Category: Onboarding

Merchant onboarding is the process of getting a freshly recruited merchant both approved and set up for payment processing with an acquiring bank. The merchant onboarding process happens both on the ISO and processor sides and sees the merchant go through initial submission, underwriting, eventual approval or denial, and the granting of a merchant account.  […]

Underwriting is the process of due diligence and risk analysis that payment processors use to ensure new merchants are trustworthy, capable, and safe to work with. Every time a credit card transaction is processed, financial risk exists, and good underwriting minimizes the chances of that risk causing damage to anyone involved in processing the payment […]

The merchant onboarding process is the first exposure an independent sales organization’s (ISO’s) payment processing partners get to a new merchant. It’s an important touch because it launches the underwriting process that determines whether or not working with the new merchant is worth the risk. Payment processors aren’t desperate, and they can afford to be […]

Merchant onboarding is one of the most important processes independent sales organizations (ISOs) perform on a daily basis. Onboarding merchants effectively, efficiently, and accurately ensures a reliable underwriting process and maximizes the chances of merchant approval and, in turn, the growth of an ISO’s portfolio. Unfortunately, the traditional merchant onboarding process is slow, cumbersome, error-prone, […]

Onboarding new merchants to your processing partners is one of the most important tasks your ISO handles day-in and day-out. But boarding the old way — manually transferring merchant data from an MPA into a processor’s online portal line-by-line — is slow and extremely prone to human error.  IRIS CRM eliminates both of those problems […]

Merchant onboarding is a crucial part of the business for independent sales organizations (ISOs). The ability to quickly and securely board merchants is necessary to drive residual growth, which is the primary way that ISOs can generate more value for their merchant services business.  For many ISOs, merchant onboarding is a time-consuming, manual task that […]

As one of the world’s leading payment processors, TSYS (now a part of Global Payments) offers a lot of value for merchants looking to offer convenient, innovative payment methods for customers. Wholesale ISOs can benefit by offering TSYS services to merchants, but it’s not always easy to incorporate a new processor into their workflow.  In a […]

One of the easiest ways you can grow your ISO is by improving your merchant boarding process. Merchant boarding, also known as merchant onboarding, is the process that occurs after a sales agent has recruited a new merchant and closed the deal. The onboarding process kicks off once a merchant signs their MPA, or merchant […]

Hard work is a crucial ingredient for success in all industries, especially during the early phases when a business is just getting off the ground. But the companies that not only survive startup, but go on to thrive, grow, and dominate their industries are often the ones that find a way to quickly replace pure […]

To register or to remain unregistered? That’s a decision every independent agent will be faced with at some point in their career, and it’s one with big implications, both for short-term operations, and the long-term prospects for everything from marketing to company structure to growth, and beyond. The million-dollar question is, “is it worth it?” […]

We’re excited to announce the release of IRIS CRM’s NMI Gateway Boarding Integration! NMI is a leading unified commerce enablement platform that enables ISOs to add additional value for their merchants and serves as a private label payment gateway that provides many additional cutting-edge features to create new revenue. The latest capability of boarding merchants […]

Getting as many new, high-quality merchants boarded as quickly as possible is a key growth metric for payments companies. Independent agents, independent sales organizations (ISOs), and payment facilitators alike are focused on a mission to sign up as many merchants as possible to generate processing volume in their portfolios. Many of the would-be merchants are […]

Onboarding new merchants is one of the most important tasks your ISO’s team handles on a day-to-day basis. The ability to board merchants both efficiently and effectively ensures that your ISO can grow quickly without worrying about bottlenecks or breakdowns in the process. But that’s easier said than done because boarding in the traditional way […]

TSYS offers an enormous range of services, so much so that it isn’t uncommon for merchants and even staff at ISOs to be unfamiliar with how they actually function as a part of the payments ecosystem.  While TSYS offers services covering everything from payment hardware to risk and compliance to prepaid debit cards and more, […]

Chargebacks and retrievals are part of doing business, and no merchant can avoid them in the long term. But, while the card issuers require merchants to submit a thorough and timely defense, the dispute response process is not designed to be merchant-friendly. It isn’t designed to work against merchants either, but the unfortunate reality is […]

Whatever level of management you’re in, your job is to lead those who work under you, to steer their success, and to provide them with the tools and the guidance they need to do their jobs as well as they can. Unfortunately, that’s often easier said than done, and it’s incredibly easy to fall into […]

Adopting customer resource management software is one of the simplest and most affordable ways independent sales organizations can enhance their merchant acquisition, improve service delivery, and grow residuals. But not all CRMs are created equal, so when shopping for a new system for your ISO, it’s crucial to look for one that offers a wide […]

IRIS CRM recently announced our ground-breaking partnership with Conformance Technologies – one of the world’s leading providers of risk assessment and conformance tools for small and midsize businesses (SMBs). With this new partnership, IRIS CRM has fully integrated Conformance Technologies’ PreComm ToolKit™, one of the most powerful cloud-based due diligence tools available today.  This new […]