Tag: Independent Sales Organization

IRIS CRM is happy to share our newest functionality for TSYS FSP ISOs to update your merchants’ Daily Fee Indicator without having to switch platforms. We have added a new ticket type – TSYS – Update Daily Fee Indicator (Auto) – that works like our other automated TSYS maintenance tickets. These ticket types allow TSYS […]

ISO agent programs help pair talented salespeople with independent sales organizations (ISOs) looking for help recruiting new merchants. They’re just one method of entry into the merchant services space, but they offer some notable benefits to independent agents, including simplicity, structure, security, and more. The following is a brief rundown of what ISO agent programs […]

Instant payments, also called real-time payments (RTP), are an emerging payment technology that provides recipients with near-instantaneous access to funds thanks to specialized networks and the elimination of the traditional settlement process. Instant payments have gained significant popularity around the world in recent years and are quickly becoming a mainstream option for U.S. consumers, who […]

To the average person, ISO is the acronym used by the International Organization for Standards. To photographers, it describes the light sensitivity of a digital camera or a piece of film. But to banks and merchants it means something very different. In banking and payments, ISO stands for independent sales organization – a type of […]

At its core, a merchant services CRM – also known as a payments CRM or ISO CRM  – does all the same things traditional CRMs do. It streamlines lead collection and management, speeds up and enhances the sales process, enables higher-quality ongoing service and support, and saves time and resources across a wide variety of […]

As a result of Global Payments recently rolling out support for Daily Discount within its ELAPP boarding tool, IRIS CRM is also now proud to announce added support for Daily Discount when boarding merchants via TurboApp to the ELAPP platform.  Clients using TurboApp to board merchants to TSYS ELAPP are able to continue leveraging the […]

According to Statista, there will be almost 30 billion physical payment cards in circulation around the globe by 2023. That’s a lot of debit and credit cards and, in turn, a lot of plastic! To date, the payments industry has not been doing a great job at mitigating the potential damage all that plastic – […]

Coming hot on the heels of the initial release of our Web Form Builder, we are pleased to announce the addition of E-Signature capabilities for a complete web form experience.  With E-Signature you can instantly transform your simple merchant data collection form into an end-to-end merchant processing application (MPA) that can quickly and easily be […]

Credit card processing can be a complex subject at the best of times, but few merchants know that the processing they use is actually just one of three levels. On top of the credit card processing used by the vast majority of merchants, there are two additional layers – Level 2 and Level 3 – […]

Credit card security is a top priority for everyone in the payments industry, especially in the wake of the global pandemic, which saw cyberattacks explode as everything from shopping to work to education moved online. PCI compliance is one of the primary ways merchants and payments service providers protect against cyberattacks and data breaches, and […]

ISOs and independent sales agents are two of the most important players in the merchant services industry, helping match individual merchants of all sizes with the right payment processing for their needs. But, the payments space is complex, which can lead to questions about not just the role ISOs and sales agents play in merchant […]

Credit card surcharging and cash discounting are practices used by some merchants to recoup processing fees, either by adding a small premium to any purchases made with a credit card or offering a small discount on any purchases made with cash. Both are becoming increasingly popular as merchants look to recoup some or all of […]