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Visa vs. Mastercard PayFac Models: The Ins and Outs of the “Big Two” Payment Facilitator Programs
Featured Article Visa vs. Mastercard PayFac Models: The Ins and Outs of the “Big Two” Payment Facilitator Programs

The payment facilitator, or “PayFac”, model of merchant acquiring is growing extremely rapidly. In 2021, global payment facilitators processed over $500 billion in transactions – a 75% increase over the previous year and an 11x increase over the total just half a decade earlier.  While companies like PayPal have been providing PayFac-like services since the […]

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Visa vs. Mastercard PayFac Models: The Ins and Outs of the “Big Two” Payment Facilitator Programs
July 12, 2023

The payment facilitator, or “PayFac”, model of merchant acquiring is growing extremely rapidly. In 2021, global payment facilitators processed over $500 billion in transactions – a 75% increase over the previous year and an 11x increase over the total just half a decade earlier.  While companies like PayPal have been providing PayFac-like services since the […]

The Levels of Banking in the United States: Different Classifications of Banks and What They Do
June 28, 2023

Banking in the United States is complex, with many levels, regulating bodies, and types of operations and specializations. Understanding the banking system can be difficult at the best of times, but it’s important – especially in the payments industry – because banks play such a huge role in not only serving the needs of consumer […]

TurboApp: Streamlined Merchant Onboarding with IRIS CRM’s Most Powerful Tool
June 14, 2023

The payment processing landscape is fiercely competitive, and independent sales organizations (ISOs) and other acquirers face numerous challenges in their quest for success. One of the most significant pain points for many is the merchant onboarding process, which is often slow, error-prone and labor-intensive. Inefficient onboarding can lead to lost sales opportunities, strained relationships with […]

What the Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank Can Teach ISOs About Single Points of Failure
May 23, 2023

In early March 2023, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the 16th largest bank in the United States and the largest bank by deposits in Silicon Valley, filed for bankruptcy, sending shockwaves throughout the financial industry. SVB, a cornerstone of the region’s economy for decades, fell victim to a classic bank run – albeit one with a […]

Featured Functionality Streamline Partner Collaboration With New Lead Data Sharing October 27, 2022

IRIS CRM is proud to announce our latest feature release to streamline collaboration between clients – Lead Data Sharing. Lead Data Sharing eliminates the tedious processes of manual lead data entry, exporting and importing lead reports, or API development for IRIS CRM clients sharing leads with one another.  Lead data can be sent with the […]
Featured Functionality Process Payments In IRIS CRM With NMI Payment Gateway June 28, 2022

IRIS CRM is happy to share that we have added NMI’s payment gateway as an option when taking payments through IRIS CRM. The new NMI Payment Gateway integration is easy to set up, simply follow the instructions detailed below or watch our video walkthrough. You will need access to the NMI Portal and admin-level permissions […]
Featured Functionality New Integration: Maverick Payments Merchant Reporting June 7, 2022

IRIS CRM is excited to announce the release of our Maverick Payments reporting integration to bring even more merchant data directly into your IRIS CRM site.  ISOs working with Maverick Payments are now able to have merchant data automatically populated in IRIS CRM. Not only will you be able to see overall portfolio volume and […]
Industry News Agreement Express Integrates With IRIS CRM To Deliver Automated Underwriting May 13, 2022

Agreement Express has recently announced a game-changing integration with IRIS CRM to its ScanXpress automated underwriting tool that will allow mutual customers of IRIS CRM and Agreement Express to significantly streamline and even fully automate their due diligence when onboarding new merchants, enabling unparalleled speed for underwriting and time-to-revenue. In essence, the integration between Agreement […]
Featured Functionality Merchant Reporting Integration for Unified Payments ISOs December 5, 2021

IRIS CRM has added yet another reporting integration to automate your portfolio management.  We are thrilled to announce that our Unified Payments reporting integration is now live! For ISOs working with Unified Payments, having reporting data populated directly to your IRIS CRM site is now possible. All you have to do is contact Unified Payments […]
IRIS CRM Blog What is a Payment Gateway? November 23, 2021

Payment gateways are ecommerce solutions that connect customers, merchants, and payment processors to make the near-instantaneous handling of electronic payments possible. Some payment gateways are built directly into hosted ecommerce platforms, and some are third-party services that integrate with a seller’s merchant account and website. But, regardless of how a merchant employs a payment gateway, […]
IRIS CRM Blog Merchant Onboarding Tips: Improve New Merchant Boarding Efficiency September 8, 2021

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.  […]
Onboarding All About Digital Merchant Onboarding August 25, 2021

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 […]
Featured Functionality Improved TSYS Retail Reporting Integration August 24, 2021

IRIS CRM is proud to share that we have released an improved version of our TSYS Retail Reporting Integration for ISOs and agents. We have updated the deposit reporting logic to utilize the exact transaction and ACH dates to improve the accuracy of the data displayed.  IRIS CRM now automatically reconciles the merchant’s transactions and […]
IRIS CRM Blog Top 10: IRIS CRM Integrations June 9, 2021

Customer resource management (CRM) tools are all about saving time by letting users do more throughout the day from a single, centralized point of control. With that in mind, IRIS CRM has been developed with built-in integrations with many of the most important third-party service providers that ISOs interact with daily. Those integrations enable IRIS […]
IRIS CRM Blog New Integration: IRIS CRM Releases Direct Boarding To NMI Gateway December 5, 2020

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 […]
IRIS CRM Blog Understanding What Zapier Can Do When Integrated with IRIS CRM October 15, 2019

Customer resource management is all about making sales and operations more efficient by automating what you can and supercharging the effectiveness of the rest. IRIS CRM does it better than anyone, bringing lead management, email and scheduling, billing and payments, marketing, and much more into a single platform. It even includes an industry-leading power dialer. […]
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