Tag: merchant boarding

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 Web Form Enhancements May 2023 May 16, 2023

IRIS CRM (an NMI company) is excited to announce the latest round of enhancements to our Web Forms functionality that will save users time and reduce the effort required from merchants. We have added new features that include generating a Web Form based on an E-Sign document, sending existing leads forms with their data pre-filled […]
Onboarding IRIS CRM Enhancement: Daily Discount Support Added For TSYS Retail ISOs November 8, 2022

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 […]
Featured Functionality Complete Web Forms With E-Signature November 4, 2022

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 […]
Onboarding Enable Multiple NMI Reseller Credentials in IRIS CRM October 21, 2022

IRIS CRM is happy to announce our ability to now support multiple NMI reseller accounts as the latest improvement to the NMI and IRIS CRM integration. You may find that as your business grows over time, whether it be from acquisitions or new processing relationships, that you have more than one set of NMI reseller […]
TurboApp Automated TSYS PPM Fee Date Calculations September 30, 2022

IRIS CRM is happy to share that we’ve added more automatic fee date calculation options for the merchants of TSYS FSP ISOs in TurboApp and when updating pricing on existing merchants using IRIS CRM’s automated TSYS maintenance helpdesk tickets. The full range of fee date settings that can be found in the TSYS (Global Payments) […]
Featured Functionality NMI Boarding is Better Together with IRIS CRM August 22, 2022

After months of hard work and collaboration the NMI and IRIS CRM teams are proud to announce significant updates to the NMI payment gateway boarding integration. You are now able to use the power of the merchant data from your CRM in combination with the full suite of NMI boarding settings to make IRIS CRM […]
IRIS CRM Blog NMI Full Commerce Integration – IRIS CRM’s New Super Power June 15, 2022

IRIS CRM and NMI have teamed up to offer ISOs a full commerce enablement solution that makes it easier than ever to open up new revenue streams, improve service offerings, and gain an advantage over the competition.  IRIS CRM offers integrated boarding capability for NMI’s full line of gateway products and value-added services, enabling ISOs […]
IRIS CRM Blog What is CRM? An ISO Approach June 8, 2022

Customer resource management (CRM) describes a type of software that focuses on collecting and utilizing customer data to improve all aspects of sales and support. The modern world is data-driven, and, today, even the simplest interactions can generate a wealth of lead and customer data – data that can be mined and used for everything […]
IRIS CRM Blog Fast Merchant Boarding – How Automated Onboarding Can Benefit ISOs March 23, 2022

Merchant boarding is one of the most important processes independent sales organizations perform on a daily basis. Today, technology allows ISOs to onboard new merchants faster and easier than ever before. Modern onboarding systems, like IRIS CRM’s TurboApp, enable ISOs to board new merchants in a matter of minutes by eliminating the most time-consuming steps […]
IRIS CRM Blog Smarter ISO Merchant Acquisition February 2, 2022

An ISO’s profitability depends on having a large portfolio of top-quality merchants. Acquiring those merchants is no easy task in an industry as competitive as payments, making it extremely important that ISOs look for any advantage they can get. Customer resource management systems represent a powerful and cost-effective way for ISOs to gain that all-important […]
Featured Functionality New Paysafe Reporting and TSYS Backend Boarding Integrations January 13, 2022

IRIS CRM is thrilled to announce new Paysafe Reporting and TSYS Backend Boarding Integrations! ISOs can now connect their Paysafe merchants, both Fiserv and TSYS, to IRIS CRM to receive daily reporting data and account information. Our Paysafe boarding integration has also been improved to allow ISOs to select TSYS as the backend when boarding […]
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.  […]
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