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New entrants into the payments industry have a lot of acronyms and contractions to sift through, and one that’s becoming more and more common is PayFac – short for payment facilitator. The PayFac model is readily gaining popularity across the industry, but merchants and industry pros alike who are more familiar with independent sales organizations […]

A Payment Facilitator, or PayFac, is a company that provides payment processing services to merchants looking to accept credit and debit cards. PayFacs work under one or more payment processors, operating in a layer of the industry between processors and merchants. They offer merchants a variety of services, including merchant accounts, ongoing support, payment hardware […]

Independent sales organizations (ISOs) and payment facilitators (PayFacs) both act as intermediaries between merchants and payment processors, making them parallel channels in the overall payments ecosystem. However, despite their high-level similarities, there are some major operational differences between how ISOs and PayFacs operate. These include the responsibilities they carry out, their relationships with payment processors, […]

We are pleased to announce that IRIS CRM is now integrated with Fiserv reporting for payment facilitators! Payment facilitators can now view Fiserv merchant account information, deposits, adjustments, retrievals, and chargebacks right from within IRIS CRM. IRIS CRM’s Fiserv Reporting for Payment Facilitators integration ensures that you have a stable, fast, and automated data feed […]