IRIS CRM ISO Management & Merchant Services Blog

Residuals are a driving force behind one of the most important parts of the payments industry – independent sales organizations (ISOs). Residuals represent the reward that brings ISOs and new independent agents into the space, without whom a small handful of payment processors would be left to try to handle the millions of merchants across […]

After much anticipation and a lot of hard work, IRIS CRM is proud to share that we will be releasing our new user interface in the coming weeks. There is much to look forward to in the new UI as it’s not just a coat of paint on existing functionality, but is chock full of […]

Payment processing is a lucrative industry with opportunities abound and good money to be made at all levels of involvement. The entry point for many people looking to earn a slice of the payments pie is merchant service sales as an independent agent. Independent agents play an important role in assisting the larger players in […]

As your company starts 2022 with fresh energy and a strategic plan for how to achieve the year’s goals, it’s important to choose the right tools to succeed. IRIS CRM is the payment industry’s leading, all-in-one CRM solution with features to manage and automate your workflows from initial lead capture all the way through merchant […]

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 […]

If 2021 had a theme, it was the global covid-19 pandemic transitioning from something novel and unknown to something we knew and were learning to live with. Now, with another year behind us, the theme of 2022 is set to be the application of the lessons we’ve learned throughout the pandemic in a post-pandemic world. […]

Dive deeper into your merchant reporting with the additional breakdown of card type volume and transaction count. From the My Merchants page, you can now add the volume and transaction for the major card brands to your merchant reporting, plus other trackable card types including Fleet Cards, Pin-Debit, EBT, and Gift Cards, as well as […]

Whether you’re an ISO or a merchant, chargebacks are costly to you in more ways than one. First and foremost, they cost you money. But, when they get out of hand, they also damage your reputation with the card companies and create a perception of risk that you don’t want hanging over your business. Traditionally, […]

A new lead comes in and is automatically assigned to a rep to start working. One day passes… then another… a full week goes by and the lead’s status still hasn’t changed. IRIS CRM allows you to automatically assign another user to work the lead, however, the initial user remains assigned – until now! Automatically […]

IRIS CRM offers your ISO the ability to compete better in a tight payments industry by improving lead management and sales, merchant onboarding, residuals management, decision making, merchant service, and much more. But, unlike many CRMs, improving operations with IRIS CRM doesn’t tie your agents, managers, and operations staff to their desks, thanks to the […]

Payment processing is a competitive industry. The second a merchant leaves your ISO to switch to a competitor, you lose an ongoing source of residuals, making it crucial to your ISO’s growth and long-term value that you keep your merchants as happy as possible. With that in mind, the following are four simple but highly […]

As we approach the end of 2021, the IRIS CRM team wishes everyone Happy Holidays! At this time of the year there is always much to celebrate and be thankful for. This sense of joy, appreciation, and optimism is shared by the team at IRIS CRM, especially for our clients who have helped us build […]

Losing revenue to returns and chargebacks is not only a risk to your merchants, but your merchant services business as well. They are an inevitable part of running a business, but minimizing them is crucial to your bottom line. IRIS CRM’s new Risk Reporting helps you identify sources of risk in order to mitigate the […]

A merchant services CRM is a mission-critical piece of software for all modern ISOs looking to outcompete and outperform the rest of an extremely competitive industry. The core of any merchant services CRM is its suite of sales tools – lead management and sales process delivery tools that help your ISO find better leads and […]

In part one, we discussed the basics of getting your ISO off the ground, and the significant amount of time, work, and money that goes into becoming a registered ISO. In part two, we’ll look at what happens once you’re registered and it’s time to start recruiting. As difficult as the registration was, the real […]

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 […]

When a customer is unhappy but can’t get a refund from a merchant, card companies give them the option of disputing the charges. When that happens, the card companies also give the merchant a chance to make the case for why the charge should be upheld – known as a dispute response. Unfortunately, many merchants […]

IRIS CRM residuals reporting for sub-ISOs just leveled up thanks to the addition of the agent split field in the Residual Details report. By having the agent split information available in the detailed residuals reporting, sub-ISOs can easily export the detailed report from the IRIS CRM site of the ISO they’re working with and import […]