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Understanding Risk Management Strategies as a PayFac

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PayFacs handle risk assessment, underwriting, settling of funds, compliance, and chargebacks which exposes them to greater potential risks. Major risk factors for PayFacs include fraudulent transactions, merchant credit risk, regulatory compliance, and operational risks.

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B2B Payments Explores An Alternative Path To ACH Adoption

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Today, there are two key methods for how a company can address the pain point of checks. Yet both of these strategies require a third-party service provider to facilitate payment processing, whether funds are coming in via check or ACH. noted PYMNTS in a previous Faster Payments Tracker. ACH’s B2B Future.

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Big Lenders Need Help With Big Data, Too

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” Regulatory requirements, risk mitigation, security measures and borrower satisfaction all pressure banks to grasp the power of data analytics. “Having access to those kind of analytics makes for a powerful differentiator as well.” Data is vital to remaining competitive , he said. ”

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Supply Chain Tech Supports Cannabis Cos’ Fight For Legitimacy

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This is the pain point that LeafWorks aims to address with its recently announced Supply Chain Certification solution. Supply chain verification is instrumental in mitigating the risk of noncompliance for marijuana firms regulated at the state level.

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Rethinking Checks’ Role In B2B Payments Friction

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Chanda explained Paymerang’s role is to handle that extra work for clients, including risk mitigation and data digitization. Offering value for both ends of a B2B payment could help address the rising issue of late supplier payments too. One of the reasons why is that we’re in the middle of them and their vendors.”. ”

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For SMB Underwriting, Exploring A More Reliable Kind Of Alternative Data

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But SMB loan underwriting at traditional FIs has, for the most part, remained unchanged, even as alternative lenders began exploring the role of alternative data in the risk mitigation process. The issue at hand, however, is that Facebook stats are hardly reliable to traditional lenders mitigating the risk of small business borrowers.