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PayFac Model 101: Payment Facilitators Explained

Exact Payments

What makes PayFacs unique as compared to other MSPs is that they own a merchant payment processing account directly with an acquiring bank. By operating as a master merchant, they are able to onboard and aggregate many “sub-merchants” under a single merchant account.

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How Payment Facilitation Works: An Overview for SaaS Providers

Exact Payments

Merchant services providers Merchant services providers (MSPs) equip merchants with all the tools they need to start processing card payments. There are several types of MSPs, including independent sales organizations (ISOs) and payment facilitators. Independent sales organizations ISOs are a type of merchant services provider.