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Bridging Digital Advertising and Payments: Aleph Reveals Key to Ensuring Seasonal Spending Success

The Fintech Times

For digital platforms, processing pay-ins (customer payments) and pay-outs (disbursements to creators, merchants, or partners) comes with transaction fees that impact margins and cash flow. At the same time, Aleph monetises the ad inventory, ensuring that what would have been a payment processing cost now becomes a revenue-generating asset.

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5 Signs Your Business Has Outgrown Square

Cardfellow

With its minimal underwriting and fast setup, it lowered the barriers to entry for small businesses seeking credit card processing. While Squares flat rate structure is predictable and looks less complex, its often not the most cost-effective. Its a far cry from the early days of 2.75% flat rate.

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Everything You Need to Know About Credit Card Processing

Stax

It’s important for small business owners like yourself to understand the pricing plans offered by various credit card processors (or merchant service providers) in the market, so you can compare their processing costs before you decide who to sign up with. Q: What does ‘risk hold’ mean in credit card processing?

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ISV vs PayFac: The Similarities and Differences Between Independent Software Vendors and Payment Facilitators

Stax

In the ISO model, an ISV partners with a third party that handles merchant account setup, payment processing, risk, and compliance. The ISV has little control over the end user’s payment experience or the processing costs. The ISV has little control over the end user’s payment experience or the processing costs.

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How Much Do Credit Card Companies Charge Merchants?

Stax

Viewing these costs individually makes it easier to understand what is contributing to your credit card processing costs and where you may be able to save money. Additional fees As well as the credit card fees mentioned above, there are a range of other fees that contribute to credit card processing costs for business owners.

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Which Fintech Sub-sectors Will Have the Biggest Impact on People’s Financial Well-being in 2025?

The Fintech Times

Sending cross-border payments, for example, often comes with heavy processing costs and conversion fees. She said:Looking ahead to 2025, I see enormous potential in fintech sub-sectors like agentic AI (financial agent AI bots), savings automation, and cash-flow-based underwriting.

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How to Expedite a High-Risk Merchant Account Approval

Payment Savvy

A merchant’s personal and business credit history is usually checked during underwriting. Have the necessary documentation on hand and ready to roll to expedite the underwriting process. During underwriting, your business will be thoroughly vetted, and any inconsistencies will increase the likelihood you are declined.

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