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Understanding Risk Management Strategies as a PayFac

Stax

In this article, we’ll discuss what SaaS companies looking to become payment facilitators need to know about risk management strategies. PayFacs handle risk assessment, underwriting, settling of funds, compliance, and chargebacks which exposes them to greater potential risks.

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Understanding Risk Management Strategies as a PayFac

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As such, PayFacs need to equip themselves with an effective risk management strategy that helps them continuously monitor risks and employ appropriate risk responses if needed. TL;DR Four main types of risks come with payment facilitation: compliance risks, operational risks, transactional risks, and reputational risks.

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Merchant Underwriting: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It’s Important

Stax

The merchant underwriting process is a critical step that payment processors and financial institutions use to assess the risk associated with onboarding new businesses. Key steps include application review, risk assessment, credit checks, and compliance verification. Learn More What is Merchant Account Underwriting?

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WePay On The Art Of Payments Risk Management

PYMNTS

Joining PYMNTS’ Karen Webster for this week’s edition of the Unscripted Podcast, the pair agreed that in the digital age, risk management is such a complex, interconnected and vast topic that payments service providers in some sense need to write an entirely new rule book when to comes to capturing the emerging art of risk management. “On

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91 companies digitizing and accelerating the loan underwriting process

CB Insights

Loan underwriting is a slow and complex process, due to insufficient data for credit scoring, stringent risk management requirements, and highly manual processes. This has cleared the way for new tech solutions that can effectively reduce costs and risk, while also improving speed. Fraud is also a concern.

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BlueSnap Appoints Bill Christensen as SVP of Acquiring & Risk

Fintech Finance

Christensen will lead the company’s global acquiring and risk management teams, working to grow and manage relationships with processors and banks, as well as overseeing the underwriting and risk functions. He brings 20 years of experience in financial risk, electronic payments and credit cards to the role.

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Liberis Teams Up with Identity Risk Management Company Alloy

Finovate

Embedded finance platform Liberis announced a partnership with identity risk management innovator Alloy. Embedded finance platform Liberis has teamed up with identity risk management innovator Alloy. Embedded finance platform Liberis has teamed up with identity risk management innovator Alloy.