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Risk Management for High-Risk Merchants

National Processing

No one has more incentive to reduce business risk than merchants already considered to be in a high-risk industry or niche. Reducing risk saves you money on processing fees, saves time, and prevents major problems that hurt your business over the long run.

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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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PayPal uses stablecoin to invest in blockchain risk management startup

Finextra

PayPal has used its own stablecoin to make an additional investment in blockchain risk management specialist Chaos Labs.

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Understanding Risk Management Strategies as a PayFac

Stax

However, several complex types of risks come along with this. 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. could also be classified as operational risks. Let’s get started.

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Top Strategies to Future-Proof & Sustain Your Merchant Services Portfolio

Diversify across industries to spread risk and stabilize income, balancing high-risk and low-risk clients for a robust mix. Embrace technology and data analytics to enhance service offerings, streamline processes, and improve risk management.

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Banks told to expand risk management to cover AI

Finextra

A report from the US Treasury has called on banks to bolster their risk management frameworks in order to avoid being overwhelmed by AI-powered fraudsters and cybercriminals.

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ValidMind raises $8.1m for AI risk management platform

Finextra

ValidMind, an AI and model risk management platform for financial services, has raised $8.1 million in seed funding.