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How Payment Facilitation Works: An Overview for SaaS Providers

Exact Payments

Differentiator 1: Payment Aggregation The most crucial distinguishing factor of PayFacs is that they operate as merchants themselves and register for processing accounts directly with an acquiring bank. They are then able to onboard and aggregate sub-merchant accounts under their master account.

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The Fed’s crypto pivot: Unlocking banking access and its impact on payments

The Payments Association

Limited access to banking services has, in turn, constrained these firms’ ability to operate efficiently within the broader financial system, including in areas such as payments, settlements, and liquidity management. How are banks likely to respond? Some of the largest U.S.