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Medical record automation: How a leading underwriting provider transformed their document review process

Nanonets

Life insurance companies rely on accurate medical underwriting to determine policy pricing and risk. These calculations come from specialized underwriting firms that analyze patients' medical records in detail. One leading life settlement underwriter found their process breaking under new pressures.

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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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The Hidden World of High-Risk Payments in Canada : 2025 Report

Clearly Payments

Costs of Processing for High-Risk Merchants High-risk merchants pay significantly more to accept payments compared to standard businesses. These elevated costs stem from higher reserve requirements, higher chargeback fees, and the increased cost of risk underwriting. per transaction) 3.5% – 8.5% (plus $0.10 -$0.75

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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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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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The Ultimate Guide to Accepting Credit Card Payments

Stax

The key parties involved in processing a credit card transaction are the merchant, customer, acquiring bank, issuing bank, credit card associations, and payment processor. Q: What are the costs of credit card processing? Costs of credit card processing are not standardized and depend upon the merchant services provider.

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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.