Posts by Tracie Poland
Digital Transactions Interview with Todd Ablowitz on Partner Network Press
Infinicept Launches a Network to Help Link Software Firms With Payments Resources – Digital Transactions Read the interview with Digital Transactions following Partner Network press release! “We’re doubling down on software companies. We have a great pipeline [of payments companies] to help to continue to grow software companies,” Todd Ablowitz tells Digital Transactions News. Ablowitz is…
Read MoreInfinicept Launches Partner Network to Drive the Transformation to Software-Led Payments
Infinicept Launches Partner Network to Drive the Transformation to Software-Led Payments DENVER – July 19, 2021 – Infinicept, a leading provider of embedded payments, today announced the launch of its Partner Network to help software and fintech companies get payments going their way. The Partner Network is designed to meet the evolving needs of companies…
Read MoreCan Payment Facilitators Claim Processing Fees as Top-Line Revenue?
Can Payment Facilitators Claim Processing Fees as Top-Line Revenue? By Todd Ablowitz, co-founder and co-CEO, Infinicept For many startups, the way revenue is claimed is an issue with important implications. Top-line or gross revenue is a factor that investors often use to determine a company’s valuation. Maximizing that number has a tangible impact. When they…
Read MoreWhat Is Underwriting?
Download this complementary Underwriting 101 PDF Underwriting in the payments industry is the process of assessing and verifying potential customers – including adherence to banking, brand, and governmental rules – to protect consumers from entities that are wanting to engage in fraud or other illegal activities by accepting credit card transactions. This is essential to…
Read MorePayments are the Proof: Embedded Finance is Already Here
Payments are the Proof: Embedded Finance is Already Here By Todd Ablowitz, CEO and Co-founder The concept of embedding financial offerings such as payments and lending into software and other services is a hot topic among business thinkers right now. Some articles are highlighting it as the trend that is likely to define the coming…
Read MoreWorkWave CEO on Opening up a “Whole New Range of Opportunities”
Recently, payment facilitator WorkWave announced that its owners had spun it out into a freestanding company, elevating it from its previous status as a division of enterprise software provider IFS. We spoke with the company’s CEO, David Giannetto, about the thinking behind the decision and the company’s plans for this next iteration. WorkWave is a software provider…
Read MoreFast-Growing FinTech Infinicept Welcomes Veterans of Shopify, Visa, First Data and United Way as Strategic Advisers
DENVER – April 22, 2021 – Infinicept, a leading provider of embedded payments infrastructure, today announced several seasoned business advisers who will guide the company in its quest to help software and e-commerce companies “get payments going your way.” The advisers include former executives from Shopify, Visa, First Data, United Way, Deloitte, UPS and Sun…
Read MoreWebinar Recap: Understanding The Payments Revenue Food Chain
Every time an electronic transaction occurs there are a variety of companies that make that possible, with all of them being a part of the payments revenue food chain. As software companies become a larger part of the payments world, they will have to determine how much of a role they want to play and…
Read MoreCelebrating the Women Leaders of Infinicept
In honor of Women’s History Month, Infinicept is celebrating the women who are leading our company forward. Deana Rich is co-founder and co-CEO of Infinicept. For most of the past two decades, Deana has owned her own consulting practice implementing risk and underwriting procedures for acquirers, ISOs and payment facilitators. She is a well-known and…
Read MoreHow Do Payment Facilitators Use Reserves?
When it comes to managing risk, a lot of attention is paid to the front end of a merchant relationship, and rightfully so. Proper underwriting procedures go a long way toward characterizing the risk that a merchant represents, and payment facilitators (often called payfacs) can and should decline merchant applications when they deem the risk…
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