Merchant Risk news and trends

Derisking Real-Time Commission Payouts On High-Risk Merchant Business
Payment Methods // April 13, 2018

Finding the balance between speed and risk is a high wire act for processors when it comes to paying the middlemen -- namely ISOs and agents. T1 CEO Donald Kasdon weighs in on how real-time reporting and vigilance (of the human kind) can ensure merchant...

How The ‘Debbie Test’ Can Flag Sketchy Merchants
Risk Management // October 10, 2017

“Does this merchant pass the Debbie Test?” That’s the first thing Donald Kasdon, chief executive officer of credit card processing and payment solutions provider T1 Payments, said he asks when considering whether the processor should take on a new merchant. Debbie is Kasdon’s mother and, according to Kasdon, she’s...

Interviews & Exclusives
How Merchants Navigate Payments Integration Risk

January 30, 2020
When it comes to payments in commerce, what — and who — you don’t know can hurt you. Underpinning that is the fact that the movement of money itself is all about knowing who you’re moving the money for. For software companies and platforms that seek to integrate payments and provide value-added services to merchants, […]

Derisking Real-Time Commission Payouts On High-Risk Merchant Business

April 13, 2018
Finding the balance between speed and risk is a high wire act for processors when it comes to paying the middlemen -- namely ISOs and agents. T1 CEO Donald Kasdon...

How The ‘Debbie Test’ Can Flag Sketchy Merchants

October 10, 2017
“Does this merchant pass the Debbie Test?” That’s the first thing Donald Kasdon, chief executive officer of credit card processing and payment solutions provider T1 Payments, said he asks when considering whether the processor...