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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...

In Processing, Refocusing On Service
Payment Methods // October 26, 2016

Here’s a question for payments processors: At what point does value add become a distraction and detraction from the business at hand? According to Don Kasdon, CEO at credit card processor T1 Payments, processors lose out when they lose sight of customer service.

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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 weighs in on how real-time reporting and vigilance (of the human kind) can ensure merchant portfolios are healthy -- and middlemen get paid the same day.

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...

In Processing, Refocusing On Service

October 26, 2016
Here’s a question for payments processors: At what point does value add become a distraction and detraction from the business at hand? According to Don Kasdon, CEO at credit card...