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PSP (Payment Service Provider)

Read information related to PSP (Payment Service Provider), PIs (Payment Institutions), EMIs (Electronic Money Institutions) that power online acceptance and payouts—especially for high-risk merchants (iGaming/betting, FX/CFD, crypto/VASP, adult, nutraceuticals, travel, subscriptions). We cover:

  • Onboarding & underwriting: KYB/KYC, MCC/MID setup, descriptors, rolling reserves, volume caps, supported geos/industries.

  • Processing stack: cards + APMs, network tokens, 3DS2/SCA strategy, risk tools (device/behavioral, rules + ML), chargeback alerts & representment.

  • Orchestration & routing: multi-acquirer setups, BIN/geo/product-type rules, retries/soft-decline recovery with idempotency, failover to APMs.

  • Payouts & ops: SEPA/FPS/SWIFT/RTP rails, reconciliation (reports/webhooks), settlement currencies, fees and scheme compliance.

  • Compliance: PCI DSS scope reduction, AML/KYT & sanctions screening, PSD2/RTS, data protection and vendor due diligence.

Authoritative outbound resources about PSP (Payment Service Provider):

  • PCI Security Standards Council — PCI DSS overview

  • Visa — Operating Regulations & dispute guidance

  • Mastercard — Transaction Processing Rules

  • European Banking Authority — PSD2/SCA & RTS (EU)

  • UK FCA — Payment services & e-money guidance

Buy/Sell MSB or EMI/PSP with Payment Gateway as Resellable Payment Orchestration Stack

Illustration showing a license document connected to a payment gateway hub with multiple PSP/APM nodes, representing buy/sell MSB/EMI/PSP deal.
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A high-risk payment gateway can turn an MSB or licensed EMI/PSP transaction from a “license-only handover” into a scalable, resellable payments business. Buyers don’t just want a legal wrapper—they want a working operating engine: routing, cascading, reporting, logs, and a clear onboarding workflow that can survive audits and partner due diligence. This matters across three groups: (1) MSB/EMI sellers and resellers who want higher liquidity and valuation, (2) agents and ISOs moving beyond commission-only models into payment orchestration or Merchant of Record, and (3) enterprise iGaming operators managing many PSPs/APMs across multiple geographies. In short: the gateway is the product layer you can monetize, improve, and eventually sell as a complete business.

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