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Insights April 7, 2026
The Visa VAMP Program: What Every ISO and Merchant Should Know
Fraud and chargebacks affect your ability to process payments. When those metrics rise, acquiring banks reassess risk. Sometimes that leads to monitoring. Sometimes reserves. In more serious cases, processing relationships...
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Insights March 31, 2026
How to Get Approved for a High-Risk Merchant Account
Getting declined for payment processing is one of the most frustrating moments for a growing business. One provider says no, another asks for more information, and suddenly you're left wondering...
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Insights March 24, 2026
Reflections on the Latest Trends in Retail Payments — NRF 2025
In early January, my colleague Jared Rockman and I made the annual pilgrimage to the National Retail Federation's Big Show — NRF 2025 — in New York City. Three days...
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Insights March 17, 2026
Artificial Intelligence & Vertical SaaS – A Threat or an Opportunity?
A.I. is omnipresent. Its influence and ubiquity are overwhelming — and for vertical SaaS companies, the stakes couldn't be higher.Funding for A.I. companies surpassed $200B in 2025, of which $40B...
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Insights March 3, 2026
Speed, Flexibility, Path for Approval: How KORT Helps Agents and ISOs Close Complex Deals
Winning deals isn't just about pricing or technology. For experienced Agents and ISOs, success often comes down to agility - and the ability to work with a partner that understands...
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Insights February 24, 2026
Beyond Splits: How KORT Earns the Trust of Agents and ISOs
For experienced Agents and ISOs, pricing alone is rarely the deciding factor when choosing a payment processing partner. What truly matters is trust. And trust is built through transparency, consistency,...
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Insights February 17, 2026
How KORT Serves as an ISO Payment Processing Partner (And What That Really Means)
If you're evaluating an ISO payment processing partner, you’ve likely heard the word “partnership” used repeatedly. In many cases, partnership simply means: A contract A revenue split A support inbox...
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Insights December 2, 2025
How to Protect Your Business: Best Practices for Secure Card Payments
In today’s fast-paced world, accepting card payments is a must for any business. But with convenience comes responsibility—especially when it comes to protecting your business from fraud and chargebacks. At...
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Insights October 6, 2025
Vertical Software: Four Common (But Sometimes Forgotten) Payments Use Cases
As we continue to refine our Ideal Client Profile (ICP) and sharpen our go-to-market value proposition for vertically focused software platforms, I’ve been reflecting on some real-life scenarios that highlight...
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Insights August 19, 2025
Payments Led Growth for ISVs: Unlocking Revenue Opportunities
If you’ve operated in the world of software, fintech, or B2B technology for any length of time, you're likely familiar with concepts like problem-market fit, product-market fit, and platform-market fit....
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News July 8, 2025
KORT Payments Announces Strategic Partnership with Tilled Inc.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE KORT Payments Announces Strategic Partnership with Tilled Inc.to Deliver a Unified Embedded Payments Experience to ISVs Across North America Toronto, ON— July 8, 2025 — KORT Payments...
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Insights June 24, 2025
What ISVs & Software Platforms Really Want
Much continues to be written about the topic of embedded payments. It’s a real phenomenon. Software led payments technology, innovation and optimization are growing exponentially. We know that by 2028,...
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Insights May 20, 2025
Why Payment Integrations Are Key for Software Vendors
These days, software vendors are continuously looking for more ways to provide a value-added solution to their clients in order to adapt to changing behaviors and preferences. Modern consumers are...
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Insights May 13, 2025
6 Questions to Ask a Payment Integration Partner
If you’ve decided to integrate payments into your software, the next step is to find a payment integration partner. Finding the one that best aligns with your business is important...
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Insights May 6, 2025
The New Kid on the Block(chain) – Blockchain Technology Explained
While cryptocurrency has been around for over a decade, it’s blockchain—the underlying technology behind Bitcoin—that’s generating renewed interest across industries. But what exactly is blockchain, and why are so many...
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