{"id":1743,"date":"2020-03-09T17:30:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-09T17:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trc-parus.ru\/?p=1743"},"modified":"2023-04-29T11:52:35","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T19:52:35","slug":"what-is-underwriting-and-merchant-account-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trc-parus.ru\/blog\/what-is-underwriting-and-merchant-account-risk\/","title":{"rendered":"What is underwriting and merchant account risk?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1743\" class=\"elementor elementor-1743\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-77887d4c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"77887d4c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cecb34e\" data-id=\"cecb34e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18020a39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18020a39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.21.0 - 30-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Credit card processors (or merchant service providers) have exposure to losing the money. That\u2019s the risk which merchant account providers take. By the way, here\u2019s a great book on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Against-Gods-Remarkable-Story-Risk\/dp\/0471295639\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1542728863&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=against+the+gods\">history of risk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Some merchants process $20,000\/year in credit card sales, some process $200 million\/year. The higher the credit card processing amount, the more the exposure to risk there is for credit card processors.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2>Example of the risk for credit card processors<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Let&#8217;s say a merchant sells $1 million in a month in products. Now say this merchant cannot deliver the sold products to the end customer and declares bankruptcy for whatever reason. The consumers will get their money back from the credit card issuer, but someone has to pay that $1 million. If the business is bankrupt, the payment processor is on the hook to pay. Now there is the risk that payment processors take.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Merchants with different products, billing cycles, industries, and business stages have different risk levels, resulting in higher fees to offset the risk. You can read why <a href=\"https:\/\/trc-parus.ru\/blog\/reasons-why-higher-credit-card-fees-are-charged\/\">some merchants pay higher fees<\/a>.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2>Underwriting in payment processing<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Underwriting is the process in which a payment processor accepts liability and therefore guarantees payment in case loss or damage. The word &#8220;underwriter&#8221; comes from the practice of having the risk-takers write their name under the total amount of risk they are willing to accept Underwriting occurs in many industries: insurance, banking loans, mortgages, etc.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>The underwriting process by merchant account providers and payment processors is really about collecting information. 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