Processor Cost Shouldn’t Scale With Growth
Most merchant processing models are built on percentage-based pricing.
As your revenue increases, the processor’s markup increases.
Most merchant processing models are built on percentage-based pricing.
As your revenue increases, the processor’s markup increases.
Ascendant structures pricing differently.
Card network interchange is fixed.
The processor portion is not.
As an independent sales organization (ISO), we control the processor portion of the cost structure. That allows us to design it intentionally instead of tying it to a percentage of revenue.
We structure a fixed monthly processor cost that does not scale with growth.
Interchange continues to pass through normally.
What we fix is the processor portion.
Predictable processor expense
Budget control
Clear separation between network fees and processor fees
A pricing model not directly tied to your revenue growth
This structure is uncommon because percentage-based pricing becomes more profitable for processors as volume increases.
At your revenue level, processor cost shouldn’t scale with growth.
If you’re open, I’ll model your highest and lowest processing months from the past 12 months and show you what a fixed monthly processor cost would look like across that range.
Not every business qualifies. Volume stability and chargeback profile matter.
Ascendant works with enterprise-grade processing infrastructure, including CardConnect (Fiserv) and NMI, depending on client needs. See below.
The value isn’t the rails.
It’s how decisions are evaluated.
Request a Processing Cost Model Review
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VENDOR PARTNERS
We are an Independent Sales Organization ( ISO) representing CardConnect as our processing 'engine'.
Details:
CardConnect is a payments platform of Fiserv, focused on providing Agent and ISO partners with powerful opportunities in Merchant Services that facilitate success and boost sales growth.
Fiserv is a global fintech and payments company with solutions for banking, merchant acquiring, global commerce, billing and payments, and point-of-sale. Fiserv has ~38,000 employees with annual revenues of $20.5 billion.
NMI is our virtual terminal, a payment service provider and payment gateway with offices in the United States and UK, providing credit card authorization and settlement services to banks and processors.