KYC for Payment Processors and PSPs: Merchant Onboarding in 2026
PSP merchant onboarding is KYC and KYB stacked. Get the layering wrong and the card networks will notice.
Payment processors carry liability for merchant misconduct. Visa and Mastercard programmes like VIRP and MATCH make poor merchant KYC very expensive.
The layered stack
- Director and UBO KYC on every signer
- Business registry and active-status verification
- MCC-based risk scoring with high-risk routing
- Card-network watchlist screening (MATCH, VMSS)
- Ongoing transaction monitoring with chargeback ratio alerts
How we deliver
Our KYB plus AML plus ongoing monitoring products combine into a PSP merchant-onboarding package aligned with Visa and Mastercard programme rules.
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