That isn’t our prediction. It’s the message coming directly from Elavon.
In a recent article, Josh Bennett, Vice President of Partner Business Development at U.S. Bank | Elavon, points out that more than 90% of U.S. small businesses rely on ISV software to run their operations.
That’s an important number.
It tells us something about where merchants are choosing to manage their businesses, and increasingly, where they expect payments to happen.
The payment processor is no longer simply the company moving money from point A to point B.
Payments need to work inside the software merchants already use.
ERP. Accounting. Scheduling. Invoicing. Point of sale. Industry specific SaaS.
And this is where the relationship between an ISV and a payments partner becomes incredibly important.
The ISV understands the merchant’s workflow.
The payments partner understands everything that happens behind the transaction.
Together, they can create something much more valuable than either can deliver independently.
At Cartis, this is exactly how we think about partnerships.
We don’t want to simply put a payment button inside your software.
We want to understand your platform, your customers and your business model, then help build a payments strategy that works within your ecosystem.
That can mean integrated payments, gateway connectivity, reporting, reconciliation, onboarding, support and the infrastructure behind it all.
Elavon currently works with more than 1,000 integrated partners, 350 ISOs/MSPs and 1,700 financial institutions. Its message is clear: payments expertise and software expertise are becoming increasingly interconnected.
That’s why your payments partner matters.
You need more than a processor.
You need someone who understands your technology, your merchants and what you’re trying to build.
That’s the role we want to play at Cartis.
Your payments partner, not just your payments provider.
If you’re an ERP, SaaS or software company thinking about embedding payments, we’d love to talk.