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What is Merchant Underwriting
Merchant underwriting is the critical risk-assessment process that determines a business’s eligibility to process payments. This overview breaks down how the process works and examines the key factors underwriters evaluate, such as financial stability and industry risk. It also explores how automation is transforming onboarding from a weeks-long bottleneck into a competitive advantage.

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Supplement Merchant Underwriting
Payment processors and acquiring banks face a critical challenge with supplement merchants: distinguishing legitimate products from disguised pharmaceutical operations that create regulatory, chargeback, and network compliance exposure.

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Mastercard MMSP and Brand Integrity
This guide breaks down the 2026 MMP update into a practical checklist: what data to collect, how to monitor public and gated content, what to document for audits, and how to run investigations and remediation within 15 days to limit BRAM risk.
