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March 13, 2025
Why Moving to a New Payment Process Takes Less Time Than You Think
February 26, 2025
Your Guide to Creating a Frictionless Chiropractic Office Experience—From Adjustments to Payments
February 5, 2025
The Importance of In-Person Business Events in 2025
January 30, 2025
6 Must-Have Features for Construction Payments 
November 21, 2024
The Benefits of Choosing an Embedded Payment Processor in NetSuite 
November 13, 2024
The 5 Types of AR Automation that Generate Growth
November 6, 2024
People-Powered AI: How Humans and Machines Can Collaborate in Payments
October 21, 2024
How to Quickly Evaluate Field Services Payments Software 
September 24, 2024
5 Things You Should Consider Before Changing Your NetSuite Payment Processor
September 18, 2024
Fortis at SuiteWorld 2024: An Event Recap 
September 10, 2024
8 Simple Steps for SMBs to Drive Revenue and Growth
August 26, 2024
Leave Legacy ERP Systems Behind: 5 Benefits Of Cloud-Based ERPs
August 19, 2024
Boost Your Bottom Line and Increase Customer Success with Sage Intacct Payments 
August 12, 2024
Partner Spotlight: Everyware
August 6, 2024
Transform Your Business with Payment Plugins 
July 22, 2024
How to Future-Proof Your Manufacturing Business with Secure and Scalable ERP Payments 
June 24, 2024
Five Red Flags to Consider When Looking for a Sage 50 Payments Solution 
June 4, 2024
QuickBooks Users: How a Best-in-Class Integration Boosts Your Cash Flow 
May 14, 2024
Building A Customer Experience: The Fortis Approach to Partner Success
May 9, 2024
Transforming the Payments Industry: ETA TRANSACT 2024 
April 4, 2024
Highlighting the Power of Partnerships at Sage Transform 2024
March 27, 2024
Partner Spotlight: Sage
March 19, 2024
The Ease of Integration: How Fortis Simplifies Payment Solutions
March 5, 2024
TSG Real Transaction Metrics Awards: What Gateway Uptime Means for Merchants 
March 1, 2024
Payments Market – The Great Restoration 
February 29, 2024
3 Key Trends in the Payment Industry Today: Embedded Episode 4 
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December 27, 2023
Partner Spotlight: Window World
Window World partnered with Fortis to streamline its payment process, reduce fees, and digitize its AR workflow. 
December 18, 2023
Protect Your Retail Business and Maximize Revenue this Holiday Season
In our latest piece, Chargeback Guide: Fraud Prevention Tips for Retail Businesses, we discuss the best practices and tips for your business to take to mitigate chargebacks.
December 7, 2023
Boost Growth with a Sales and Marketing Assist Program
Fortis’ complimentary Sales and Marketing Assist Program enables businesses to support their sales and marketing teams with proven tools.
December 5, 2023
Strengthen Your Healthcare Software with Embedded Payments
Healthcare software can be tricky when it comes to payments. Deliver a superior experience and stand out as an EHR integration by embedding payments.
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November 13, 2023
The Embedded Payments Guidebook: Turning Payments into a Strategic Asset 
Embedded payments offer many benefits to software companies, and there are several models to choose from. Download our whitepaper on Embedded Payments to learn more.
November 2, 2023
Apple Pay and Google Pay: Digital Payments Made Easy
Digital wallet payment methods, such as Apple Pay and Google Pay, enable businesses to scale faster and create a convenient payments experience.
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October 23, 2023
2023 BWH Hotels Annual Convention Recap: Fortis Helps Hoteliers Protect Their Revenue
The Fortis Hospitality team jetted off to Honolulu to take part in the Best Western Annual Convention to speak about chargebacks.
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October 16, 2023
Adobe Commerce: Enabling Merchants and ISVs to Streamline Payments
Adobe Commerce, previously Magento, enables merchants and ISVs to streamline payments. Fortis further optimizes, scales, and secures the payment process.
September 28, 2023
4 Must-Have Features for a US-Based Canadian Payment Processing Solution
Fortis is now able to support US-based ISVs and merchants with a Canadian embedded payment processing platform.
September 25, 2023
What is a PayFac and How is it Beneficial to a Software Provider?
PayFac, also referred to as payment facilitation, is a solution for ISVs and software developers to streamline and optimize their payment processing features.
August 31, 2023
Quick Invoice: Get Paid Faster with an Optimized Workflow
The Quick Invoice feature enables you to streamline the payment process for your customers and capture revenue more efficiently.
August 22, 2023
What is a Retained Amount for ISVs?
Sometimes called split funding, a Retained Amount withholds a percentage of a merchant’s deposit. The funds are then distributed into two or more bank accounts, which enables ISVs to better segment costs and deduct fees.  
August 11, 2023
Paylink: Text and Email-Enabled Payment Links
The Fortis embedded payments platform’s Paylink feature enables businesses to send SMS and email invoices to customers.
August 3, 2023
Don’t Get Hooked: Protect Yourself from Phishing and Phone Scams
Protect your organization against phishing scams. It’s vital to understand how these fraudulent activities work and to use solutions that safeguard you against potential theft and loss.
August 1, 2023
Introducing Embedded: A First-Ever Fortis Video Series
Embedded is a comprehensive and engaging showcase of Fortis technology. Its aim is to educate both ISVs and merchants on the latest payments happenings through interviews with Fortis Leadership and subject matter experts (SMEs). 
June 30, 2023
Enhancing Payments at Sage Partner Summit 2023
As a Sage tech partner plus, Fortis attended and contributed to the Sage Partner Summit in 2023. Learn more about our partnerships and B2B integrations.
June 8, 2023
ETA Names Kevin Shamoun of Fortis as Vice Chair of their AI Committee  
The Electronic Transactions Association named the SVP of Product and Innovation at Fortis, Kevin Shamoun, as the Vice Chair of their AI Committee.
May 25, 2023
Embedded Payments: Powerful Technology That’s Delivering a Better Way To Do Business  
There are a multitude of ways embedded payments help businesses. Fortis Chairman and CEO Greg Cohen has seen many innovations over his 20-year career in payments and was an early advocate of integrated technology. 
May 17, 2023
Partner Spotlight: Ricochet POS 
Ricochet partnered with Fortis to go beyond the basics of a payment integration and added tremendous value to their product by tapping into next-gen embedded payment features. 
May 12, 2023
PayPod: Embedded Payments with Mark Bishopp 
Mark Bishopp, SVP of Embedded Commerce & Partnerships at Fortis, met with Jacob Hollabaugh, Host of PayPod, to discuss the embedded payment experience.  
May 3, 2023
The Future of Embedded Payments: ETA TRANSACT 2023 in Review
The Fortis leadership team attended and moderated panels on embedded payments at the 2023 TRANSACT conference by ETA. 
April 25, 2023
A Better Payments Partnership and the Developer Experience
Before selecting a payments partnership and their API, consider a partner with a developer portal. Read more to learn about the Fortis Platform and its award-winning interface.
April 21, 2023
Fortis is a Sage Recommended Solution
The Fortis Platform is a Sage Recommended Solution that seamlessly integrates with Sage enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and products. This makes it easier than ever for businesses to accept payments.
April 14, 2023
Merchant Spotlight: Ricochet Home Consignment
Ricochet partnered with Fortis because of their robust omni-channel payment systems and their innovative embedded features that help merchants further connect with their customers.
March 23, 2023
Six Tips for Fewer Chargebacks in Hospitality
Our last blog in this series will discuss six different ways to reduce chargebacks and improve your hospitality business.
March 16, 2023
How to Prevent and Dispute Chargebacks
The good news is that it's possible to minimize chargebacks. Read our blog to learn how you can for your business.
March 9, 2023
All You Need to Know About Chargebacks
Learn more about chargebacks and how they might affect your industry.
February 16, 2023
Your Ideal Embedded Payments Solution
We discuss Embedded Payment features to look out for, as well as a deeper dive into the Fortis Platform.
February 9, 2023
Who Uses Embedded Payments and What Are the Benefits?
We discuss the ideal audience for Embedded Payments and the respective benefits of using this solution. 
February 2, 2023
What Are Embedded Payments and How Do They Work?
Embedded payments are an integrated finance solution that keeps the entire payment process on your platform for improved retention and revenue.
July 22, 2022
Gen Z to Retailers: Sell Us Speed, Simplicity, Touchless Pay Options
May 25, 2021
Five Payment Processing Terms You Need To Know
Are you a business owner new to the payment space? Check out these five payment processing terms that will help you better understand the industry.
April 22, 2021
Five Easy Ways To Go Green With Payments
As a business owner, you may think it’s difficult to go green. Check out these five steps to reduce waste while also improving the way you accept and manage payments.
February 22, 2021
Why Does PCI Scope Matter to Business Owners?
As a business owner, why should you care about PCI scope? From reducing risk to increasing data security, there are multiple reasons why you need to know about PCI Scope.