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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.
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.
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.