High Risk Merchants
Cyberauthorize is able to process a merchant account application for domestic US businesses that regular processors won’t approve for bank card/merchant services. Most traditional bank card processors have a list of prohibited merchant types they categorize as high risk, hard to underwrite, extremely non-traditional. These businesses are difficult, but not always impossible to approve for credit card processing. High Risk business types have industry proven risk factors for “Excessive” chargebacks/ disputes, refunds ,product/service/customer dissatisfaction, purchase remorse, and business abandonment. These businesses are also often subject to excessive incidences of fraud, and theft.
Cyberauthorize can offer a number of creative payment processing programs designed for many types of these merchants. Our High Risk Program does not service Non-US businesses, and its principals. Our program also cannot service merchants currently on the MATCH List, or who have active bankruptcy. Merchants who have had a chapter 11 or 13 bankruptcy under repayment may qualify for merchant services as a Card Present merchant only.
As an alternative, sometimes a merchant may qualify for an electronic check /ACH only processing account. ACH and electronic funds transfer accounts also have a prohibited merchant list.
Typical Prohibited Merchants
- Adult Industry (All types of business including retail)
- Airlines
- Annual Memberships (not including trade associations)
- Audio Text/ Audio/Video text
- Bail Bonds
- Bankruptcy/Collection Attorneys
- Check Cashing Establishments (Non-bank cash advance)
- Collection Agencies
- Companies engaged in lotteries, raffles or gaming
- Computer Sales (Non-Swiped)
- Credit Card Protection
- Credit restoration or repair agencies
- Dating Services (Non-Swiped)
- Discount travel clubs/ subscriptions
- Discount Medical Cards
- Downloadable Software
- Drug Paraphernalia of any form (Non-Prescription)
- Keyed/Internet Cigarettes/Tobacco
- Excessive Contingent Liability
- Illegal Products
- Inbound/Outbound telemarketing
- Investment Opportunities
- Jewelry Sales (Non –Swiped)
- Mail Order Coins
- Magazine Subscriptions
- Mortgage reduction services
- Non-FDA outrageous claim weight loss products
- Psychic Network
- Pre-paid Phone Cards
- Pyramid sales programs (New Multi Level Marketing)
- Factoring Organizations
- Sexual Enhancement Products
- Travel Agencies
- Tour operators that take prepayment
- Time-share sales/Rentals
- Travel Certificates
- Wire Transfers (MOTO Money orders)
- Online/MOTO Sales of Prescription drugs