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Since its founding in 2019, Mercury has grown to support over 100,000 businesses and handled more than $95 billion of transactions in 2023. To meet their needs, Mercury chose Lithic as their card issuing partner because of Lithic’s world-class product set, ability to handle large volume and scale reliably, flexible support of multiple direct bank partners, and flawless reconciliation.

What is an issuer processor, and how can you choose the right one for you? Learn the best way to work with an issuer processor in this guide.

How can you speed up the due diligence and signing process with your sponsor bank? This guide helps you avoid roadblocks and sign the dotted line quickly.

Learn how developer-first issuer processing builds flexibility into your card program and gets you to market fast.

You know your fraudsters—the thieves, the con artists, the opportunists. You know how these bad actors steal and fabricate identities to take over accounts and unleash chaos. The question is how you can protect your organization and your customers from falling victim to fraud.

This Q&A is part of the Fraud Fighters Manual, a collective set of stories from Fintech fraud fighters. Read Zach Pierce’s chapter on Fraud Detection 101 here, and download your copy of the Fraud Fighters Manual here to read the full version.

Interchange is a major revenue driver for many fintechs.Companies that offer card products are growing revenue rapidly and securing massive valuations, such as Brex ($12.3B valuation) and Ramp ($8.1B valuation). Much of that revenue growth is due to interchange.

In this guide, you’ll learn how to evaluate card issuing providers and issuer processors, which criteria to include in your RFP, and get access to a downloadable card issuing RFP template.

When you’re building a card program, one of the first major sets of decisions you’ll make is around Bank Identification Number (BIN) sponsorship.

This guide explores how to maximize interchange on four types of card programs (prepaid, charge, credit, and debit).