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Term Definition
Third-party Processing

Third-party processing is an arrangement that allows a merchant to accept payments indirectly without a merchant account. Instead of the merchant having their own account into which payments are routed, a third-party processor accepts those payments itself on behalf of the merchant. The merchant may then be able to make payments with those funds directly or transfer them to a separate bank account.