More State Money Transmitter Headaches

As states continue to play with how they define money transmitters, the payment facilitator is caught in the middle. And one payments advocate suggests that it may force a greater role for processors.

Mike Cottrell, direct of global marketing at ProPay and our guest this week for the PaymentFacilitator.com podcast series, argues that not only could this encourage PFs to embrace a greater role for processors, but it could also discourage innovation. In the podcast, Cottrell painted a scenario where PFs—who see themselves as helping merchants do business—will start to pull back on very innovative efforts if it means that they have to spend much more time filling out forms and adhering to different regulations.