Enterprise Certification Referral Partnership Guide for Payments Companies

This guide outlines the Enterprise Certification Referral Partnership designed for payments companies involved in high-risk healthcare portfolios. It details how certification meets card brand requirements for specific merchant categories, ensuring jurisdictional compliance and enabling companies to onboard healthcare merchants effectively. The document explains the benefits of standardizing compliance across a portfolio, which mitigates card brand risk and accelerates the revenue generation process for merchants. Each enterprise partner is supported by LegitScript's nine certification standards, which include privacy compliance and advertising guidelines. The guide also describes the process for establishing a partnership, referring merchants, and maintaining compliance over time. Notably, the document emphasizes that certified merchants unlock advertising permissions and can begin generating revenue quickly, with expedited processing timelines for applications based on the number of certification codes purchased. This streamlined process supports payments companies in navigating the complexities of high-risk healthcare merchant certification.