Standard Processing

Low-risk business? We do that too.

Structure Payments is known for the hard accounts, but we write standard merchant accounts as well — same underwriters, same gateways, blended pricing that starts at 2.9%.

  • ~48-hour approval
  • Declined-elsewhere welcome
  • No application or setup fees
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  • ~30
    banks and processing institutions
  • 1-2 days
    next-day funding for established merchants
  • ~48 hrs
    from application to processing
  • 24/7
    real people, not a call center

Not every business is high-risk

Most of what we do is placing businesses that mainstream banks decline. That is the specialty, and it is why people find us. But the same banking relationships that make a firearms or CBD account possible also write ordinary retail, professional services, and ecommerce accounts.

If your business is straightforward, you should be paying straightforward rates. Blended pricing starts at 2.9%, interchange-plus is quoted to your volume, and there is no application fee, no setup fee, and no PCI compliance fee.

Capabilities

What a standard account gets you

The same infrastructure behind our high-risk accounts, priced for a business that is not carrying that risk.

  • Your own merchant account

    A dedicated merchant ID underwritten for your business, not a slot on a shared aggregator account that can be frozen without warning.

  • Blended pricing from 2.9%

    Or interchange-plus priced to your volume and processing history. We will tell you which one is better for your numbers.

  • No PCI fee

    Plenty of processors bill $99 to $199 a year for PCI compliance. We do not charge one.

  • Funding in one to two days

    Two-day funding is standard, and established merchants move to next-day.

  • Card-present and online

    Terminals and point-of-sale for the counter, hosted checkout and gateways for the web, and both together when you sell in each.

  • Cart and platform integrations

    Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce and more, plus developer APIs, recurring billing and a secure data vault.

  • A real person on the account

    A dedicated account manager and 24/7 support, which is not standard at the flat-rate processors.

  • Room to grow into

    If your business later moves into a category banks treat as high-risk, you are already with a processor that underwrites it.

Common questions

Questions merchants ask

Do you only do high-risk merchant accounts?

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No. High-risk is our specialty, not the limit of what we write. We place standard low-risk merchant accounts through the same banking relationships, with blended pricing starting at 2.9% and interchange-plus available.

How much does a standard merchant account cost?

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Blended pricing starts at 2.9% per transaction, and interchange-plus is priced to your business. Expect a monthly fee, a gateway fee and a per-transaction fee on top of the rate. There is no application fee, no setup fee, and no PCI compliance fee.

How is this different from Stripe or Square?

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Those are aggregators — you share a merchant account with thousands of other businesses, which is why signup takes minutes and why accounts can be frozen without warning. Here you are underwritten individually and hold your own merchant ID, with a dedicated account manager rather than a support queue.

How fast can a standard account be approved?

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Usually faster than a high-risk account, since there is less to underwrite. Most complete applications are approved in about 48 hours, and funding is two-day as standard.

Built for your vertical

High-risk is all we do — across every industry banks avoid

Underwriting, gateways, and chargeback tooling tuned to the way your industry actually sells.

Get approved

If you can't get a merchant account, your best chance is with us.

We do everything possible to get you approved, and most merchants are processing within about 48 hours. No obligation to see your real rate.

  • No application or setup fees
  • Declined elsewhere? Still worth applying
  • A dedicated rep, not a call center
Get approved today
Fill out this form and a merchant services representative will be in touch!
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