FT3 Partner Services

Take your clients global.
Keep the relationship.
Add the revenue.

When your customers expand into new markets, FT3 stands up the operation behind you — under your brand or ours. You keep the client, add a new revenue line, and build nothing.

Weeks
To revenue in a new market
Most clients are operational in weeks — not the 12–18 months of building it yourself.
+10–28%
Conversion lift from in-market payments
Local methods, currency and presence convert customers your home stack can't.
One
Team, end to end — accountable
Entity to payments to in-market sales — coordinated by one team, not five vendors.

Customers in new markets.
Without building a new operation.

You have demand pulling you into a new market — customers, partners, or pressure. What you don’t have is the entity, banking, payments and in-market presence to capture it. FT3 is already operating in the markets you want to enter. Use us as your commercial extension.

International businesses entering the US
Your customers are American. Your prospects are American. But banks, processors and platforms keep filtering you out. FT3 is your US arm — entity, banking, payments, in-market commercial presence. You land. We make sure you stay landed.
US businesses & service providers expanding internationally
You’ve cracked the US — or your clients have. Brazil, Singapore, the Netherlands, Mexico are the next chapters. FT3 is your international arm — the local entity set up, banking opened, the local payment methods integrated, the in-market sales channels and distribution partners in place. One playbook, every market.
Companies expanding to new corridors
One international operation already running. Now you need a second, and a third. Each market is its own setup. We’ve already built it — plug into our operational stack instead of repeating the painful build twice.

Differentiate your offering.
Deepen relationships.
Win the next one.

Your clients are asking for capabilities you don’t offer yet — entering the US, expanding internationally, getting their entity and banking right. The answer can’t be “not our scope.” That’s how relationships cap and competitors take share.

FT3 gives you a strategic capability you don’t have to build.

Differentiate
Offer what competitors can’t.
Add international expansion, entity, banking, and compliance capabilities to your offering, without staffing a team to build them.
Deepen
Grow relationships further.
Help existing clients scale across borders — before someone else does. You keep the relationship and the ongoing revenue from their growth.
Win
Close deals you’d lose.
When a prospect needs structure, banking, or readiness you can’t deliver alone, FT3 handles it — and routes them back to you onboarding-ready.
We carry the complexity.
You keep the client.

The arrangement is reciprocal and protective. You bring clients who need capabilities beyond your scope. We deliver them — entity formation, banking, compliance posture, in-market presence, payments coordination — and route the client back to you for ongoing service. No competing for the merchant relationship. No dilution of account ownership. Just expanded capability and deeper client value.

Built for acquirers, payout platforms, banking-as-a-service providers, and cross-border banks competing for clients with global ambitions.

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New revenue.
Not new overhead.

Each engagement is scoped to what your business actually needs. Some partners use FT3 for the full stack. Others plug in just the pieces they’re missing, without staffing up to deliver them.

Entity & banking
US LLC/C-Corp or international entity. Banking opened, vetted, and seasoned with the right narrative for underwriting.
Payments infrastructure
Multi-acquirer, multi-currency, local payment methods that matter in your market. Treasury, FX and payout flows included.
Compliance & regulation
KYB, KYC, AML, tax nexus, cross-border data. The compliance story your regulator, bank and board need to see.
In-market commercial presence
Sales channel design, distribution partners, local commercial representation. The mechanics of revenue actually showing up.
Operational coordination
One accountable team across vendors, banks, regulators. Fraud and chargeback strategy integrated, not bolted on.
Strategic guidance
Operator-led decisions from people who’ve done this work — not analyst-led from people who’ve studied it. Under your brand or ours.
In practice — commercial arm

A US company engaged FT3 to enter the Canadian market. As their commercial arm in-market, FT3 guided them through securing the money transmitter license (MTL), built the go-to-market launch strategy, and stood up the in-market resources to operate, so they entered a new country without building a Canadian operation of their own.

Conversation to live operation.
In weeks.

Discovery call

You bring the situation, we bring honest read. We tell you whether we can help, what it would look like, and what it would cost — before any work begins.

Scope & engagement

We agree on what you need us to run, which markets, what success looks like, and how we operate — under your brand or ours. Scope confirmed in writing.

Stand up the operation

Entity, banking, payments, compliance, commercial presence. The operational backbone goes live in weeks — coordinated end to end by one accountable team.

Serve customers, scale

You serve the customers in the new market, we keep the plumbing running. Reviews, optimization, and expansion to additional markets as you’re ready.

Common questions
from prospective partners

Have a more specific question? Book a discovery call with our team.

What does “commercial extension” actually mean? +
FT3 operates as your commercial arm in markets where we already have entity, banking, payments, partners and people. You bring the customers and the product; we handle the operational layer — entity, banking, payments, compliance, in-market sales support, distribution. Under your brand or ours, depending on what fits your business.
Is this a partnership or a service? +
Both, depending on the model. For most commercial extensions it’s a structured engagement — scoped scope, defined deliverables, clear economics. For PSPs, banks, and payout providers, it’s a reciprocal partner relationship. For ISVs and platforms, white-label or API. The discovery call clarifies which fits your situation.
How long does it take to be operational? +
Most commercial extensions go live in weeks, not months. Entity formation typically 7–21 days. Banking 2–6 weeks. Payment infrastructure ready alongside. Full commercial operation including in-market presence runs 4–12 weeks depending on scope and market. We give you a realistic timeline on the discovery call — not a sales pitch.
What does it cost? +
Engagements vary by scope, markets, and the depth of operational support you need. Entry-level engagements start around the FT3 Launch tier; full commercial extension engagements scope up from there. Every engagement starts with a free discovery call and a written scope and fee before any work begins. No surprises.
Will FT3 compete with my business for the customer? +
No. FT3 is the operational layer behind your business. Under white-label arrangements, your customers see your brand, not ours. Under co-branded or referral arrangements, we’re explicit about who owns the customer relationship. We protect the relationship — that’s the whole point of the model.
Which industries do you support? +
SaaS, fintech, marketplaces, digital media, online travel, B2B services, cross-border retail. Including complex, high-volume, and regulated industries. Cross-border and merchant models other providers reject are our sweet spot — we’ve operated across all of it.

Beyond commercial extension.

Some partners don’t need us to run their operation. They want to send business our way, embed our platform, or tap our expertise to fill a gap. Three clean models.

Referral partners

For PSPs, banks, accountants, attorneys, VCs, and consultants who serve internationally-minded clients. Refer business to FT3 and earn revenue share on engagements that close. No technical setup, no operational lift.

  • Revenue share on every engagement that closes
  • You keep the client relationship
  • No exclusivity, no minimums
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White-label & Platform API

For ISVs, SaaS platforms, marketplaces, and fintechs who want to embed FT3 Pay’s capabilities into their own product. Your brand, your customer experience, our infrastructure behind it.

  • Fully white-labeled — your brand only
  • API integration with developer support
  • Volume-based commercial economics
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Advisory & bridge

For ERP, fintech and ISV platforms operating internationally but hitting gaps — PSP integrations that miss markets, coverage your team can’t fully deliver. FT3 brings the cross-border payments expertise you don’t have in-house.

  • Fill PSP & market-coverage gaps, without building the expertise
  • Operator-led domain expertise, via FT3 Nexus
  • Your platform, your customer — we’re the specialists behind it
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In practice — joint referral

A large US payment provider had a customer expanding its online store into Europe. Rather than build the cross-border capability itself, it brought FT3 in alongside — a simple joint referral, nothing to integrate. FT3 set up the customer’s online payments across six markets in Europe and Africa: the right local payment methods, a localized checkout, and compliance support for a regulated industry. The provider kept the relationship, deepened the account, and added revenue, without building new technology or hiring a cross-border team.

In practice — advisory & bridge

Take a global ERP platform — its built-in payment integrations reach many markets, but hit gaps in others as customers expand: local methods missing, approval rates low, no in-market settlement. Payments across borders isn’t the platform’s core discipline — it’s FT3’s. FT3 brings the cross-border payments domain expertise to bridge those gaps behind the product, so its customers get a complete experience, and the platform keeps the relationship.

Ready to extend your operation —
without building a new one?

Book a discovery call. We’ll listen, ask honest questions, and tell you whether FT3 is the right fit for what you’re trying to do — before anything else.

Further reading from FT3 Insights
How Payment Orchestration Reduces Declines Expand Internationally Without Rebuilding Your Stack What to Look for in a Global Expansion Partner
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