Approving high-risk merchants right now

Payments that never go dark.

High-approval, redundant processing for the industries banks turn away — cannabis, CBD, THCA, hemp, nicotine, sweepstakes, gaming, peptides and beyond. Intelligent routing keeps your good sales flowing.

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Why Spectrum

Built for the merchants everyone else declines

Generalist processors treat high-risk as an afterthought. We were built for it — with the approvals, redundancy and support to prove it.

Approvals that hold

Underwriting built for high-risk categories, not against them — so approvals stick instead of churning.

Redundant routing

Your checkout runs across multiple paths. One goes down, traffic reroutes instantly. You never go dark.

Lower compliance cost

A direct compliance partnership means eligible merchants pay roughly half the usual monitoring cost.

Every way to pay

Card-present, online, delivery, recurring and modern digital wallets — all under one relationship.

Clarity, not surprises

Transparent settlement and pricing you can actually plan around. No mystery holds or reserves.

A real specialist

You get a dedicated high-risk expert on your side — not a ticket lost in a generalist queue.

Flexible solutions

One relationship. Every way to get paid.

Being down for a week can be devastating. We build redundancy in from day one — so if one method tightens, your revenue keeps moving through another.

Credit & Debit Cards

All major networks, placed with acquiring banks that understand high-risk — no risky work-arounds.

Apple Pay, Google Pay & Cash App

One-tap digital wallets built into checkout for a fast, familiar experience that lifts conversion.

ACH & eCheck

Lower-cost bank debits for recurring and high-ticket orders — plus a resilient fallback when card volume needs a backup.

Crypto

Digital-asset checkout for global, chargeback-resistant payments alongside your cards.

New

NFT Payment Solution

An innovative NFT-based payment option that gives your store another compliant, resilient way to collect.

Offshore & Recurring

Offshore acquiring plus structured recurring and high-ticket support, so a single decision can never take you fully dark.

If it's legal, we'll find a way. Tell us about your business and we'll map the right mix.

See the product

A merchant portal that shows you everything

Real-time volume, approval health and settlement — the clarity high-risk merchants almost never get.

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  • Card-presentjust now+$4,280
  • Online checkout2s ago+$1,915
  • Recurring9s ago+$640
  • Digital wallet14s ago+$2,470
Integrations

Live on your stack in three ways

However your store is built, there's a path to go live fast — let our team do it in under 30 minutes, drop in our plugin, or connect over our API.

Recommended

We integrate it for you

Our technical team completes the full integration for you. Share admin access to your store and we handle the rest — the fastest path to live.

Under 30 minutes

Plugin

WordPress, WooCommerce & Shopify

Add our plugin to your store and start accepting payments right inside your existing checkout. Prefer hands-off? Our team installs and configures it for you.

Self-install or managed

Developer

Custom website & API

Building on a custom stack? Your developers integrate directly using our API, with our engineers supporting you the whole way to launch.

Developer-friendly

Embedded checkout

Keep buyers on your own store with payments built right into your existing checkout — seamless and on-brand. The most popular choice.

Hosted checkout

Send buyers to our secure, localized checkout with prices in their own currency, then back to your store once payment completes.

Payouts & reporting

Get paid on time, with full visibility

Transparent payouts and a real-time dashboard keep you in control of your revenue — and same-day onboarding gets you live fast.

Predictable payouts

Clear eligibility with no guesswork — funds become payable once an order is fulfilled and dispute-free, so you always know where your money stands.

Real-time dashboard

Approvals, volume, chargebacks and deposits in one live view — see how your business is performing the moment it happens.

Reconciliation-ready reporting

Downloadable statements and exports that line up cleanly with your books, so month-end close is quick and painless.

Fast onboarding

Same-day approval and integration — connect your store and start accepting payments right away, not weeks from now.

Global coverage

Reach customers anywhere, stay online everywhere

Sell across borders with local-friendly acquiring and routing that keeps approval rates high — engineered so your business keeps processing no matter what.

Multi-acquirer routing

Volume is spread across multiple acquiring banks, so a single decline reason or bank decision never stops your revenue.

Smart decline recovery

Recoverable declines and out-of-date cards are handled behind the scenes, so sales that would otherwise be lost still go through.

Compliance-first risk

A dedicated team monitors chargebacks and risk so your accounts stay healthy and open, not frozen.

Built-in redundancy

Cards, ACH, eCheck, crypto, and offshore run in parallel — real backups, not a single point of failure.

170+
Countries
14+
Acquiring banks
Multi
Currency support
Approval odds

How likely are you to get approved?

Answer three questions for an instant estimate — then get a real plan from a specialist.

Estimate your approval odds

Three quick answers. No credit pull, no commitment.

Industries

We process virtually everything high-risk

If a bank turned you away, there's a strong chance we can get you live.

vs. aggregators

Why merchants leave the aggregators

One-size-fits-all platforms weren't made for high-risk. The difference shows up fast.

The difference
Spectrum
Aggregators
Built for high-risk from day one
Approvals engineered to hold, not churn
Redundant routing so you never go dark
Direct compliance partnership at reduced cost
A dedicated specialist, not a ticket queue
Sudden account freezes without warning
Held funds and surprise reserves
How it works

From application to approved

A clear path from first hello to live payments — with a specialist alongside you the whole way.

01

Pre-qualify

Apply or reach out — no cost and no credit pull to pre-qualify. Your information stays private and is never shared with third parties.

02

Underwrite

We match your business with the right payment methods and banking partners for your vertical — coded honestly and built to last.

03

Get compliant

We review your site against the requirements and help you close any gaps before submission, so approval holds up under scrutiny.

04

Go live

Approved and set up across cards, ACH, eCheck, crypto and offshore — with a dedicated specialist on standby as you scale.

Direct certification partner

Want to go fully legit? We guide you through it.

For card-not-present merchants in regulated categories, certification is effectively the key to durable, wide-open processing. Through our direct partnership we fast-track your certification at half the standard cost — with far less friction than going it alone.

50% offcertification cost
Start your certification path

What certification requires

  • Only permissible substances, sold through a valid, compliant relationship
  • Licensed partners and documented regulatory compliance
  • No unverified clinical, anti-aging or performance claims on your site
  • Full disclosure of business affiliates, owners and every domain you operate

Not everything qualifies. We review your catalog honestly up front, so you never waste time on an application that can't pass — and we map the cleanest route for the products that can.

FAQ

Questions, answered

Cannabis, CBD, THCA, hemp, nicotine and vape, sweepstakes, gaming, peptides and virtually any other high-risk category. If a generalist processor turned you away, we're built for exactly that.

Most merchants get a decision within 24 hours of a complete application. A dedicated specialist walks you through the fastest path for your category.

Your checkout runs on redundant paths. If one path has an issue, traffic reroutes instantly so good sales keep going through — you don't lose revenue to a single point of failure.

We hold a direct compliance partnership, so eligible merchants get monitoring and registration at roughly half the cost you'd pay going it alone.

Yes. A prior termination is common in high-risk and is not a dealbreaker. We specialize in getting previously shut-off merchants back online.

Both — online checkout, in-store card-present, delivery, recurring billing and modern digital wallets, all under one relationship.

Ready to get approved?

Tell us about your business. A high-risk specialist will map the fastest path to live payments.