Why Smart ISOs Don’t Get Locked In | Build Optionality Into Your Payments Stack with NMI | PEP069

NMI’s message is clear: you don’t need to lock into a single processor or bank to scale. With modular tools and real-time control over key systems, ISOs, PayFacs, and software platforms can adapt faster, negotiate stronger, and retain full ownership of their merchant relationships.

Whether you're building a payments stack from scratch or optimizing your current setup, this conversation offers concrete strategies for preserving optionality, tightening operations, and future-proofing your tech.

Payments Shouldn’t Feel Like a Marriage You Can’t Leave
Featuring: Rob Hoblit, CRO at NMI (https://www.nmi.com/)
Hosts: James Huber (Managing Partner) and Jeremy Stock (Podcast Producer)
📍 Presented by Global Legal Law Firm

In this episode:
We sit down with Rob Hoblit, Chief Revenue Officer of NMI, to explore how payments infrastructure can stay flexible, modular, and future-ready—without locking you into a single processor or bank. Whether you're an ISO, PayFac, or software platform, this conversation covers what it takes to stay in control of your merchant relationships while building toward scale and valuation.

🔥 Topics Covered:

NMI’s evolution from gateway to full-stack modular platform

Tools like Merchant Central, ScanX, and network tokenization

Transparency in residuals, reporting, and onboarding

ISO strategy for 500+ MIDs vs. vertical SaaS exits

Why modular architecture = optionality, higher valuation, lower risk

💡 Who Should Watch:

ISOs and agents building long-term book value

SaaS leaders looking to monetize payments without replatforming

Processors and PayFacs aiming to offer a stickier, flexible solution

Fintech developers needing smarter merchant onboarding and oversight

📊 Takeaway:
Optionality isn’t just nice to have—it’s the strategy.
Start with flexibility. Grow with transparency. Scale with control.

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**Matters discussed are all opinions and do not constitute legal advice. All events or likeness to real people and events is a coincidence.**

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