iATS Payments

Name

iATS Payments

Legal name

iATS Payments

Website

https://home.iatspayments.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

iATS Payments is a Vancouver-based payment processing and donation technology provider built exclusively for nonprofit organizations. It generates revenue via transaction fees on donation and recurring payment processing, and now operates as Deluxe Merchant Services following acquisition by Deluxe Corporation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Nonprofit Payment Processing

NAICS

Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities (522320)

akta.pro primary industry

Integrated Payment Processors (PSP/Acquirer) (FSAMABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Recurring Billing, Subscriptions & Tokenized Payments (CRAFALAH), Payment Processing & Acquiring Infrastructure (FSAGABAC)

Keywords

• Nonprofit payment processing
• Donation technology
• Merchant services
• Recurring donation management
• PCI-compliant transactions

Headquarters

HQ city

Vancouver

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Payment Processing Services: Transaction-based payment processing fees for nonprofit organizations. The company provides payment processing infrastructure and donation technology, generating revenue through transaction fees for processing donations and payments on behalf of nonprofit clients.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

iATS Payments is an integrated payment processing partner built exclusively for nonprofits, providing secure payment and donation processing, PCI compliance, fraud protection, and recurring payment capabilities. The company is uniting with Deluxe and rebranding as Deluxe Merchant Services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• iATS Payments (becoming Deluxe Merchant Services) Payment processing and donation technology solutions tailored for nonprofit organizations, offering secure payment processing, PCI compliance, fraud protection, and recurring payment capabilities.

Quantifiable outcome

• Seamless transition to new brand while maintaining same services, products, and pricing

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Deluxe CorporationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAfter years of collaboration, iATS Payments is fully uniting with Deluxe Corporation under the new brand Deluxe Merchant Services. The merger combines iATS's nonprofit donation technology expertise with Deluxe's broader networks and resources, bringing best donation technology to nonprofits. Services, products, and pricing remain the same while the dedicated team continues to provide support.

Scale indicators2 records

Direct peers

• Donorbox: Donorbox is a donation-focused platform built specifically for nonprofits, offering recurring giving, CRM integrations, and PCI-compliant payment processing — a direct competitor to iATS in the same nonprofit donation-technology niche.
• Givebutter: Givebutter is a nonprofit fundraising and donation platform with recurring giving, event ticketing, and payment processing — closely overlapping iATS' donation technology and nonprofit vertical focus.
• Funraise: Funraise is a nonprofit fundraising platform offering donation forms, recurring giving, CRM/P2P integrations, and PCI-compliant processing — directly comparable to iATS in serving mid-market and enterprise nonprofits.
• Qgiv: Qgiv is a donation and event registration platform for nonprofits with recurring giving, peer-to-peer fundraising, and payment processing — a long-standing direct peer to iATS in nonprofit donation technology.
• Network for Good: Network for Good provides donation processing, fundraising software, and donor management tools for small and mid-sized nonprofits — directly comparable to iATS' integrated nonprofit payments and CRM-adjacent offering.

Broad incumbents

• Blackbaud: Blackbaud is a large incumbent in nonprofit software (CRM, fundraising, financials) with embedded payment processing for nonprofits. It competes with iATS in donation processing but as part of a much broader enterprise nonprofit suite.
• Stripe: Stripe is a leading horizontal payment processor with explicit nonprofit/charity programs (reduced-fee processing, tax-receipt tooling) and developer-grade APIs. It competes with iATS in nonprofit payments but treats the vertical as one of many.
• PayPal: PayPal is a broad payment incumbent with PayPal Giving Fund and discounted nonprofit processing — a competitor to iATS in nonprofit donation acceptance, but operating across consumer, SMB, and enterprise merchants.
• Block (Square): Square (Block) provides integrated payment processing widely used by small nonprofits and charities, competing with iATS on donation card-present and online transactions while serving a much broader SMB base.

Emerging players

• CauseVox: CauseVox is a smaller nonprofit fundraising and donation platform with recurring giving and peer-to-peer features — an emerging, partial-overlap competitor to iATS in the same donation-tech niche.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/iATSPayments

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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