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PYMNTS
Paysafe Teams With FastSpring on Merchant of Record Solution
WHAT HAPPENED
PYMNTS reports that Paysafe and FastSpring launched a Merchant of Record service for digital businesses selling internationally, with an initial focus on gaming. Acting as legal seller of record, the service is intended to handle tax calculation, collection and remittance, payment localization, regional compliance and chargeback management while combining FastSpring's MoR role with Paysafe's payment infrastructure.
PUBLISHED August 26, 2026SOURCE PYMNTSLANE Cross-border market
KEY FIGURES
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Independent PYMNTS report based on statements from Paysafe and FastSpring. The launch and intended responsibilities are attributable to the companies; availability, adoption, pricing, volume and achieved outcomes are undisclosed and not independently verified.
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# Paysafe Teams With FastSpring on Merchant of Record Solution
> Evidence tier: B1
> Evidence type: Independent payments-trade report based on the companies' Merchant of Record launch announcement
> Source: [PYMNTS](https://www.pymnts.com/partnerships/2026/paysafe-teams-with-fastspring-on-merchant-of-record-solution)
> Published: 2026-08-26
> Captured: 2026-08-27T01:43:31.858Z
## Source summary
PYMNTS reports that Paysafe and FastSpring launched a Merchant of Record service for digital businesses selling internationally, with an initial focus on gaming. Acting as legal seller of record, the service is intended to handle tax calculation, collection and remittance, payment localization, regional compliance and chargeback management while combining FastSpring's MoR role with Paysafe's payment infrastructure.
## Why it matters
A Merchant of Record can remove legal-entity, tax and payment-localization work that otherwise slows entry into new markets. The report supports the launch and intended operating scope, but gives no exact country list, supported payment methods, client adoption, pricing, transaction volume, rollout timetable or independently measured market-entry and conversion improvement.
## Key numbers
No independently checkable key number was extracted from this report.
## Topics and entities
- Industry lane: Cross-border market
- Entities: Paysafe / FastSpring
- Cross-border payments
- Payment infrastructure
## Evidence and credibility note
Independent PYMNTS report based on statements from Paysafe and FastSpring. The launch and intended responsibilities are attributable to the companies; availability, adoption, pricing, volume and achieved outcomes are undisclosed and not independently verified.
Date evidence: Automatically verified from article:published_time: 2026-08-26T18:44:10+00:00
## First-party corroboration
No directly corresponding A1 company announcement is currently linked.
## Original-source traceback
[Open the original PYMNTS report](https://www.pymnts.com/partnerships/2026/paysafe-teams-with-fastspring-on-merchant-of-record-solution)
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