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wiSource: An Innovation Think Tank for Leading Executives

Since 2009, wiSource has operated as a pioneering think tank and one of North America’s leading collaborative platforms in payments and enterprise innovation.

wiSource Ventures™

At wiSource Ventures, our mandate extends beyond traditional investment; we actively seek and co-develop transformative technologies that redefine the payments landscape. Our team identifies emerging opportunities where innovation, scalability, and market demand intersect, focusing on solutions that strengthen the global financial ecosystem. This includes advancing next-generation blockchain-based payment rails that enable faster, more transparent, and cost-efficient settlements, as well as developing AI-driven systems that automate complex and labor-intensive functions such as fraud detection, dispute resolution, and chargeback management. By merging deep domain expertise with technical innovation, wiSource Ventures not only enhances operational efficiency but also fosters the creation of resilient, intelligent payment infrastructures designed to meet the evolving demands of digital commerce.

A Platform for Strategic Innovation

Built on an invitation-only executive network, wiSource engineers collaboration between global financial executives, technologists, and investors to design and refine next-generation systems that set new standards for speed, compliance, and efficiency in payment acceptance.

Through this ecosystem, wiSource Ventures emerged as the group’s investment and commercialization arm, dedicated to transforming early-stage payment technologies into market-ready, scalable enterprises. wiSource Ventures identifies breakthrough innovations incubated within our Labs, invests in their growth, and guides them through the critical stages of industry adoption.

From Concept to Market Leadership

At wiSource, our “Labs” serve as the engine of technological innovation. The Payments Lab, established in 2012, focuses on investing in and co-developing emerging payment technologies, then, through wiSource Ventures, helping position those technologies early in their lifecycle for strategic partnerships, enterprise deployment, and eventual market leadership.

Today, platforms born within The Payments Lab collectively manage nearly $4 billion in annual transaction volume, a testament to our commitment to identifying and scaling transformative solutions that deliver measurable value to merchants, processors, and financial institutions.

The wiSource Ventures Model

wiSource Ventures operates at the intersection of innovation, investment, and industry access.
Our approach includes:

  • Strategic Investment: Providing early capital and guidance to promising payment technologies.
  • Co-Development Support: Leveraging wiSource Labs’ technical and compliance expertise to refine product architecture.
  • Market Access: Utilizing our exclusive executive network to secure enterprise clients and accelerate adoption.
  • Exit Path Optimization: Structuring partnerships and acquisitions that reward both innovation and scalability.

This model has allowed wiSource Ventures to serve as a catalyst for innovation—bridging the gap between early-stage technology and global industry implementation.

Portfolio Highlights

CenPOS® Gateway

wiSource played a pivotal role in the creation of the CenPOS Gateway, a centralized enterprise payment platform initially designed for the automotive sector. Our team helped define the product’s architecture, secure its first enterprise clients, and execute early pilot programs that propelled it to over 60% market share before its acquisition by U.S. Bank.

This success exemplifies the wiSource Ventures model: combining strategic foresight, technical development, and network influence to scale a technology from concept to industry acquisition.

CardX­® Platform

wiSource Ventures also contributed to the evolution of CardX, a groundbreaking solution for compliant credit card surcharging. Partnering directly with founder Jonathan Razi, our Payments Lab team helped enhance the platform’s infrastructure, expand enterprise functionality, and secure its earliest major accounts.

These strategic enhancements positioned CardX for rapid adoption and long-term success, ultimately leading to its acquisition by Stax, one of the fastest-growing payment processors in the United States.

Strictly® Payment Gateway

Today, wiSource Ventures is actively supporting the growth of Strictly, a next-generation, EMV-certified omni-channel payment gateway developed in close collaboration with the Strictly founders and technical team.

Strictly represents the pinnacle of modern payment architecture—delivering real-time reconciliation, automated compliance frameworks, and enterprise-grade surcharging capabilities across all channels. Our lab continues to strengthen its architecture, onboard large national merchants, and benchmark performance against the industry’s most advanced systems.

Through the wiSource Think Tank, we have introduced multiple flagship clients to accelerate adoption, establishing Strictly as one of the most advanced and merchant-friendly payment acceptance gateways in the market today.

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