Ascent Payment Solutions

What problem does Ascent Payment Solutions solve?

Vacation rental managers and alternative-lodging operators are often categorized as high-risk by mainstream payment processors, leading to elevated rates, chargeback disputes, and a lack of industry-specific support.

What does Ascent Payment Solutions do?

Ascent Payment Solutions is a US-based payment processing specialist founded in 2000 and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, focused on the vacation rental, corporate housing, campground, and independent lodging sectors, operating as a registered ISO/MSP of Elavon.

How does Ascent Payment Solutions work?

The core offering is card processing through an integrated gateway that connects directly with a broad range of vacation rental PMSs, including Barefoot, Hostaway, Streamline, Escapia, and Bookerville, removing manual reconciliation. Additional products include AscentPay buy-now-pay-later installments, AscentZeroCost surcharge compliance, ACH and e-check for owner and vendor disbursements, hosted payment pages for website booking, IDVerify EMV 3DS authentication to reduce chargeback liability, and cryptocurrency acceptance, with a gateway API available to lodging software developers.

Who is Ascent Payment Solutions for?

Vacation rental managers, corporate housing operators, campground and RV resort operators, independent hoteliers, and B&B owners in North America wanting a lodging-specialist payment processor with dedicated industry support.

• Type: Infrastructure
• Headquarters: Boulder, US
• Integrations: 16
• Key features: Payment Processing, Compliant Fee Surcharging, Worldclass Chargeback Support, Direct Booking Payment Options, Integrated Payment Gateways, Fraudulent Booking Identification

Listed on STR Market Map, the short-term-rental software marketplace.