**The problem it solves** 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 Ascent Payment Solutions does** 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 it works** 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 it's 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.
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