Steel & Metal Service Centers
Very large tickets, commodity pricing and payment terms that move with the market.
Metal service centers invoice in amounts that break default processing limits, on margins set by commodity pricing. Underwriting, per-transaction caps and rail selection matter more here than almost anywhere else in B2B.
Industry payment challenges
- Invoices routinely exceeding default per-transaction caps.
- Commodity-driven margins that cannot absorb non-qualified interchange.
- Customers wanting card float on six-figure orders.
- Concentration risk from a small number of very large customers.
- Reserves imposed on high-volume accounts without explanation.
Relevant services
Modern card processing built around your business, not a template.
Learn moreLine-by-line statement work that removes real cost — not marketing math.
Learn morePayments wired into the systems that already run your business.
Learn moreA written, line-by-line analysis of what you actually pay for.
Learn moreCommon software integrations
Payment acceptance connected to the ERP where finance actually lives.
Learn morePayments that post themselves into your books.
Learn moreWhen a certified integration does not exist, we build one that behaves like it does.
Learn moreRecommended payment methods
- • ACH and wire for the largest invoices
- • Commercial cards where the customer insists, with Level 3
- • Deposits against mill orders
- • Scheduled progress payments
Reporting needs
- • Exposure by customer, for concentration risk.
- • Rail mix by invoice size.
- • Qualification on the card volume that remains.
Security considerations
- Card data tokenized in the gateway, never stored in the ERP or on a quote.
- Hosted payment fields so PCI scope stays with the gateway, not your AR desk.
- Role-based access so counter staff cannot see full card numbers or run refunds.
Implementation Process
- 1
Statement review
You send three months of statements and a sample invoice. We return a line-item breakdown of what is downgrading and what it costs per year.
- 2
Connector and field mapping
We map your invoice fields to the Level 3 data the card brands require, through your ERP connector rather than a virtual terminal.
- 3
Test and cut over
Test transactions confirm qualification before anything moves. Cutover happens between billing cycles.
- 4
Verify the first full month
We compare actual qualification rates against the projection and report the difference. If it did not land, we say so.
Related case studies
All case studies →Caps raised with underwriting; large invoices routed by cost.
Frequently asked questions
Can we take a six-figure payment by card?+
Sometimes, and it is an underwriting question rather than a gateway one. It also may not be in your interest - on an invoice that size ACH is usually dramatically cheaper.
Why did our processor impose a reserve?+
Usually ticket size, volume growth, or customer concentration. It is negotiable if the financials support it.
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