Company: EVCM
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001853145-25-000009
Chunk: 37

Company: EverCommerce Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-03-13
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 37
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 entered into agreements with certain payment processors, including Worldpay and PayPal, in order to enable our clients’ processing of credit, debit and prepaid card transactions through the card networks, such as Visa and MasterCard. Pursuant to these agreements with payment processors, we are registered with the card networks as an independent sales organization (“ISO”) of our sponsor bank(s) or as a payment facilitator(s), and are subject to the requirements of our bank sponsors, payment processors, as well as the card network rules and certain other obligations. The payment networks routinely update and modify requirements applicable to merchant acquirers (i.e., sponsor banks) which are passed through to third parties such as ISOs or payment facilitators like us, including rules regarding data integrity, third-party relationships (such as those with respect to bank sponsors and ISOs), merchant chargeback standards and the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (“PCI DSS”).

If we fail to comply with the applicable rules and requirements of the payment card networks, bank sponsors or payment processors, they could suspend or terminate our registration (with the payment networks) and/or terminate our ISO and/or payment facilitator agreements, which would make it impossible for us to conduct our business on its current scale. Further, our transaction processing abilities, including with respect to settlement processes, could be delayed or otherwise disrupted. As required by the PCI DSS (and the payment network rules), we may be required to submit to periodic third-party audits, self-assessments or other assurances of our compliance with the PCI DSS. Such reviews and audits may reveal that we have failed to comply with the PCI DSS (which could subject us to fines and penalties by the payment card networks). In addition, even if we comply with the PCI DSS, there is no assurance that we will be protected from a security breach. Our contracts with payment processors, including Worldpay and PayPal, include standard confidentiality, indemnification and data protection obligations, among others. Our contracts with Worldpay and PayPal provide for certain termination events, such as material breach, and are subject to automatic annual renewal unless terminated by either party upon prior notice or for cause. The termination of our registration with the payment networks or our agreements with the payment processors, or any changes in payment network, payment processor or issuer rules that limit our ability to provide merchant services, could have an adverse effect on our payment processing volumes, revenues and operating costs. If we are unable to comply with the requirements applicable to our obligations under the payment networks rules or payment processor agreements, the