Adult is the canonical high-risk vertical. Visa's IVCP (Integrity Verification for Content Providers — formerly known by its 2021 incarnation) and the post-Mindgeek enforcement environment mean acquirers will only touch adult merchants with documented age verification, content moderation, consent records, and CB controls.
We match cams, dating, paid VOD, fan platforms, AI companion services and creator subscription products. We introduce you to acquirers that will quote MCC 5967 with realistic reserves — not just gateways that will let you integrate and freeze you 60 days later.
ApexPay FZ-LLC is a payments consultancy — we introduce merchants to licensed acquirers, gateways and alert networks, and we do not process payments or hold funds.
Acquirers that will actually underwrite adult content
Most 'high-risk' PSPs marketed online are aggregators routing into one or two adult-friendly acquirers. ApexPay is wired into specialist adult acquirers across the US, EU, UK and offshore jurisdictions — including banks that took on Pornhub/Mindgeek-displaced merchants when mainstream PSPs withdrew.
Compliance you actually need to operate
Documented 2257 record-keeping (US merchants).
Age and consent verification (Yoti, Veriff, Persona) with auditable logs per upload.
Content moderation pipeline — hash-matching against NCMEC and known CSAM datasets.
Clear DMCA + content removal SLA published on the site.
Visa IVCP attestation and annual renewal where applicable.
Chargeback control in adult — the only thing that matters long-term
Adult chargeback drivers are predictable: friendly fraud ("I didn't authorise that subscription"), spousal disputes, cancelled-but-billed loops, and 'service not as described'. Keeping CB ratio under 0.9% requires descriptor clarity, mid-cycle reminder emails, frictionless cancellation, Ethoca/Verifi alerts and proactive refunds for first-time disputes.
Subscription billing tuned for adult
We support trial-to-paid conversion, pause/resume, prorated upgrades, dynamic 3DS, multi-currency display and account updater. Recurring billing flags (rebills > 2× initial transaction, free-trial-to-charge) are pre-flighted with the issuer to keep authorisation rates above 80%.
Frequently asked questions
Can you process for cams and live streaming with tipping?
Yes — cams, tipping, private shows, token wallets and recurring memberships. We handle the high-frequency micro-transaction profile that breaks generic gateways.
Do you accept merchants previously processed by CCBill, Segpay or RocketGate?
Yes. We routinely help merchants migrate off legacy adult PSPs to capture lower fees, faster settlement and better cascading. See our CCBill, Segpay, RocketGate and Vendo alternative pages.
What about AI-generated adult content / AI companions?
Underwritten case-by-case. AI companion platforms have a dedicated path — see our AI companion payment processing page for the specific compliance and CB controls we require.
Will you process for OnlyFans-style creator platforms?
Yes, provided you have creator KYC, content moderation, payout reconciliation and geo-blocking for restricted regions. We've matched multiple creator-platform marketplaces.
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Adult, AI companion, subscription, high-chargeback merchants — vertical-specific underwriting.