This guide provides an overview of the services and capabilities offered by the Interlace Acquiring-as-a-Service (AaaS) API. It helps developers integrate by outlining the required workflows, requests, and responses.

Acquiring Capabilities

Interlace Acquiring enables merchants to accept online payments and manage payment processing and settlement across web and mobile payment scenarios.

The service supports both:

Fiat Acquiring — Accept payments in fiat currencies.
Stablecoin Acquiring — Accept payments in supported stablecoins (USDC and USDT).

Start Integration

Choose an option to integrate with the Acquiring API.

API-ONLY

Integrate directly with Interlace through a server-to-server connection.
This option provides full control over the payment flow and user experience.

Iframe

Embed our JS SDK into your website to securely collect payment details and process transactions
without redirecting users to another page.

Checkout

Get started quickly with a hosted checkout experience that can be integrated using just a few lines of code.

Features and Capabilities

The table below outlines the key features of each integration option to help you evaluate the available approaches.

Integration Option	API-ONLY	Iframe	Checkout
Integration Effort	+++	++	+
PCI Compliance Requirement	AOC (PCI DSS)	SAQ-A	Not Required
Merchant-side Traffic Control	Yes	Yes	No