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Jaris Launches Merchant Onboarding for Dart Bank, JustiFi and Aurora
New onboarding suite combines payment processing, lending, and banking services into a single merchant application, now live with three major partners
Mar. 12, 2026 at 6:05pm
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Jaris, a leading embedded finance platform for payment companies, has announced the official launch of its merchant onboarding solution. This enterprise-grade suite is now live for major partners including Dart Bank (via WestTown Payments), JustiFi, and Aurora Payments, providing a frictionless path for merchants to access a full financial ecosystem.
Why it matters
In an industry where merchant acquisition is often slowed by fragmented systems, Jaris is redefining the standard by combining payment processing with embedded lending, instant payouts, and banking services into one seamless experience, helping partners drive growth and reduce risk.
The details
The Jaris onboarding engine integrates deep automation and AI to move merchants from application to activation in record time, with features like seamless multi-product enrollment, intelligent underwriting, end-to-end process visibility, seamless KYB/KYC, and rapid error correction. This has transformed how traditional financial institutions like Dart Bank and fintech platforms like JustiFi serve small businesses, driving higher conversion rates through simplicity and improving risk management workflows for payment processors like Aurora Payments.
- Jaris announced the official launch of its merchant onboarding solution on March 12, 2026.
The players
Jaris
A leading embedded finance platform and technology service provider that empowers payments and software companies to launch personalized financial products for their small and medium-sized business (SMB) customers.
Dart Bank
A Michigan-based financial institution committed to providing innovative banking solutions while maintaining the personal connections that define a true community bank.
JustiFi
The embedded fintech platform built for software platforms and franchise networks serving the SMBs communities depend on.
Aurora Payments
A full-service payments provider delivering the financial infrastructure that powers embedded commerce for small and medium-sized businesses and the software platforms that serve them.
Chris Aristides
Founder and CEO of Jaris.
What they’re saying
“We are excited to offer a modern solution that simplifies how banks, processors, and platforms interact with merchants. By combining payment processing with embedded lending, instant payouts, and banking services into one seamless experience, we help partners drive growth and reduce risk in the most frictionless way possible.”
— Chris Aristides, Founder and CEO of Jaris
“We chose Jaris because they share our commitment to innovation and merchant success. The challenge of manual underwriting is the delay it creates for small businesses. Jaris solved this for us by providing a bank-approved, automated process that maintains our high compliance standards while delivering the speed today's merchants expect.”
— Tom Lineen, President of Dart Bank
“Our goal at JustiFi is to remove every ounce of friction or frustration from the SMB experience when applying for or using any financial products within our Partner Platforms, and Jaris is instrumental in that mission. The key benefit of this onboarding suite is the 'all-in-one' simplicity. By condensing complex applications into a short, smart, simple user flow, we're helping our partners deliver a better experience for their customers while achieving higher adoption and much stronger activation rates from day one.”
— Casey Kipfer, Chief Fintech Officer at JustiFi
“In the payments industry, the speed of risk assessment is a major competitive advantage. The automated KYB/KYC and AI underwriting from Jaris have transformed our workflow. The platform eliminates the traditional back-and-forth of error correction, allowing us to onboard merchants with confidence and get them processing faster than ever before.”
— Alan Gibbon, SVP of Risk Management at Aurora Payments
The takeaway
Jaris' new merchant onboarding solution is revolutionizing how financial institutions, fintech platforms, and payment processors interact with small and medium-sized businesses, providing a seamless, automated, and compliant way to access a full suite of financial services and drive higher conversion and adoption rates.
