Payment Gateway Services

Payment Gateway Services makes it easy to compare payment gateway rates in a few simple steps. When merchant providers compete for your business, you get the best price. What is a payment gateway? A payment gateway is a payment service like Authorize.Net® which authorizes credit card payments for online businesses, e-businesses, retail merchants, m... obile merchants, and traditional brick and mortar stores. A payment gateway is responsible for facilitating and securing the authorization of payment data between the payment application (i.e., website, virtual terminal, POS system) and the merchant account or acquiring bank. To consolidate payment services, a merchant will typically set up a merchant service account and payment gateway in one process through the same company. Payment Gateway Services is a division of Point of Sale USA, an authorized reseller of Authorize.Net. Do You Need a Merchant Account? Yes. You need a merchant service account to accept credit cards, debit cards, and other types of e-payments. Authorize.Net in the USA and Canada works as a merchant account provider and as a payment gateway, giving you the best of both words for payment integration based on your business needs. For instance, if you already have a merchant account with another provider but need to accept payments through your website, you may only need to sign up for a gateway to accept payments. However, if you need a new virtual merchant account, its better to get the merchant account and payment gateway through the same provider, so youre not paying additional transaction and gateway fees.Read More