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Authorize.Net is NOT a Payment Processor

February 14th, 2023

One of the biggest misconceptions out there right now is that Authorize.Net is a payment processor. Often times I will hear or read about someone who is looking for a new payment processor and a common answer is, “try Paypal or Authorize.Net”. While I am sure Authorize.Net is thrilled that they are so commonly considered [...]

Authorize.Net Launches Recurring Billing API

February 8th, 2023

Today Authorize.Net released their API for their recurring billing feature of their payment gateway. This feature has been eagerly awaited by businesses who wish to automate the process of establishing recurring billing accounts without having to manually set up each account or, even more importantly, did not want to store credit card information of their [...]

An Example Of Why Merchants Find It Hard To Get Good Information

January 30th, 2023

While aimless wandering the Internet I stumbled upon a brief article that titled, “Shopping for a Payment Gateway and Merchant Account“. Seemed like another harmless attempt to explain the basics of accepting credit cards over the Internet that reiterated the basics that are pretty available from any website related to the topic. It started off [...]

Major Third Party Processor No Longer Accepts MasterCard

January 19th, 2023

CCAvenue, one of the larger third party processors, has lost its ability to process MasterCard credit card payments. At least temporarily. Below is the notification they have sent to their merchants: Dear Merchant, For over 5 years, CCAvenue has been striving hard to get you the best of payments facilities and technologies that are available. [...]

High Assurance SSL Certificates Make Their Debut

January 13th, 2023

As previously mention in our blog new high assurance SSL certificates have made their debut. If you visit Entrust’s home page in Internet Explorer 7 you will see the address bar turn green. As mention in our original blog post these new SSL certificates will be expensive. Entrust sells theirs for $99. Verisign is offering [...]