I recently had a conversation with a software developer who was looking for a payment processing solution for his software and asked my opinion. It was not the first time I had been asked such a question and I...
And the winner is Pax I have finally made up my mind. I have picked the winner in the battle for the best devices to implement semi-integrated payment processing. This has nothing to do with the fact that I...
As the PinPad and terminal shortage continues to plague the payment industry, and in search of new PinPds that we could use with our payment API, I recently came across Pax Q30. Pax Q30 Q30 is a semi...
After successfully integrating into Payguardian Cloud, I decided to continue integrating into Payguradian SDK to deploy ID Tech devices. I chose ID-Tech Augusta for MSR and Chip processing. ID Tech Augusta...
A little history Over a decade ago when I was developing my POS software, I discovered BridgePay’s T-Gate, a gateway for both card-present and card-not-present transactions. The time was before the EMV...
Over the years, I have participated in many development projects where we could use a DLL (Dynamic Link Library) or use an API. This article will explain the differences between DLL and API, the pros and cons...
What’s an API A textbook definition of API is something like this: API stands for Application Programming Interface, a software interface that allows two applications to talk to each other. It defines the allowed...
Hosted Payments When you’re running a business where you receive payments in a manner that the physical card is not present, such as online payments and eCommerce, you need to figure out how to take payment from...
Background PHP, as it’s known today, is the successor to a product named PHP/FI. Created in 1994 by Rasmus Lerdorf, the very first incarnation of PHP was a simple set of Common Gateway Interface (CGI) binaries...
I recently participated in an exciting integration project in which we integrated into the Clearent Cloud-Based solution.In this article, I share with you some of the highlights of the project. About Clearent Clearent...
Authorize.Net is one of the leading payment gateways on the market. It almost provides all you need to process credit cards online and without a separate credit card machine.Authorize.Net supports most virtual shopping...
Learn how to pull data from an API. This tutorial covers API scraping concepts, challenges, and will walk you through creating your own Twitter API scraper. I’ve done a few projects that involve API scraping of some...
Developers often ask me the following question: Should I use a third-party API to build a semi-integrated solution for PAX or integrate directly? Let’s review each option and its pros and cons. 1- Direct Integration:...
Introduction Semi-integrated techniques have provided many opportunities for software developers to directly, and without using any third-party middleware or gateway, integrate their software to credit card processing...
Standalone vs Fully-Integrated vs Semi-Integrated Payment Solutions I have regularly been asked about the differences between payment processing terminals and payment integration methods, and the best, fastest and most...
Introduction EMV (Europay, MasterCard, and Visa) is a set of standards for the use of payment chip cards (those with an embedded microprocessor). The microprocessor within a payment chip card provides strong security...
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