Market Reality, Power Structures, and the Future of PaymentsExecutive SummaryStripe’s dominance in online payments is often misunderstood as a technology advantage. In reality, Stripe’s strength lies in...
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Category - Payment Gateways
Integrated Payment Partners
Recently, I spoke with a software developer who needed a payment processing solution for his software. It wasn’t the first time I received such a question, and I know it won’t be the last. So, I decided to write an...
Pax is the best way to go Semi-Integrated
And the winner is PaxI 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 worked for Pax...
Payguardian SDK integration
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...
PayGuardian Cloud Integration
A little historyOver 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 liability shift of...
Online Order options for restaurants
Restaurants are undoubtedly amongst the hardest hit businesses during COVID shutdowns and lockdowns.I reached out to many friends in the industry. It was disheartening to hear from them how the efforts of many years of...
Credit Card Processing Companies and Transparency
The Elephant in the roomWhat I have discussed in this article is a genuine case of the Elephant in the room. Unless you are very new in the payment processing industry (your first few weeks), otherwise you know that...
WordPress and Accepting payments
WordPress has become the most popular platform for building websites, thanks to a large number of independent developers who have created a wealth of plugins and add-ons for WordPress. Today, WordPress is a formidable...
So, you want to build a restaurant POS
I have been on the front and center of the POS design, development, marketing, and sale for close to two decades.Point Of Sale software applications are sophisticated, ever-changing, and require constant development and...
Hosted Payments – HPP vs HPF
Hosted PaymentsWhen 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...
Transaction Types in Authorize.Net
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...