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How to Choose the Right Payment Gateway: Strategies and Tips for Payment Gateway Comparison

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TL;DR Payment gateways securely capture and transmit customer payment data to processors, enabling businesses to accept various payment methods both online and in-store. Gateways vs. processors: Gateways handle data capture and encryption; processors move funds between banks. Some providers bundle both services.

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The Complete Guide to Merchant Services for Small Business Owners

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They also integrate with business management tools (e.g., These capture, encrypt, and transmit the customers payment details from the eCommerce website to the payment processor. This encryption turns data into an unreadable format to prevent fraud and security breaches. inventory, CRM, and accounting software). Payment gateways.

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Accepting Online Payments with Internet Merchant Accounts

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The gateway acts as the intermediary that collects, encrypts, and transmits transaction data to the payment processor. This involves transferring the approved funds from a customer’s bank to the merchant’s account, usually within one to two business days. Data encryption: Data is encrypted and sent to the payment processor.

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The Anatomy of a Credit Card Transaction

Clearly Payments

Merchant Sends Transaction Request : The merchant’s POS system or online payment gateway encrypts and transmits the transaction data to the acquiring bank or payment processor. Online Payment Gateways Encrypt transaction data for secure online payments. Final Confirmation 0.5

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Choosing the Right Payment Gateway for Your Specific Business Needs

My Payment Savvy

Data is Encrypted & Tokenized Immediately after submission, the payment gateway encrypts the card data and replaces it with a token—a random, one-time-use ID. Settlement (1–3 Business Days Later) At the end of the day, your processor batches all approved transactions and sends them for settlement.

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PNC Bank Launches PNC Mobile Accept®, A New Pay-As-You-Go Payment Processing Solution for Micro Businesses

Fintech Finance

The solution boasts enhanced features like tax-and-tip functionality, cardholder data encryption, and near real-time transaction tracking, bringing consumer-grade ease to business-grade payments. This solution is ideal for micro businesses that are always on the go, and until now, lacked an easy way to accept card payments.

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Everything You Need to Know About Credit Card Processing

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Step 6: At the end of the month, the statement is sent to the business that details the interchange for all transactions that month–which is the fee set by credit card companies for merchants to accept their cards as payment. Chips uniquely encrypt the card information each time it is used.