Re: FN-FORUM: credit card payments without pages hosted on providers servers

date posted 2nd October 2006 11:24

On 2 Oct 2006 10:19:30 -0000, [EMAIL REMOVED]
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> Hello list,
>
> I'm looking into various methods of processing payments online and just w=
ondered if anyone has any experiance or recomendations based on what I want=
to do.
>
> Most of the payment providers I've looked at require a redirect to a page=
hosted on their servers when it comes to taking the actual card details. =
I'd like a service where all details are taken on our site (but not stored)=
, then passed on to the payment providers for checking/storage, then a yes/=
no message returned.
>
> If we use an 'API' from one of the providers we can do it that way, but t=
hat means we have to record all the transaction details and store them on o=
ur sever which needs to conform to 'PCIDSS' standards (which =3D =A3=A3=A3)=
, so its not really an option. There doesnt seem to be a half-way point be=
tween the two.
>
> Cheers,
> Chris

Chris,

The short answer is: leave it to the payment providers to handle the
transactions. Most will allow you to customise the pages so it
integrates and looks like your website, still.

There are numerous liability and cost reasons for doing this. So just do i=
t ;)

Rich.