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

date posted 2nd October 2006 11:40

Yeah, I understand why it'd probably be better to let them handle that side=
of things, however (I posted about this previously for those experiancing =
deja vous) part of the project requirement is the ability to autocomplete =
the payment forms from within the software the company I work for produces.

basically we want users to fill out the details for the purchace within the=
software interface, then let it go off and do the transaction invisibly by=
populating input boxes in a form which WE control, then submitting that fo=
rm to a payment provider.=20

If we use the payment providers pages to do the card capture, and they then=
change those pages (input box names or whatever) our payment system no lon=
ger works. :(




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>On 2 Oct 2006 10:19:30 -0000, [EMAIL REMOVED]
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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>> Hello list,
>>
>> I'm looking into various methods of processing payments online and just=
=20
>wondered if anyone has any experiance or recomendations based on what I wa=
nt=20
>to do.
>>
>> Most of the payment providers I've looked at require a redirect to a pag=
e=20
>hosted on their servers when it comes to taking the actual card details. =
I'd=20
>like a service where all details are taken on our site (but not stored), t=
hen=20
>passed on to the payment providers for checking/storage, then a yes/no mes=
sage=20
>returned.
>>
>> If we use an 'API' from one of the providers we can do it that way, but =
that=20
>means we have to record all the transaction details and store them on our=
=20
>sever which needs to conform to 'PCIDSS' standards (which =3D =C2=A3=C2=A3=
=C2=A3), so its not=20
>really an option. There doesnt seem to be a half-way point between the tw=
o.
>>
>> 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 =
it=20
>;)
>
>Rich.
>
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