[AusNOG] Merchant facilities, card services closure, etc.

[Shane Chrisp]

On 27/07/16 15:09, Rod wrote:

+1 for Securepay. We have been using them for about 6 years now. We do 
the same as Rod.


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Shane Chrisp
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> We use a web app and the backend interfaces with
> https://www.securepay.com.au/
>
> Rod
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Brad
> Peczka
> Sent: Wednesday, 27 July 2016 4:26 PM
> To: Ross Wheeler <ausnog at rossw.net>; ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Merchant facilities, card services closure, etc.
>
> I'll throw a mention in for Pin Payments (https://pin.net.au).
>
> They've got a nice Web UI to process payments or you can automate the
> interaction with your internal systems by using their API.
>
> Fees are reasonable and support is good too!
>
> Regards,
> -Brad.
> ________________________________________
> From: AusNOG [ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Ross Wheeler
> [ausnog at rossw.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, 27 July 2016 1:39 PM
> To: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
> Subject: [AusNOG] Merchant facilities, card services closure, etc.
>
> I'm guessing there's still a few of the "smaller" operators on this list.
>
> Had a (legit) call from my bank this morning, advising me that the ancient
> old "paper" system I've been using for 26 years will cease to exist in
> 2 months.
>
> Seems the "card services" group (run by the credit card institutions
> themselves, not by the banks) is shutting down. I don't have a huge number
> of credit card transactions each month, but more than enough that manually
> punching them into a phone or POS terminal just ain't gunna happen, and same
> for doing it a card at a painful time through some web interface.
>
> My old system used to simply spit out fully printed "merchant summary slips"
> that only needed folded and slipped into the provided envelope - no human
> interaction beyond a quick visual scan of each page (25 transactions per
> page).
>
> I just want a simple system where a card, and an amount, can be shot to
> "somewhere" and processed, ideally with a receipt/accepted or
> declined/rejected response. One at a time that can be automated, or a batch,
> I don't care. Real-time or offline, I don't particularly mind.
>
> I'm happy to change to (or open an additional facility with) another
> institution. I don't really care if it's a bank or not, as long as they're
> reputable, honest and easy to deal with while setting it up (and their fees
> are comparable with or less than I pay now <grin>).
>
> Anyone else facing the same problems? I don't want to go down the
> direct-debit route, the majority of my customers currently either send dead
> trees, or do EFT, it's just a few hundred cards that linger...
>
> TIA
> RossW
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