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

[Alex Samad]

How would that work for a bricks and morter place.



On 28 July 2016 at 09:19, Shane Chrisp <shane at 2000cn.com.au> wrote:
> 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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