Payment Gateways

What is a Payment Gateway?

A payment gateway is a third party application service provider that authorises and possesses online payments for businesses e.g. online retailers.  Payment gateways protect credit cards details by encrypting sensitive information, such as credit card numbers, to ensure that information passes securely between the customer and the merchant and also between merchant and payment processor. The bottom line is they do all the work of getting the money from the customer into your bank account.

There are many Payment Gateway providers such as PayPal, Authorise.net, 2Checkout etc. Below are a few;

	PayPal Transaction fees: 1.9% to 2.9% + $0.30 EUR, no monthly, set-up, or cancellation fees. Get paid by anyone, even by customers without a PayPal account. Accept credit cards, debit cards, bank transfers, and PayPal.
	Realex Realex Payments is a leading European online payment gateway, headquartered in Dublin with offices in London and Paris. Established 10 years in May 2010
	WorldNet TPS WorldNet was founded in 2007, to provide an Online Payment Gateway service to domestic and international eCommerce merchants. We're based in Dublin, along with the European Headquarters of the many Web 2.0 companies