First Data Global Gateway

The First Data Global Gateway is for start-up merchants who want to get online fast, as well as for merchants who already have a Web site and want a secure, fast and reliable e-commerce payment solution. The First Data Global Gateway translates information from a merchant’s Web site into a format that can be read by an electronic processing system to process transactions online.

E-commerce means new opportunities and responsibilities for merchants. The First Data Global Gateway offers merchants the protection of 128-bit Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption, as well as state-of-the-art fraud-protection features, including:

• Fraud screening of each transaction prior to submission for authorization.
• Additional protection during authorization through Address Verification Service (AVS) and card verification value 2 (CVV2).
• Protection from repeated fraud through the blocking of:
  
  - Specific credit card numbers
  - Internet protocol (IP) addresses
  - E–mail addresses
  - Individuals by name
  - Purchase values in excess of a threshold dollar amount
  
• Supports recurring billing at no additional charge

You can also learn more about how the First Data Global Gateway can benefit if you run a mail order / telephone order (MOTO) or retail business, an e-commerce business, business-to-business (B2B) as well.

First Data Global Gateway Virtual Terminal - through strategic partnerships with leading shopping cart vendors, provides one secure location where merchants can manage everything related to transaction processing, from running secure transactions or setting up their Web sites to run transactions. With it they can review transaction reports, get technical support and help. First Data Global Gateway Virtual Terminal incorporates two of the main processing products, First Data Global Gateway Connect and Virtual LinkPoint, and makes them easily accessible in one central location.

First Data Global Gateway API enables software companies and electronic service providers to add encrypted security capabilities, as well as tax and shipping calculation features, to their software products or custom storefronts.


Global Gateway Connect - The transaction solution that easily commerce enables any Web site..


Shopping Carts—through strategic partnerships with leading shopping cart vendors, we make it easy for merchants to set up online catalogs with full shopping cart and ordering capabilities. The certified shopping carts listed below are fully integrated with the First Data Global Gateway and help merchants track items, calculate charges, deliver orders and more.

LinkPoint Wrappers are integration tools that merge with the First Data Global Gateway.



VirtualCheck enables customers to pay for their online purchases with a secure, electronic check.