My merchant account mistake

James Heywood

I've just discovered that some payment gateways aren't supported in BBNC & BBIS for particular currencies - which has forced me to cancel accounts and switch.



For example, IP Payments (who are very cheap) operate in the UK. But BBNC/BBIS doesn't support payments to them in UK pounds. It's a similar story with Authorize.net.



I only made this discovery after setting up an account with a gateway and starting to pay them. I thought I'd warn you so you can avoid similar problems.

Warren Sherliker

We provide SmartPAYMENTs which interfaces other providers to BBNC/BBIS. Maybe it could help - get in touch if you want to find out more.

James Heywood

That's interesting Warren. We're using Payment 2.0 parts to outsource our PCi compliance. That means Blackbaud's Payment Servers need to interact with the payment gateways.



Does SmartPAYMENTS work in that context?



Thanks, James

Warren Sherliker

Indeed same principle. We use the payment provider pages to do the PCI compliant work but NetCommunity fits around that so gets all the information it needs. Easier to demonstrate I suspect.