Authorize.Net Payment Gateway Now Available in the United Kingdom
READING, England, May 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
Popular payment gateway now available for UK and European merchants processing in
Pounds Sterling, Euros and USD
Authorize.Net, the small business solution from CyberSource, a Visa Inc. company
(NYSE: V), today announced that small business merchants based in the UK can now use
Authorize.Net's popular payment platform to accept and manage bank card transactions,
fight fraud, store sensitive data and automate recurring transactions.
"Authorize.Net is the recognised market leader in the U.S meeting the needs of small
business merchants and we are thrilled to now offer our solutions to small businesses
across the UK," stated Simon Stokes, managing director EMEA at CyberSource. "With the
addition of the Authorize.Net product suite, CyberSource is now able to serve merchants of
all sizes throughout the UK, from home-based start-ups to the largest enterprise
merchants. We are delighted to offer Authorize.Net's solutions, which are so popular in
the United States, and we believe UK merchants will benefit greatly from Authorize.Net's
stability, ease of use, and award winning support."
Authorize.Net has been a pioneering provider of e-commerce payment services since
1996. In the United States, Authorize.Net is a leading payment gateway for merchants,
resellers and developers alike, thanks to its reputation as a secure and reliable platform
for processing transactions 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Currently over 380,000
merchants use Authorize.Net's services.
In addition to bank card processing, Authorize.Net provides merchants with standard
fraud prevention tools, a virtual terminal and a website payments seal. Authorize.Net also
offers a number of low-cost, value-adding services designed to assist merchants with
managing their businesses. These services include:
- Recurring Billing - For merchants who process subscriptions or other
payments on a recurring basis.
- Advanced Fraud Detection - A suite of fully customisable filters designed to
recognise and report fraudulent transactions.
- Secure Data Storage- Allows merchants to store sensitive payment data on
Authorize.Net's secure servers, potentially simplifying compliance with industry
requirements and increasing overall payment security.
Additionally, for four years running, Authorize.Net's free customer support has
received the Ace Award for Customer Service Excellence from the market research firm
MarketTools.
The Authorize.Net Developer Center (http://developer.authorize.net) provides
developers around the world with comprehensive resources for adding payment functionality
to their client's solutions and applications. The Developer Center provides access to
integration guides, sample code, testing tools and community forums. Information on how
developers can market their solutions using the Authorize.Net affiliate and certification
programs is also available.
Notes to Editors:
Authorize.Net provides simple pricing options depending on the needs of your business
and the currencies you need to accept. Additional information is available at http://www.authorize.net/uk or by calling +44 (0) 203 564 4843.
About CyberSource
CyberSource Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Visa Inc., is a payment
management company. More than 400,000 businesses worldwide use CyberSource
[http://www.cybersource.com ] and Authorize.Net [http://www.authorize.net ] brand solutions
to process online payments, streamline fraud management and simplify payment security. The
company is headquartered in Foster City, California, and maintains offices throughout the
world, with regional headquarters in Singapore, Tokyo, Miami, Sao Paulo and Reading, U.K.
CyberSource operates in Europe under agreement with Visa Europe. For more information,
please visit http://www.cybersource.com.
About Visa Inc.
Visa is a global payments technology company that connects consumers, businesses,
financial institutions and governments in more than 200 countries and territories to fast,
secure and reliable electronic payments. We operate one of the world's most advanced
processing networks-VisaNet-that is capable of handling more than 24,000 transaction
messages a second, with fraud protection for consumers and assured payment for merchants.
Visa is not a bank and does not issue cards, extend credit or set rates and fees for
consumers. Visa's innovations, however, enable its financial institution customers to
offer consumers more choices: pay now with debit, ahead of time with prepaid or later with
credit products. For more information, visit corporate.visa.com
[http://corporate.visa.com/index.shtml ].
For further information contact:
Richard Bell / Lauren White
Berkeley PR
T: +44-(0)-118-909-0909
E: cybersource@berkeleypr.co.uk